India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur acknowledged that the ICC Women’s World Cup opener against Sri Lanka wasn’t easy despite the hosts earning a facile 59-run win in the end under DLS Method to log full points here on Tuesday.

Sri Lankan veteran spinner Inoka Ranaweera’s four-wicket haul — three in the 26th over — had India in all sorts of trouble at 121/5 which became 124/6. But Deepti Sharma (53) and Amanjot Kaur (57) fashioned a 103-run stand for the seventh wicket to give India a fighting total.

Deepti then took three wickets as India won the rain-shortened match of 47 overs per side with ease.

“It was not an easy game. We know in ICC tournaments, every game is important and is going to be high-pressure. In middle overs, batters managed well, despite losing wickets,” she said.

“The way

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