DAMBULLA (Kashmir English): The second T20I between Pakistan and Sri Lanka women teams will be played at Rangiri Dambulla International cricket stadium, Dambulla on August 2.
The three-match T20I series will be played at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium.
The first match of the Women’s T20I series was played on Friday at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. Sri Lanka Women beat Pakistan Women by 6 wickets in the first T20I of the three-match series.
Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bowl first. Pakistan scored 176/7 (20 Overs). Sri Lanka scored 177/4 (19 Overs) winning by 6 wickets with 6 balls remaining, leading the T20I series 1-0.
The second and third T20Is will be played on 2 and 4 August, respectively.
Wicketkeeper-batter Muneeba Ali captained the T20I team after regular captain Fatima Sana left for England to take part in the ‘The Hundred’ tournament following the ODI series.
Muneeba, Pakistan’s first women’s T20I centurion and scorer of two hundreds in the format so far, has previously stood in for Fatima once each in T20Is and ODIs.
She led Pakistan against Australia during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 in Dubai and then against Zimbabwe in the third ODI of the series in May earlier this year.
Pakistan began the Sri Lanka campaign with a win before the hosts came from behind to claim the three-match ODI series 2-1.
A total of eight changes have been made to Pakistan’s squad that featured in the recently concluded T20 World Cup.
Eman Naseer, Humna Bilal, Maham Anees, Momina Riasat, Najiha Alvi, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Umm-e-Hani, and WaheedaAkhtar are the new inclusions to the squad. Right-handed batters Eman and Maham are uncapped in the format.
Sri Lanka made three changes to their ODI squad by bringing in young talent Sanjana Kavindi, Chamudi Praboda, and Rashmika Sewwandi.
Pakistan-Sri Lanka Women’s Head-to-head record
In head-to-head fixtures, Pakistan have an edge over Sri Lanka with 11 wins out of 21 WT20I matches, while one game ended as a no-result.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka women only played three bilateral T20I series, with Sri Lanka winning the inaugural one in Sharjah by 2-1 in January 2015.
T20Is schedule
31 July – First T20I at Rangiri Dambulla International cricket stadium, Dambulla
2 August – Second T20I at Rangiri Dambulla International cricket stadium, Dambulla
4 August – Third T20I at Rangiri Dambulla International cricket stadium, Dambulla
