Sri Lanka bowl; Kamalini debuts as India rest Mandhana

Both teams made two changes for the final game of the series

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs India

Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu won the toss for the second time in a row this series and decided to bowl against India in the fifth and final T20I in Thiruvananthapuram. India have already clinched the series 4-0.

Both teams made two changes to the XIs that featured in the fourth T20I. India handed a debut to wicketkeeper-batter G Kamalini and brought back allrounder Sneh Rana in place of Smriti Mandhana and Renuka Singh. At 17 years of age, Kamalini was part of India's Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup triumph earlier this year. The left-hander was also Tamil Nadu's leading run-scorer in the Senior Women's T20 Trophy earlier this year, batting at the top of the order. Her tally of 297 runs at a strike rate of 110 was sixth best in the competition.

Harmanpreet Kaur said at the toss that India were prepared to bat again and wanted to finish the series on a high. Jemimah Rodrigues, who missed the previous game "due to weakness arising from mild fever", continues to be out of the XI with Harleen Deol slotting in at No. 3 in her place.

For Sri Lanka, left-arm spinner Inoka Ranaweera and seamer Malki Madara have returned to the side after missing the fourth match. Seamer Kawya Kavindi and offspinner Malsha Shehani were left out.

India: 1 Shafali Verma, 2 G Kamalini, 3 Harleen Deol, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 5 Richa Ghosh (wk), 6 Deepti Sharma, 7 Amanjot Kaur, 8 Sneh Rana, 9 Arundhati Reddy, 10 N Shree Charani, 11 Vaishnavi Sharma

Sri Lanka: 1 Chamari Athapaththu (capt), 2 Hasini Perera, 3 Harshitha Samarawickrama, 4 Imesha Dulani, 5 Kavisha Dilhari, 6 Nilakshika Silva, 7 Kaushini Nuthyangana (wk), 8 Rashmika Sewwandi, 9 Malki Madara, 10 Inoka Ranaweera, 11 Nimasha Meepage