India Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 1st T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

17:56 Local Time, 12:26 GMT, 17:56 IST: 50 days since India lifted their maiden ICC title in Navi Mumbai. 24 days since the thrills and spills of a WPL mega auction. With less than 175 days to go for the T20 World Cup, it's "back to business" time for the co-hosts of the mega event. Hello and a warm welcome to the first of the 5-match T20I series between India and Sri Lanka. The first 2 games are set to be played in Vizag - a venue that saw India lose both their World Cup games, to South Africa and Australia respectively. It's a different format today, but there will be pressure aplenty for Hamranpreet's team to continue to push the bar higher in women's cricket. Barring a couple of names, it's the same squad that won the World Cup for India. Sri Lanka, though, have named a few youngsters and skipper Athapaththu has urged them to play a fearless brand of cricket in the lead up to this series. They lost 3 games due to rain during the 50-over event, but the radar looks excellent for the next 4 hours here in Vizag. Toss and team news coming up shortly, stay tuned...

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

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