Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

RMVD Gunaratne
RMVD Gunaratne
45(50) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 12 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
2 8 5 5 8 2 4 11
AMCJK Athapaththu
43(41) 7x4 - 1x6
Control %60%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 8 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
4 0 5 2 11 11 2 8

Best performances - Bowlers

I Ranaweera
O4
M0
R18
W2
Eco4.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
OU Ranasinghe
O4
M0
R32
W2
Eco8.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Ekanth and Vishal

Thank you for joining us. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. It's goodbye from me, Ekanth, on behalf of my fellow commentator, Vishal Dikshit, and our scorer, Ranjith P.

After a hard-fought win, India seal the series with their second victory. Sri Lanka's start was much more promising with a big stand up-top. But not finding quick runs later continued to trouble them. It wasn't for a lack of trying, the pitch did slow down, the batters couldn't connect with the big shots, Kaur bringing herself on helped. In the second innings, the tide in the first-half seemed to flow to the opposite currents as India got a good start but stumbled again. But they had bought time, which they used with limited risk to get through to the win.

Harmanpreet Kaur, India Captain and POTM for 31* and 1 for 12: Happy, hitting runs always feels good. I'm happy that we batted well on a slow and turning track. We found singles and played like we wouldn't lose a wicket. Them playing well is a part of the game, they can give a hard time. I felt the pitch will slow down as the game went along and I'm happy that things went accordingly. Chamari Athapaththu, Sri Lanka Captain: We batted really well, but we did not play at our best in the last 6 overs. We were 15 short. Harman and Smriti also batted well. Vishmi is young and played well, they don't have much experience but will hopefully improve.

NK: "3 of 5 Indian wickets stumped" Should have been a couple of run outs too.

5:04 pm: Handshakes all around. The players look in good spirit. The chase started well with Shafali and Meghana providing quick runs up top, Mandhana was stable. But after the tenth over, the breaks were applied by wickets from Oshadi, Ranaweera, and Sugandika. After Jemimah went early, it looked like there would be no further boundaries in the game. The bowlers hit lengths well but the fielding and India's iffy running meant the tug-of-control continued. Yastika and Kaur tried to steer India with ones and twos, the earlier batters had added a cushion which they could use. Eventually, they made it with five balls to go.

19.1
4
Dilhari to Kaur, FOUR, Harmanpreet clears the game and earns India an unassailable 2-0 lead with yet another sweep! It was on a length well outside off, she shuffled across and lofted it behind square. There was no one in the deep.

3 needed off the last over

END OF OVER:
19 | 5 Runs | IND-W: 123/5 (3 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.47, RRR: 3.00)

  • Deepti Sharma5 (5b)
  • Harmanpreet Kaur27 (31b)
  • Chamari Athapaththu2-0-17-0
  • Oshadi Ranasinghe4-0-32-2

Sanjay Sharma: "Why wasnt Sneh Rana chosen in the squad?" She's been rested.

18.6
0
Athapaththu to Sharma, no run, Full on the legs, tries the slog sweep and misses. There's a big appeal but it's turned down.

Skand: "Last boundary came 8 overs ago. " Yeah, 10.1 it looks like.

18.5
1
Athapaththu to Kaur, 1 run, Full just outside off, swept to deep-midwicket.
18.4
1
Athapaththu to Sharma, 1 run, Full on the stumps, clipped to midwicket.

With that India need just 5 off 9.

18.3
2
Athapaththu to Sharma, 2 runs, Length on the stumps, nudged to deep midwicket. It was played slow, they scamper for two, the throw was over the keeper's head which meant the run out was missed.
18.2
1
Athapaththu to Kaur, 1 run, Length outside off, dabbed to third man

IND Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st30S MandhanaShafali Verma
2nd18S MeghanaS Mandhana
3rd38H KaurS Mandhana
4th5H KaurJI Rodrigues
5th23H KaurYH Bhatia
6th13H KaurDB Sharma