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Women's T20 World Cup, AUS-W Vs SL-W: Chamari Athapaththu Opts To Bat; Check Out The Playing XIs

Rajgeeta Yadav

Sri Lanka won the toss [Source: screengrab@Hotstar]Sri Lanka won the toss [Source: screengrab@Hotstar]

In the 5th match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 between Sri Lanka and Australia, Sri Lanka's skipper Chamari Athapaththu won the toss and opted to bat first against the defending champions at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, on October 5.

The Sri Lankan team made one change in their playing XI, replacing Sachini Nisansala with Inoka Ranaweera. Meanwhile, Australia, playing their first match in the tournament, have chosen to include a variety of pace and spin options in their squad.

AUS-W Vs SL-W: Playing XIs

Sri Lanka Women Playing XI: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Harshitha Madavi Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Hasini Perera, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani Fernando, Inoka Ranaweera, Udeshika Prabodhani

Australia Women Playing XI: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Sophie Molineux, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown

AUS-W Vs SL-W: Captain's Quote

Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka Women Captain): "We are going to bat first. I'm confident of my batting line-up and there is also some heat today. So, hopefully, we will put up a good total. We have to execute our plans. The conditions are good for the batters. But we can't complain at the end of the day. You have to play positive cricket. I have told everyone to play fearless cricket."

Alyssa Healy (Australia Women Captain): "Does not really matter, we lost the toss and I am not unhappy about bowling. First match of the tournament and we go out as a group. We are prepared, seems like there is a real calmness around, first world cup for a lot of us. We will have to adapt really quickly to get up to the pace. Highly overrated, I think the girls are in real good touch, it is hot but not too bad here and there is a breeze around so we will adjust well. Phoebe is fit and ready to go, Darcy Brown is fit as well. We have ample of pace and spin options."