![]() Following the recent announcements by the QUAD leaders, such maritime intelligence cooperation also presents opportunities in the fields of Maritime Domain Awareness and security operations in the region. This is coupled with the prospect of deepening bilateral and plurilateral military engagement with United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, countries who have direct interests in the Indo-Pacific region.įive Eyes-India intelligence cooperation can immediately take form by supporting the annual MALABAR and Tiger Triumph maritime exercise series along with integrating navies of like-minded partners in the future. Other incentives include increased intelligence sharing along with access to state-of-the-art intelligence technology. ![]() Second, Chinese incursions and development activities along the Himalayan frontier. Cooperation would significantly boost India’s capabilities in tackling its perennial challenges: Cross-border infiltration and terrorism emanating from Pakistan. Observers have noted that the fundamental selling point of joining or cooperating with the Five Eyes for India is twofold. Contemporary dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region along with India’s new dynamism in the QUAD, perhaps, makes the time for cooperation ripe. These include demands for cooperation with the Five Eyes, but historical hesitations and mutual concerns stopped the idea from sprouting. This has frequently led to calls in India for a renewed approach. Be it the 1962 war against China or the 1999 conflict with Pakistan, intelligence paucities have come to bite New Delhi in the back. Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (C), Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Vishmi Gunaratne, Ama Kanchana, Hansima Karunaratne, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Harshitha Madavi, Hasini Perera, Udeshika Prabodhani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Sathya Sandeepani, Anushka Sanjeewani, Malsha Shehani, Tharika Sewwandi.We have witnessed time and again that intelligence deficiencies have extracted exorbitant costs from New Delhi. India: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Simran Bahadur, Yastika Bhatia, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Richa Ghosh (WK), Sabbhineni Meghana, Meghna Singh, Poonam Yadav, Renuka Singh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav. The women in blue would like to bring out their A-game keeping in mind the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, where women's cricket will make its debut in the T20 format. On the bowling front, the spin duo of Inoka Ranaweera (3/30) and Oshadi Ranasinghe (2/22) would look for support from their opening bowlers to keep Indian batters quiet. The likes of skipper Chamari Athapaththu, Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Madavi and Nilakshi de Silva will have to take more responsibility in the batting unit. Middle-order batter Kavisha Dilhari (47 not out) remained stranded as she failed to get support from the other hand. Sri Lanka too would be hoping for a better effort from their batters. With the same venue hosting all three T20s, spinners of both teams will play vital roles. ![]() The Indian bowlers, on the other hand, were right on the money with the spin troika of Radha (2/22), Deepti (1/9) and part-timer Shafali (1/10) shining bright on the low and slow wicket. It was left to Jemimah Rodrigues, who made her comeback to the side after a while, and Deepti Sharma to provide the late burst and take India to the winning total Even though Rodrigues and Deepti did the rescue act, the Indian think tank would want the top-order to do a better job. Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and Sabbhineni Meghana endured an off day in the office and the visitors would need the duo to click if India are to put on a big total. Mithali, who recently retired from all forms of cricket, had scored 2364 runs from 89 games. She needs just 24 runs to become the highest run-getter from India in this format. ![]() Having failed in the previous game, Harmanpreet will be hoping to eclipse the legendary Mithali Raj in the shortest format. The likes of Shafali Verma, who made a run-a-ball 31, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (22) and Richa Ghosh (11) all got starts but could not convert them into substantial knocks. But India's batting show left a lot to be desired in the first game. In the series opener, the Indians managed a modest 138 for six after opting to bat before the bowlers, led by left-arm spinner Radha Yadav, chocked the Lankan batters. Led by Jemimah Rodrigues with the bat, and impressive bowling performance, India defeated Sri Lanka by 34 runs to win the first T20I on Thursday. Heading into the second T20 vs Sri Lanka in Dambulla, India will look to seal the series with a game to go on Saturday. In the 1st T20, the Indians managed a modest 138 for six, but the bowlers, led by left-arm spinner Radha Yadav, chocked the Lankan batters.
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