The opening match of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 between India and Sri Lanka could potentially be interrupted by rain in Guwahati on Tuesday. Harmanpreet Kaur and co. will kick-start their campaign by taking on SL at the Barsapara stadium in Assam’s capital from 1.30 PM onwards. As per weather forecast, there is a yellow alert issued with a thunderstorm predicted towards the latter half of the match.
Guwahati weather report
As per AccuWeather, the maximum and minimum temperatures are 36 and 25 degree Celsius respectively. There are 49%-20% chances of rain through the INDW vs SLW match, with high chances of the start of play being delayed. Given that there is 49% and 55% chances of rain in the opening hours of the contest, the start of play could be delayed to wet outfield even if there is no precipitation at the time of toss.
| Time | Chance of rain (%) |
| 1 PM | 49% |
| 2 PM | 54% |
| 3 PM | 55% |
| 4 PM | 18% |
| 5 PM | 14% |
| 6 PM | 16% |
| 7 PM | 20% |
| 8 PM | 20% |
| 9 PM | 20% |
| 10 PM | 20% |
The Women’s World Cup opening ceremony will take place before the action begins in the IND-W vs SL-W match. While BCCI had grand plans for the opening ceremony, they were reportedly toned down following the death of singer Zubeen Garg.
INDW vs SLW squads
Sri Lanka Women: Hasini Perera, Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Kavisha Dilhari, Dewmi Vihanga, Achini Kulasuriya, Udeshika Prabodhani, Piumi Wathsala Badalge, Malki Madara, Inoka Ranaweera, Nilakshi de Silva, Sugandika Kumari, Imesha Dulani
India Women: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Radha Yadav, Kranti Gaud, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Amanjot Kaur, Uma Chetry, Shree Charani
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