India Women Take 2–0 Lead In T20 Series Against Sri Lanka

The Indian women’s team maintained their supremacy in the second T20 match against the team from Sri Lanka in Visakhapatnam. The Indian team has thus achieved a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. This series comes after the Indian women’s ODI World Cup victory.

Strong Bowling Limits Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka opted to bat and reached 128/9 in 20 overs. The bowlers of the Indian team bowled a disciplined performance. Sri Charani took 2 wickets for 23 runs. Vaishnavi Sharma took 2 wickets for 32 runs. Sneh Rana could only concede 11 runs and took 1 wicket. Kranthi Gowd finished the match by taking 1 wicket for 21 runs.
Harshitha Samarawickrama scored 33 for Sri Lanka, while the team's captain, Chamari Athapaththu, scored 31. Then, there was also the contribution of 22 runs by Hasini Perera. Sri Lanka had reached 104 for 3, but then the team lost some momentum, especially when Harshitha was out. In the last four overs, the team lost 6 wickets and scored only 29.

India Pursue Target With Ease

India chased down the target easily, reaching 129/3 in 11.5 overs. Shafali Verma scored an aggresive knock, not being out at 69 off 34 deliveries. Her inning included 11 fours & one six. She got the award of Player of the Match.
Jemimah Rodrigues scored 26 runs off 15 balls to help him. These two added 58 runs for the second wicket. Later, Shafali added 45 runs with captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who scored 10 runs. Smriti Mandhana was out early with 14 runs, but India was not pressed at all even once during the chase.

A Look Back At Previous Performance

Sri Lanka batting performance has been improved compared to the first T20 match, but they could not complete the innings properly. Vishmi Gunaratne, who scored the highest score in the earlier match, scored just 1 run in the first over itself. The Indian spinners controlled the innings right throughout and took consistent wickets towards the end.

ICC Rankings Update

Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma topped the ICC Women’s T20 Bowler Rankings for the first time in her career. Her current point tally is 737. Anabel Sutherland from Australia and Sadia Iqbal from Pakistan occupy the second and third positions, respectively.
Smriti Mandhana continues to be at the third position in the list of batswomen. Jemimah Rodrigues jumped to the ninth spot. Shafali Verma holds the tenth position. Beth Mooney of Australia occupies the first place in the list of batswomen. Deepti Sharma retains the third position in the list of all-rounders, followed by Hayley Matthews at the