Lady Lions vs Indian Starlets Women’s Cricket Derby
In the five-match Twenty20 series versus Sri Lanka, India gained an unbeatable 4-0 lead on Sunday, December 28. An unprecedented opening combination by India’s openers was the high point of this commanding display. Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana shattered their own record for India’s greatest partnership in this format with outstanding half-centuries. Following their dismissals, India achieved their highest-ever score in a Women’s T20 series thanks to a brief but powerful knock from Richa Ghosh. The visiting team put up a valiant battle, but the bowlers easily sealed the victory.India Women vs Sri Lanka Women
Verma and Mandhana both got off to a fantastic start to the powerplay, regularly hitting boundaries. Mandhana reached 10,000 runs in women’s international cricket, while Verma dominated the second half of the powerplay and scored 37 runs off just 20 balls. She became the fastest player to accomplish this feat and the fourth Indian opener. Verma continued to put pressure on Sri Lanka and went on to hit her third straight half-century despite Mandhana’s subsequent little slowdown.India Women vs Sri Lanka Women
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But in a surprising turn of events, both batters were out in six balls. Richa Ghosh and captain Harmanpreet Kaur were left to finish the innings firmly. Ghosh attacked the bowlers with ferocity after making the most of a missed catch. During the penultimate over,India Women vs Sri Lanka Women
Harmanpreet then made sure that India reached 220 runs for the first time in this format as she smacked 6, 6, 4, 6.
While pursuing such a formidable target, many anticipated that Sri Lanka would give up quickly, but the visitors demonstrated remarkable tenacity. Sri Lanka reached 29 runs in two overs thanks to Hasini Perera’s strong start, which included three boundaries in the first over and two more in the second. Not long after, Chamari
With two more boundaries from Hasini and a six and a four from Athapaththu off Deepti Sharma, Sri Lanka reached 50 runs in four overs.
Arundhati Reddy broke the opening stand in the last over of the powerplay, providing India some momentary respite. However, Athapaththu continued her aggressive strategy by responding with a six off Amanjot Kaur. Sri Lanka was 95/1 at the halfway point. Athapaththu reached her half-century while clinging to optimism, but Vaishnavi Sharma sacked her shortly after. India
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took advantage of the situation and pushed for additional wickets. After Imesha Dulani was eliminated,
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