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Sri Lanka veteran Shashikala

Siriwardena will retire from all
formats of the game at the end
of the Women’s World T20.

India’s spot in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 semi-finals is

already safe but captain Harmanpreet Kaur insists they won’t take Sri

Lanka lightly in their final group game.

Kaur’s side were the first to sail through to the knockout stages after

securing wins against hosts and defending champions Australia, as

well as Bangladesh and New Zealand, in the first week of the

tournament.
Victory over Sri Lanka on Saturday would see them top Group A and

head into the semi-finals full of confidence - and Kaur doesn’t want to

settle for anything less.

“I know we have qualified, but the next game is still crucial for us,”

said Kaur. “We will be taking Sri Lanka very seriously. “They’ve been

doing well. I know they haven’t won a game but they were almost

there on both occasions.

“We will be taking it very seriously before we start thinking about the

semi-finals.

“We try to take every wicket in all of our games. Every wicket is an

important one at this level.

“We just have to try and stick to our plan, especially to get out the

likes of Chamari Atapattu early. That will be crucial.”

Sri Lanka have arguably had the toughest start to the tournament

having lost to New Zealand and Australia in their opening two games,

followed by facing India in their third Group A fixture.

But despite the threat of their opponents Sri Lanka have held their

own, giving Australia an almighty scare in Perth when reducing the

hosts to 10 for three in the early overs.