IND-W vs SL-W, 1st T20I Match Prediction: Who will win today’s match between India Women vs Sri Lanka Women?

Indian women returns to international action in Visakhapatnam on Sunday evening for the first of five T20Is against Sri Lankan womena series that serves as a crucial starting point for their preparations for the 2026 T20 World Cup, following their historic first ODI World Cup title earlier this year.

With the match starting at 7:00 PM IST at the ACA-VDCA Stadium, Team India is expected to maintain its balanced template of three seamers and three spinners, potentially seeing Vaishnavi Sharma make a debut in place of the unavailable Radha Yadav in support of a powerful line-up featuring Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana. Facing them is the Sri Lankan side eager to test themselves against top-flight opposition, relying heavily on the all-round brilliance of captain Chamari Athapaththu and a spin-led attack suited to the local conditions to challenge the hosts.

IND-W vs SL-W, 1st T20I: Match details

• Date and time: December 21; 1:30 PM IST / 7:00 AM GMT
• Location: ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

IND-W vs SL-W Head-to-Head record in T20Is

Matches played: 26 | India Women won: 20 | Sri Lanka Women won: 05 | No result: 01

ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium Field Report

The pitch at the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam is generally a hard, hitting-friendly surface with real bounce, allowing for high-scoring white-ball matches where batters can play freely through the line early on. However, the track tends to slow down as the match progresses, bringing spinners and pace changers into the equation, although the frequent arrival of dew in evening games often counteracts this, tilting the advantage to the chasing side.

Squads

Indian women: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Amanjot Kaur, Kranti Gaud, Renuka Singh Thakur, Shree Charani, Arundhati Reddy, Vaishnavi Sharma, G Kamalini

Sri Lanka women: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Kaushani Nuthyangana (wk), Rashmika Sewwandi, Imesha Dulani, Kawya Kavindi, Nimesha Madushani, Malki Madara, Inoka Ranaweera, Malsha Shehani, Shashini Gimhani

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IND-W vs SL-W, 1st T20I: Today’s Match Prediction

Case 1:

• India Women wins the toss and bowls first
• Women’s Powerplay Score in Sri Lanka: 30-40
• Sri Lanka women’s total score: 140-150

Case 2:

• Sri Lanka Women wins the toss and bowls first
• India Women’s Powerplay Score: 50-60
• India women’s total score: 170-180

Competition result: India to win the match.

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This article was first published on WomenCricket.coma Cricket Times company.