Sylhet: Indian women would look to begin their World Twenty20 campaign on a positive note when they take on Sri Lanka in a Group B league match on Monday.
Indian women have not played against top oppositions in recent times and their performance has been a mixed one in the the warm-up games. They lost to New Zealand by 17 runs before beating Ireland by 26 runs.
Interestingly, India had lost to Sri Lanka 1-2 in the T20 International series at home and the Mithali Raj-led team would look to avenge that defeat.
India have made an important change to their batting line-up. Captain Raj will open the innings instead of coming in at No 3 . She has been in fine touch in the warm-up games, making 42 in the win over Ireland and 53 against New Zealand. The strategy will require Poonam Raut to move down to steer the middle order.
