Summary

  • India win by 59 runs on DLS method - report

  • Sri Lanka struggle to keep pace - Athapaththu top-scoring with 43

  • Deepti stars with ball, taking 3-54

  • India recover from 124-6 to post 269-8

  • Amanjot (57) and Sharma (53) put on 103 for seventh wicket

  • Match reduced to 47 overs per side because of two rain delays

  • Opening game of Women's World Cup, Guwahati

Live Reporting

by Elizabeth Botcherby, Mike Peter & Maisie Gallen

  1. dropped catch

    Dropped catch - Nilakshi de Silva on 34

    Deary me.

    Kranti Goud puts Nilakshi de Silva in the deep.

  2. SL 170-6

    Target 271

    Nine off the over for Sri Lanka.

    Nilakshi de Silva and Sugandika Kumari have put on a run-a-ball 30 for the seventh wicket.

  3. 6 runs

    SL 169-6

    Nilakshi de Silva goes big over deep mid-wicket!

  4. SL 161-6

    Target 271

    Sneh Rana returns for her eighth over.

    Four singles from it but the required rate is approaching eight.

  5. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Nilakshi de Silva holds her own out in the middle. She has enough experience to capitalise on anything that is too full.

  6. SL 157-6

    Target 271

    Kranti Goud's seventh over follows a similar pattern to the sixth.

    She concedes just a single from the first four deliveries but then sends down a bit of a loosener and is spanked down the ground for four by Nilakshi de Silva.

  7. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

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    This is a measure of the development of cricket in Sri Lanka. They have gone at five an over against a fine India attack.

    Their team of a few years ago would not have done that.

  8. SL 152-6

    Target 271

    150 up for Sri Lanka.

    Sugandika Kumari and Nilakshi de Silva exchange five singles.

    Sri Lanka need 119 runs off 96 balls.

  9. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Lovely flick off the pads there from Nilakshi de Silva and she plays across the line of the ball. That extra pace on the ball really does help.

  10. SL 147-6

    Target 271

    My first draft of this entry was praising Kranti Goud's economical return to the attack.

    However, her sixth over finishes with a wide and a four, with Nilakshi de Silva pinging her away through deep square. Goud looks furious with herself.

  11. So, Sri Lanka need 131 runs from 108 balls. They've got four wickets in hand. Can they stage a seventh-wicket fightback like India?

  12. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That was full and flighted. Good bowling from Deepti Sharma and Anushka Sanjeewani couldn't resist.

    If it was a tall order before, it's Mount Everest now.

  13. wicket

    WICKET

    Sanjeewani c Harmanpreet b Sharma 6 (SL 140-6)

    Straight to Harmanpreet Kaur at mid-wicket!

    Deepti Sharma has her third wicket. Anushka Sanjeewani departs for six.

  14. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This game has been a little bit of a shame. Sri Lanka were in it but it requires so much for them to get right.

  15. SL 133-5

    Target 271

    Three dots, three singles.

  16. Wickets have tumbled in the middle overs of both innings - something for England's middle order to bear in mind when they play on this pitch against South Africa on Friday.

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  17. SL 130-5

    Target 271

    Sri Lanka's fifth wicket is followed by four dot balls.

    The required rate has climbed above seven an over.

  18. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    Richa Ghosh has made that look a lot easier than it is. It looked effortless.

    Kavisha Dilhari got a good bit of bat on it and Ghosh covered a lot of ground. Kaur knew striaght away as well that it was out.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Dilhari c Ghosh b Sharma 15 (SL 130-5)

    Middle of the bat - yep, it's out.

    A wonderful tumbling stop from Richa Ghosh sends Kavisha Dilhari packing for 15 (12).

  20. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Richa Ghosh is celebrating and Harmanpreet Kaur sends it upstairs immediately. This will be a superb catch if it is out.