ICC Women's World Cup 2025: Sri Lanka put India into bat

Sri Lanka won the toss and put India into bat in the opening match of the ICC Women's World Cup at the ACA Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati.

The 13th edition of the women's showpiece 50-over tournament is being co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.

Only three countries have ever won the ICC Women's World Cup -- Australia a record seven times, England four and New Zealand once.

India came close on two occasions but finished runners-up, losing the finals to Australia and England.

Ranked world No.3, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led India will look to make the most of their familiarity with conditions in the the tournament, that is returning to India after 12 years.

"We were looking to bowl as well. Looks (pitch) very good, hopefully we will put up a good score. Everyone is fit, we are going in with three spinners and two pacers," said Harmanpreet at the toss.

India are eyeing their maiden title in the global showpiece event.

"I am pretty confident about my bowling unit so we are bowling first. It is a good batting track but there could be some dew later on. We are going with seven batters," said Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu.

The tournament co-hosts are returning to the World Cup after missing out on qualification in the 2022 edition.

Teams:

India: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Kranti Goud, Shree Charani.

Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (capt), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya, Udeshika Prabodhani, Inoka Ranaweera

(with inputs from agencies)