India ladies eye collection sweep in opposition to Sri Lanka

The collection already of their pocket, a assured India will look to finish a whitewash once they tackle hosts Sri Lanka within the third and last ladies’s T20 International right here on Monday.

The Harmanpreet Kaur-led outfit had thrashed the house crew by 34 runs within the opening T20 after which adopted it up with a dominating five-wicket win within the second recreation to take an unassailable 2-0 lead within the collection.

More importantly, the wins will probably be a morale booster for India forward of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham beginning subsequent month, the place ladies’s T20 cricket is ready to make its debut.

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India appear to have discovered the successful momentum, however they gained’t be fully happy with their efficiency within the collection to this point.

While the bowlers have carried out a stellar job within the two video games, India’s batting has left rather a lot to be desired.

Additionally, the Indians have been sloppy on the sector.

The bowling unit has been on the mark for India. The spinners have been sensational, making full use of the sluggish nature of the pitch. They had comfortably defended 138 within the opening recreation.

Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu (43) and opener Vishmi Gunaratne (45) introduced the Indian bowling unit with a problem because the duo put up a 87-run stand within the second recreation.
But the Indian bowlers made a powerful comeback as they gave simply 14 runs within the final 3.1 overs whereas claiming six wickets to limit Sri Lanka to a below-par 125.

But the guests had been made to work onerous for what ought to have been a snug chase.

Shafali Verma (17), Sabbhineni Meghana (17) and Yastika Bhatia (13) had been unable to transform their begins.

The crew’s prime scorer within the earlier recreation Jemimah Rodrigues (3) additionally perished cheaply and can goal for consistency.

After stuttering within the first recreation, prolific opener Smriti Mandhana roared again to kind, her 39 off 34 balls helped the vacationers win the match and the collection.

Mandhana was complemented by Harmanpreet (31 not out), who’s now India’s main T20I run scorer. The all-rounder performed a captain’s knock guiding her aspect over the road whereas additionally pitching in with the ball.

Sri Lanka will probably be desperately hoping to keep away from a second consecutive whitewash, having gone all the way down to Pakistan 0-3 in a T20 collection not too long ago.

The hosts will search to carry out as a cohesive unit and seize a comfort win, which can carry their spirits heading into the three-match ODI collection, beginning Friday.

For that they want extra contributions with the bat whereas their bowlers may even must assist the spin duo of Inoka Ranaweera and Oshadi Ranasinghe, who’ve carried out many of the the duty with the ball for the aspect until now.

Teams (from)

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana, Simran Bahadur, Yastika Bhatia, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Richa Ghosh (WK), Sabbhineni Meghana, Meghna Singh, Poonam Yadav, Renuka Singh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav.

Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (C), Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Vishmi Gunaratne, Ama Kanchana, Hansima Karunaratne, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Harshitha Madavi, Hasini Perera, Udeshika Prabodhani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Sathya Sandeepani, Anushka Sanjeewani, Malsha Shehani, Tharika Sewwandi.