Slip in.

Shreyanka Patil to Harshitha Madavi, no run, beautiful start.

Shreyanka Patil, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

Renuka Singh to Harshitha Madavi, 1 run, to cover

Renuka Singh to Harshitha Madavi, no run

Renuka Singh to Chamari Athapaththu, 1 run, to sweeper cover

Renuka Singh to Harshitha Madavi, 1 run

Harshitha Samarawickrama, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Renuka Singh to Vishmi Gunaratne, out Caught by (sub)Radha Yadav!! Stunner of a catch by the sub running to her right from backward point and Radha had Jemi in her eyeline too. Vishmi Gunaratne c (sub)Radha Yadav b Renuka Singh 0(2)

Renuka Singh to Vishmi Gunaratne, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Renuka Singh to Vishmi Gunaratne, no run, just short of mid-on. Vishmi Gunaratne immediately on the charge to take on Renuka Singh, lofts the length delivery and nearly finds mid-on

Vishmi Gunaratne and Chamari Athapaththu are at the crease. Vishmi Gunaratne is on strike. Renuka Singh will open the attack

Welcome back. Kaur is off the field and Mandhana is the acting captain. Renuka to start off.

Highest 1st innings scores for IND-W in Women’s T20 WC
194/5 vs NZ-W, Guyana, 2018
172/3 vs SL-W, Dubai, 2024
167/8 vs AUS-W, Guyana, 2018
163/5 vs BAN-W, Bengaluru, 2016
155/6 vs IRE-W, Gqeberha, 2023

India struck 18 fours and two sixes today; they’d managed 12 fours in the first two games combined.

Top three registering 40-plus scores in a Women’s T20 WC innings
AUS-W vs PAK-W, Guyana, 2018
WI-W vs SL-W, Gros Islet, 2018
IND-W vs SL-W, Dubai, 2024

This is the first instance of three India batters registering 40-plus scores in a Women’s T20I.

Fastest fifties for IND-W in Women’s T20 WC (by balls faced)
27 - Harmanpreet Kaur vs SL-W, Dubai, 2024
31 - Smriti Mandhana vs AUS-W, Guyana, 2018
32 - Harmanpreet Kaur vs AUS-W, Cape Town, 2023
33 - Harmanpeet Kaur vs NZ-W, Guyana, 2018
36 - Mithali Raj vs SL-W, Basseterre, 2010

This was also Harmanpreet’s fastest fifty in the format; she’d got to the milestone off 29 balls against the same opponent at Katunayake in 2018.

Smriti Mandhana: We really pumped (up) today to come, Shafali batted really well in the powerplay and she got us off to a good start. Towards the end the way Harman batted was brilliant to watch. The conditions are not what you thought it would be when you came to the World Cup, the last two-three days were spent understanding on what shots to play on this. As a collective we talked about running really hard and we did that today. Harman did not make it look difficult at all, the way she timed the ball was amazing. It is not a flat wicket to bat on, once you are set, you start seeing the ball and then you know which areas to aim.

19:35 Local Time, 15:35 GMT, 21:05 IST:

Udeshika Prabodhani to Kaur, FOUR, full on off stump, Harmanpreet gets under it, clears the front leg and slams it down towards the long-off boundary.

Udeshika Prabodhani to Kaur, FOUR, what a hit!

Udeshika Prabodhani to Richa Ghosh, 1 run, to square leg

Udeshika Prabodhani to Richa Ghosh, 2 runs, to long-off