Player of the Match
Player of the Match
WOMEN T20 CAREER
CRR:
8.31
RRR:
0
Last 5 Overs:49/0
BATSMENRB4s6sSRThis BowlerLast 5 ovsmatrunshsave
Jemimah Rodrigues*JI Rodrigues*(rhb)6944100156.818(10b)36(19b)1132444 7630.93
Harmanpreet KaurH Kaur(rhb)15160093.758(9b)12(11b)1833669 10328.88
BOWLERSOMRWEcon0s4s6sThis Spellmatwktsbbiave
Inoka RanaweeraI Ranaweera(sla)3.401714.638001.4-0-11-08593 4/718.32
Kawya KavindiK Kavindi(rmf)302016.665201.0-0-9-01111 2/716.63
Current Partnership :
P'SHIP :
55 runs, 6.3 overs, RR: 8.46 (Harmanpreet Kaur 15, Jemimah Rodrigues 39)
Last Bat :
L'BAT :
Smriti Mandhana c Silva b Ranaweera 25 (39m 25b 4X4 0X6) SR: 100
FoW :
FoW :
67/2 (8.1 ov)
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Match Centre

Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Ashish Pant

Statistics

Current Batsmen

JI Rodrigues
JI Rodrigues
69(44) 10x4 - 0x6
Control %90%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 15 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
24 6 6 4 16 1 6 6
H Kaur
15(16) 0x4 - 0x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 6 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
0 0 4 0 2 2 6 1

Current bowlers

I Ranaweera
O3.4
M0
R17
W1
Eco4.63
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
K Kavindi
O3
M0
R20
W1
Eco6.66
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

PARTNERSHIPS

13
S Mandhana3 (4)
Shafali Verma9 (5)
54
S Mandhana22 (21)
JI Rodrigues30 (21)
55*
H Kaur15 (16)
JI Rodrigues39 (23)

Match Details

Toss

India Women , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

India Women led the 5-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20

Match days

21 December 2025 - night match (20-over match)

Women T20 debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

That's that! A thorough win for India who will take a lot of confidence going into the second T20I which will be played at this very venue in two days. If you missed any of the action, don't worry S Sudarshanan's report has you covered. That's it from us today. Thanks for tuning in, we will be live nice and early on December 23 for the second T20I. Till then, this is me Ashish Pant, signing off on behalf of Raghav and Harshith. Ciao!

Jemimah Rodrigues is the player of the match : [Why waste form?] 100% That was the mindset, when the runs are coming, I need to capitalise. [Need four to five fielders to stop that late cut] I will still find the gaps (laughs). [Mindset?] For me, it was to understand the conditions. It was slightly sticky, not as flat as everyone initially though. I was in good touch. My mindset was simple. In my mind I was blank, I was just reacting to the ball. We have been going really well. What has happened in the past has happened. What's next? It is the T20 WC. We just want to win that. [On playing Gimhani] Our video analysts told us hat she is very good. She is a rising star and will be doing well for SL. I was just reacting to her deliveries and playing over the fielder.

Harmanpreet Kaur, the India captain: With bat and ball, yes. We are working on our fielding. Don't know why we keep dropping catches. It is wet out here, but it is not an excuse. That is something we really need to think about. Next match we will come about with better approach. [Bat first?] We are playing after a month. We don't want to unnecessarily challenge ourselves. We just want to do well for the team. We just wanted to bowl first and see how it goes. We wanted to show the better approach.

Chamari Athapaththu, the Sri Lanka captain: [Batting] 120 is not a good total. We have to bounce back in the next game. We did a lot of mistakes in the middle. We have to play positive cricket in the middle. [Dew] We can't play the conditions. We have to play in these conditions and hopefully we can play better cricket in the next few days. We need to improve a few areas especially in batting. We have to play positive cricket. We played very defensive cricket. We have to be positive. I have to show more responsibility and I have to lead from the front. I hope the youngsters also do better.

