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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: India’s batting extent got a stern accent trial nether Thiruvananthapuram's evening skies against Sri Lanka. But skipper Harmanpreet Kaur stood calm arsenic a lighthouse successful choppy waters to people a dazzling 43-ball 68, aft the hosts were asked to instrumentality archetypal strike.
A precocious ambush — 47 runs plundered from the last 3 overs — was turbocharged by Arundhati Reddy’s jaw-dropping 27 disconnected 11 (4x4, 1x6), lifting India to a commanding 175/7.Arundhati’s precocious onslaught proved decisive arsenic Sri Lanka’s pursuit fizzled contempt a mid-innings surge to 99/2 successful 13 overs. Lacking the firepower to prolong the charge, the visitors closed connected 160/7, falling 15 runs short. India sealed a broad triumph and completed a commanding 5–0 bid sweep. This was the archetypal specified bid decision for Sri Lanka successful bilateral T20Is.En win, allrounder Deepti Sharma became the highest wicket-taker successful women's T20Is, erstwhile she trapped Nilakshika Silva for 3 successful the 14th over.India wore a distinctly experimental look tonight, with an in-form Smriti Mandhana rested and Jemimah Rodrigues inactive sidelined portion recovering from fever.Shafali Verma fell early, portion debutant opener Gunalan Kamalini showed flashes of promise.
Her 12 disconnected 12, studded with 2 boundaries, hinted astatine intent earlier she was trapped lbw. Harleen Deol tried to support things moving, but wickets kept arriving successful clusters.Richa Ghosh and Deepti Sharma couldn’t rather enforce themselves arsenic Sri Lanka, led by Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu and a tidy spell from Kavisha Dilhari, applied the pressure. Amanjot Kaur’s lively 21 provided the thrust, portion Harmanpreet made definite the batting didn't unravel, playing a sound that crackled with authority.
Nine fours pierced the infield, a lone six sailed implicit it, and the tempo ne'er dipped erstwhile she was around.Sri Lanka, though, missed a trick, with Dilhari, their champion bowler of the night, was strangely restricted to conscionable 2 overs, contempt finishing with fantabulous figures of 2/11.Sri Lanka’s pursuit of 176 stuttered aboriginal but was steadied by the halfway people nether lights. Athapaththu’s enactment was fleeting, falling cheaply to Reddy, leaving the visitors wobbling astatine 7/1.
From there, Hasini Perera and Imesha Dulani stitched unneurotic a calm, counterpunching stand. Perera played with intent, racing to her maiden T20 50 successful 37 balls, portion Dulani swept her mode to half-century arsenic well.At 75/1 aft 10 overs, Sri Lanka stayed afloat. But India kept chipping distant with timely scalps, courtesy Vaishnavi Sharma, Amanjot and Sneh Rana. When Sree Charani bowled Hasini for 42-ball 65, Sri Lankans needed 44 from 22. By then, you could consciousness that the lucifer was beyond the visitors' grasp.
