Womens ODI World Cup | Deepti, Amanjot and Sneh shine as Women in Blue make a successful begin

They got here dreaming huge, using excessive on confidence. But halfway via their innings, the Women in Blue have been residing a nightmare.

Four wickets tumbled inside an area of a few overs. Sri Lanka was threatening a coup.

The Indians, nevertheless, fought again. Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur and Sneh Rana ensured the primary host would have sufficient runs on the board to disclaim the co-host of an unlikely victory within the opening match of the ladies’s ODI World Cup.

After posting 269 for eight from 47 overs — rain claimed three overs — India bowled Sri Lanka out for 211, to win by 59 runs (DLS technique) on the Barsapara Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. For Harmanpreet Kaur’s girls, it was a major victory in additional methods than one.

They received regardless of the uncommon failure of their important batter, Smriti Mandhana, and so they confirmed they’ve the sort of depth in batting that’s required in a marketing campaign so long as the World Cup. The bowling clicked, too.

For the Lankans to pose a severe problem, their captain Chamari Athapaththu (43, 47b, 4×4, 3×6) wanted to play an extended innings. She was wanting good too, till she was yorked by Deepti.

India’s off-spinning all-rounder will bear in mind this recreation with fondness. The grit she confirmed with the bat was admirable.

Deepti (53, 53b, 3×4) added 103 for the seventh wicket with Amanjot (57, 56b, 5×4, 1×6) and 42 for the eighth with Sneh (28 n.o., 15b, 2×4, 2×6).

It was the maiden ODI fifty for Amanjot. She couldn’t have timed it higher, and that too on her World Cup debut.

She batted with confidence, saved the scoreboard ticking, and confirmed why the crew administration was so eager for her to rejoin the squad after recovering from damage (she had missed the latest sequence in opposition to Australia).

Amanjot was dropped just a few instances, however she deserved her luck.

It took a shocking catch to finish her innings, as Vishmi Gunaratne timed her dive to perfection close to the deep mid-wicket boundary.

Earlier, Inoka Ranaweera took three wickets in an over to make the Indian dressing room nervous. But Deepti, Amanjot and Sneh calmed these nerves.