Nobody would have foreseen that the much fancied Indian team would be under pressure at the halfway stage of the Women’s T20 World Cup, after losing the opening game to New Zealand and a narrow win against Pakistan. As a result, tonight’s match against Sri Lanka has become a must-win game for them.
They have the dual task of not only overcoming the gritty Sri Lankans, but also improving their floundering Net Run Rate (NRR) to remain in contention for a berth in the semi-finals from Group A. Among teams with a chance of qualifying, only India have a negative NRR, -1.217.

It’s not going to be easy as the southern neighbours had stunned India in the T20 Asia Cup final just a couple of months ago. Going into that Asia Cup final, the Indian women were rather complacent and paid a heavy price. Hopefully, they have learned their lesson not to take any team lightly. Any slip up tonight and it will be curtains for them.