India batter Smriti Mandhana has scored 45 runs or more in each of her last three T20 international innings against Sri Lanka (51*, 46, 60).

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Smriti Mandhana tries to follow her opening partner's lead, but can't find the same sweet timing.

The ball plugs safely on the off side after an uncharacteristic swipe from the left-hander and they cross for the single.

Eight from the over, a productive one for India.

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

It is driven in the air and it's a super shot which bounces onto the sponge for four - that's more like it from Shafali Verma.

And there is that first boundary!

Shafali Verma makes the most of the pace on the ball from Udeshika Prabodhani, lofting it over mid-off for four.

Sugandika Kumari takes the second over with her left-arm spin, one of several slow bowling options that Sri Lanka have at their disposal.

She continues Sri Lanka's disciplined start as India still search for their first boundary. But the important thing is that Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana are not getting bogged down, they're being proactive even if they can't find the ropes yet.

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

I'm interested to see whether India have taken on the message which has been screamed at them in the last few days.

The message is, 'you need to win, but you need to win well as you got trounced in the first game'.

Tidy start all round.

The openers rotate the strike nicely as there are no freebies on offer from Fernando.

India have won four of all their five Women’s T20 World Cup matches against Sri Lanka – their only defeat came at the 2014 tournament.

Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana form an intimidating opening partnership but they haven't contributed much so far, with stands of just 18 and 11 against New Zealand and Pakistan respectively.

Inoshi Fernando starts with the ball for Sri Lanka, and Shafali dabs an easy single into the covers.

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Tash Farrant
England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

India got a lifeline with New Zealand falling to Australia pretty badly.

With India winning the toss they will have to put up a big score on the board.

India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Sajeevan Sajana, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Singh Thakur.

Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Udeshika Prabodhani, Inoka Ranaweera, Ama Kanchana.

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Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu: "We know the pitch is quite slow and low, but we will stick to our plans and hopefully play our best cricket.

"We want to be fearless, especially in the middle overs, that's going to be very important for us.

"The powerplay will be very important and then look to be positive by rotating the strike more, not just going for big shots all the time."

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur: "We want to get a decent total on the board. The support we have means a lot wherever we are, it's a big privilege and we are very grateful to our fans here tonight.

"We played some good cricket during the Asia Cup, but Sri Lanka got the better of us. But this is a different pitch, different situation so we are feeling confident and we are positive after winning our last game.

"We will be going out there to enjoy ourselves, and our team is unchanged."

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Harmanpreet Kaur puts her faith into her batting unit, which hasn't fired yet in the tournament, and backs them to score big runs first up to swing the net run-rate back in their favour.

Good afternoon!

No rest for the wicked as the second match is about to get going, following Scotland's exit from the tournament after a big defeat by South Africa.

India could do with a big boost to their net run-rate after their opening defeat by New Zealand and with Australia still to play. They've now got a good chance to do that against winless Sri Lanka, who have been far from their best so far and will be eliminated if they lose another today.