Women's World Championships 2025: Fans seen in passion hope to win, tribute to Zubeen Garg

Guwahati, September 30 (IANS). The Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 started with the match between India and Sri Lanka. On Tuesday, Sri Lanka won the throw at the cricket stadium in Barsapara in Guwahati and decided to bowl first. Fans are very excited about this game. He believes that Team India will start their campaign with the win. In addition, the fans also paid tribute to the famous Assam singer Zubeen Garg, who passed away on September 19 during a dent in Singapore. A fan, who showed up to watch the cricket match, said: “We feel that India will win this game. The Indian team is very strong against Sri Lanka. For the first time in Assam, the women’s world championships are played, which we are very happy.” Another fan said: “Women’s cricket is played here for the first time, but we are very sad at the death of Zubeen DA. In this match we supported India.” Another fan said: “We not only went to visit the game of India, but also paid tribute to Zubeen DA. We are very sad to lose them.” A young supporter said with confidence: ‘India will win today. ‘Sri Lanka decided to bowl first by winning the throw in this game against India. Harmanpreet Kaur recommends the Indian team, which the country has the responsibility to win the first title. On the other hand, Chamari Athapathu has the command of the Sri Lankan team in the hands of Athapathu. The Indian team ended up in this match without fast bowler Renuka Singh. Apart from Captain Harmanpreet, this team consists of players like Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Sneh Rana, Sri Charani. The Sri Lankan team has high expectations of Hasini Perera, Neelakshi de Silva, Udeshia Prabodhani and Chamari Athapathu. When you look at the numbers, India’s pan looks very strong. Team India has played a total of 35 ODIs against Sri Lanka since 2000, in which 31 games were in the name of Team India, while Sri Lanka won 3 games. One match remained unconvincing. Given these figures, the supporters believe that India will easily win this game. -Ians RSG/AS