Determined Sri Lanka Women beat Surprised India Women by 07 wickets
Determined Sri Lanka Women beat Surprised India Women by 07 wickets, India Women secure a 2 – 1 win against Sri Lanka Women in the 03 match series
India Women Tour of Sri Lanka 2022 – 03rd & Last T 20 International – Dambulla, North Western Province
India Women electing to bat, 138 / 5 – ( 20 Overs ) Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur 39no, Jemimah Rodrigues 33, Smriti Mandhana 22, Sabbhineni Meghana 22, Pooja Vastrakar 13 – Mandhana / Meghana added 41 runs for the 02nd wicket, Kaur / Rodrigues put on 64 runs for the 04th wicket – recovered from 51 / 3 – first 06 overs : 37 / 1, 10 overs : 56 / 3, last 05 overs : 49 / 2 – Oshadi Ranasinghe 1 / 13, Skipper Chamari Athapaththu 02 catches & 01 run out assist.
Sri Lanka Women in reply, 141 / 3 – ( 17 Overs ) Skipper Chamari Athapaththu 80no ( 1×6, 14×4, 48 balls ) – completed 2000 runs in T20 Internationals – the first Sri Lankan cricketer ( Men / Women ) to reach this milestone – Nilakshi De Silva 30, Harshitha Samarawickrama 13 – Chamari / Harshitha added 31 runs for the 02nd wicket, Chamari / Nilakshi put on 77 runs for the 03rd wicket – first 06 overs : 47 / 2, 10 overs : 81 / 2, last 02 overs : 20 / 0.
Player of the Match : Chamari Athapaththu – Sri Lanka Women Player of the Series : Harmanpreet Kaur – India Women
This was the first time that Sri Lanka Women had beaten India Women in a T 20 International on home soil. It also ended a 12 match losing streak for the local ladies against their neighbors in this format, since 2014.
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