Tri-Nation ODI Series 2025: Sri Lanka Women vs India Women, Match 1 Preview

Sri Lanka Women (SL-W) are set to take on India Women (IND-W) in the opening game of the Women's Tri-Nation ODI Series on Sunday, April 27 at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. This is the first tri-series involving Sri Lanka, India, and South Africa and hence, it will be interesting to watch how the tournament unfolds as it kicks off with only five months to go for the ODI World Cup later this year. 

The Women in Blue whitewashed Ireland in the ODI series earlier this year at home. Meanwhile, the Lankans lost the ODI series to New Zealand. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side will walk into the tournament with a lot of confidence from their previous victories, whereas, the hosts will have the confidence of playing on their own home ground. This will make the series opener a one to watch out for.

Match Details

Pitch Report

The R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, is a spin-friendly pitch which will benefit the batters in the first half but will eventually slow down as the game progresses. So, the captain winning the toss should look to bat first and put up runs on the board.

Head-to-Head Record

The neighbouring nations have played 32 games against each other in the 50-over format, where the Indians have dominated outrightly, winning 29 games, whereas, Sri Lankan side won only twice. One game between the sides ended in a 'No Result' affair.

Predicted Playing 11s

Sri Lanka Women

Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani (wicketkeeper), Hasini Perera, Inoka Ranaweera, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya

India Women

Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Sneh Rana, Amanjot Kaur, Kashvee Gautam, Arundhati Reddy