india women Finished the T20I series against Sri Lanka on a winning note by defeating the visitors by 15 runs in the fifth and final match at the Greenfield International Stadium. A brilliant half century from Harmanpreet Kaur And a disciplined bowling effort helped the hosts defend a challenging score of 175 despite strong resistance from Sri Lanka’s top order.
Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bowl first, hoping to take advantage of early movement in the light. However, India recovered from a poor start to post a competitive score and set up an entertaining run chase in the series finale.
Harmanpreet Kaur batted brilliantly and took India’s innings forward.
Early pressure was put on the women of India Shafali Verma And Gunalan Kamalini gone cheap, soon after Harleen Deol And Richa GhoshAt one point the hosts were looking for stability and it came through their captain, Harmanpreet, playing the captaincy innings, played a stormy inning of 68 runs in 43 balls with the help of nine fours and one six and rebuilt the innings with authority,
Amanjot Kaur provided valuable support with a composed 21, but it was Arundhati ReddyA late flourish took India to a strong finish. Reddy scored 27 runs in just 11 balls and hit boundaries at will in the death overs to push Indian Women to 175/7. For Sri Lanka, Kavisha Dilhari And Rashmika Sewvandi He was the most effective bowler, who took two wickets each while being captain. Chamari Athapaththu Also contributed with two major successes.
Hasini Perera and Imesha Dulani lead Sri Lanka
Chasing 176, Sri Lankan Women suffered an early blow with the cheap dismissal of Athapaththu. However, Hasni Perera And imesha dulani Carried the innings forward with an impressive partnership. Perera played an aggressive innings of 65 runs in 42 balls and kept finding gaps, while Dulani supported him well by scoring 50 runs in 39 balls.
Both of them kept Sri Lanka firmly in the match by putting pressure on the Indian bowlers in the middle overs. Despite their efforts, routine wickets at crucial moments prevented Sri Lanka from taking complete control of the target.
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Indian bowlers maintain patience in death overs
With the match well underway in the final overs, India women’s bowlers showed composure under pressure. Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Vaishnavi Sharma And Sricharani Taking one wicket each, while Amanjot and Reddy struck at crucial junctures to slow down the scoring rate.
Sri Lanka could only score 160/7 in their 20 overs and fell 15 runs short of the target while India successfully defended their score. Collective bowling effort ensured late cameos Rashmika Sewvandi And malki madara It wasn’t enough to turn the game. Harmanpreet was named Player of the Match for her match-deciding half-century and calm leadership. Despite a quiet performance in the final game, Shafali was named Player of the Series for her consistently good performances throughout the tour.
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