10.02pm A comprehensive win for India who take a 1-0 lead. Jemimah Rodrigues was the star of the show in the chase, finishing unbeaten on 69 off just 44 balls with ten fours. She was quick with her footwork, played the late cuts superbly and ran brilliantly. India lost Shafali early but Jemi alongside Mandhana added 54 for the second wicket. Jemi then added an unbroken 55 runs for the third wicket with Harmanpreet to help India win on a canter. Do hang around for the presentation

14.4
1
Ranaweera to Rodrigues, 1 run, An easy win for India by eight wickets. It took them just 14.4 overs to get over the line and this is what a clinical victory looks like. Tossed up outside off, she drives firmly to cover, where a misfield allows them a run and a win

Just one to win for India

14.3
1
Ranaweera to H Kaur, 1 run, Slower through the air on middle and leg, she works this to long leg
14.2
2
Ranaweera to H Kaur, 2 runs, Angled in on off stump, she shimmies down the track and pushes to long-on. The bowler is not able to collect the ball cleanly and that allows them an overthrow
14.1
1
Ranaweera to Rodrigues, 1 run, Angled in on off stump, she pushes to wide long-off

END OF OVER:
14 | 9 Runs | IND-W: 117/2 (5 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 8.35, RRR: 0.83)

  • Jemimah Rodrigues67 (42b)
  • Harmanpreet Kaur12 (14b)
  • Kawya Kavindi3-0-20-1
  • Inoka Ranaweera3-0-12-1
13.6
1
Kavindi to Rodrigues, 1 run, Short of a good length ball on middle, she works this deep midwicket
13.5
1
Kavindi to H Kaur, 1 run, Length on off stump, she lifts this to long-on. Oh, Jemi is almost at the non-striker's end looking for the second, but Harman was not even looking. Kawya is not able to collect the throw clearly which gives Jemi the chance to rush back.
13.4
1
Kavindi to Rodrigues, 1 run, On a length just around off, she jumps down the track and punches to long-on
13.3
1
Kavindi to H Kaur, 1 run, Drags this down outside off, she crashes the pull to deep midwicket
13.2
1
Kavindi to Rodrigues, 1 run, Fuller on the stumps, she gives herself room and crashes aerially to sweeper cover on the bounce
13.1
4
Kavindi to Rodrigues, FOUR, Super shot! Length ball on middle, she gets in position to play the scoop and lifts it with authority over short fine leg for four

IND need 14 runs in 42 balls. Here's Kawya

END OF OVER:
13 | 6 Runs | IND-W: 108/2 (14 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 8.30, RRR: 2.00)

  • Jemimah Rodrigues60 (38b)
  • Harmanpreet Kaur10 (12b)
  • Inoka Ranaweera3-0-12-1
  • Shashini Gimhani2-0-32-0
12.6
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Ranaweera to Rodrigues, 1 run, Gives herself a lot of room as Ranaweera follows her. She still manages to give herself room to loft it to long-on
12.5
1
Ranaweera to H Kaur, 1 run, Shimmies down the track to length ball and eases this to long-on
12.4
0
Ranaweera to H Kaur, no run, Angled in on middle, she defends
12.3
2
Ranaweera to H Kaur, 2 runs, Tossed up outside off, she absolutely crashes this to the left of extra cover, who gets a hand on it. They still get a couple of runs
12.2
1
Ranaweera to Rodrigues, 1 run, Flatter on leg stump, she works this to the on-side
12.1
1
Ranaweera to H Kaur, 1 run, Tossed up outside off, she jumps down the track and punches to long-off

END OF OVER:
12 | 16 Runs | IND-W: 102/2 (20 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 8.50, RRR: 2.50)

  • Jemimah Rodrigues58 (36b)
  • Harmanpreet Kaur6 (8b)
  • Shashini Gimhani2-0-32-0
  • Chamari Athapaththu2-0-16-0
11.6
4
Gimhani to Rodrigues, FOUR, Flashed hard, flashed for four. Flatter well outside off, she reaches for it, gets thick outside edge that flies to the left of short third
11.5
4
Gimhani to Rodrigues, FOUR, Loses her line and length and concedes four. Very high full toss on off stump, she goes reverse and gets this past short third

SL Women 1st innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st18AMCJK AthapaththuRMVD Gunaratne
2nd31GWHM PereraRMVD Gunaratne
3rd38H SamarawickramaRMVD Gunaratne
4th16NND SilvaRMVD Gunaratne
5th5NND SilvaWK Dilhari
6th3WK DilhariEMKNH Senavirathna