5th T20I: Why is Mandhana not playing? All you need to know

NEW DELHI: India person made a mates of changes for the 5th and last T20I against Sri Lanka successful Thiruvananthapuram, with prima opener Smriti Mandhana not featuring successful the playing XI. The determination has raised questions among fans, but the crushed is straightforward: Mandhana has been rested.

India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur confirmed astatine the flip that some Smriti Mandhana and accelerated bowler Renuka Singh Thakur were fixed a interruption for the last lucifer of the series. With India already starring the five-match bid 4–0, the squad absorption chose to rotate players and springiness opportunities to others.“Yeah, I mean, we were good batting also, truthful yeah, it's an important match, truthful let's play good and win. Yeah, definitely. As I mentioned, it's an important lucifer for us.

How we started this series, that's however we wanted to finish. Hopefully, again, we'll proceed the aforesaid momentum and springiness our best. Yes, we person 2 changes today, Smriti and Renuka are resting. Kamalini is going to debut and Sneh Rana is back,” Harmanpreet said.Seventeen-year-old G Kamalini made her planetary debut and was handed her headdress by Harmanpreet. Sneh Rana returned to the side, replacing Renuka Singh Thakur.

India’s playing XI besides included Shafali Verma astatine the top, with Richa Ghosh down the stumps and Harmanpreet starring the mediate order.Sri Lanka won the flip and chose to vessel first. Captain Chamari Athapaththu said her squad wanted to physique connected the positives from the erstwhile crippled and springiness youngsters much exposure.“We determine vessel first. Because we played a small spot bully cricket past game, truthful that's wherefore we determine vessel first.

Actually, we larn a batch of things successful this tournament, particularly we are playing against India the World Champions, truthful we larn a batch of things successful each game. So I deliberation these opportunities are truly bully for the youngsters and we larn from those mistakes and we larn from bully things successful here, truthful we volition spell location with affirmative things successful adjacent year,” Chamari said.Sri Lanka Women (Playing XI): Hasini Perera, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Imesha Dulani, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Rashmika Sewwandi, Kaushani Nuthyangana(w), Nimasha Madushani, Inoka Ranaweera, Malki MadaraIndia Women (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, G Kamalini, Richa Ghosh(w), Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Arundhati Reddy, Vaishnavi Sharma, Shree Charani