Gulf Today Report
Indian women cricket team will embark on their journey of the ODIs for the first time in 23 years sans iconic player Mithali Raj.
Indian women will play a three ODI series in the captaincy of the Harmanpreet Kaur against Sri Lanka’s 19-member squad, which is being led by Chamari Athapaththu.
The matches will be held on July 1, 4 and 7 and cricket lovers in the Mena region will be able to watch the games live on CineBlitz IMHD. In a groundbreaking move, CineBlitz IMHD acquired free-to-air rights to broadcast the matches worldwide.
“CineBlitz IMHD TV has been positioned as a unique Hindi channel that brings a combination of entertainment and sports content to its audience”, said Sarju Mathew, CEO, Cineblitz IMHD TV.
Squads: India: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), S Meghna, Deepti Sharma, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Simran Bahadur, Richa Ghosh (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol.
Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeevani, Oshadhi Ranasinghe, Sugandika Kumari, Inoka Ranaweeram, Achini Kulasuriya, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Malsha Shehani, Ama Kanchana, Udeshika Prabodhani, Rashmi de Silva, Hansima Karunaratne, Kaushani Nuthyangana, Sathya Sandeepani, Tharika Sewwandi