India will take on Bangladesh in the first match Women's T20 World Cup 2016 at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday.
New Zealand Women will face Sri Lanka Women in another opening day match at 7:30 p.m. local time (2 p.m. GMT) in Delhi. Hosts India clubbed with Bangladesh, England, Pakistan and the West Indies in Group B of the 10 team global women's cricket event. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Ireland are clubbed together in Group A.
Watch the live stream of the match here and live scores here, here, here. The day night twenty over match starts at 3:30 p.m. local time (10 a.m. GMT/5 a.m. ET/2 a.m. PT) on March 15.
The Indian Women team is looking to maintain its brilliant form in shortest format of cricket. The Mithali Raji-led squad, which recently won two series, is considered a strong contender for ICC WT20 2016. India first clinched a historic 2-1 win over Australia in January and then won a three match series against Sri Lanka in February.
"With the kind of momentum we have, we should, at least, qualify for the semi-finals. From there, it's anyone's game," skipper Mithali Raj said. "Earlier, it used to feel like those two teams were way ahead of the rest, but now the gap is closing. After our last two series wins, we too are strong contenders for the ICC World Twenty20."
Bangladesh Women's team registered an eight wicket win over Ireland Women in their second WT20 warm-up game after losing the first warm-up game against Sri Lanka. "Hopefully, we will start the tournament with a win. Our strength is good preparation and unity. Only preparation is not good enough but we will try our best," skipper Jahanara Alam said on the eve of WT20 opener.
The Probable Squads
India Women: Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Thirush Kamini, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Smriti Mandhana, Niranjana Nagarajan, Shikha Pandey, Anuja Patil, Mithali Raj, Deepti Sharma, Vellaswamy Vanitha, Sushma Verma, Poonam Yadav
Bangladesh Women: Ayasha Rahman, Fahima Khatun, Fargana Hoque, Jahanara Alam, Khadija Tul Kubra, Lata Mondal, Nahida Akhter, Nigar Sultana, Panna Ghosh, Ritu Moni, Rumana Ahmed, Salma Khatun, Sanjida Islam, Shaila Sharmin, Sharmin Akhter
