The Indian women’s cricket team will look to end a 47-year wait for its maiden ICC title when its ICC World Cup campaign begins against Sri Lanka at the ACA Stadium here on Tuesday.

Ranked No.3 in the world, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side enters the tournament in good form in the 50-overs format and will hope to make the most of home advantage after a 12-year gap.

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The 13th edition of the marquee event features eight teams headlined by seven-time winners Australia, four-time champions England, New Zealand (one title), alongside hosts India and Sri Lanka, South Africa, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Across 28 league matches in a round-robin format, games will be staged at four venues in India and one in Colombo, which will also host 11 group-stage fixtures, including all of Pakist

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