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Dominant India Clean Sri Lanka Sweep Cricket
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Dominant India Clean Sri Lanka Sweep

India women cricket team's dominance over Sri Lankan women continued as they clean Sri Lanka swept in 5-match T20I series. In fifth and final T20I, India beat Sri Lanka by 51-runs at FTZ Cricket Complex, Katunayake on Tuesday, September 25 and won the series 4-0 with the third match was washed out.## The series played as a part of ICC World Championship. India won both ODI and T20I series against Sri Lanka. Before T20Is, India emerged as the victorious in 3-match ODI series which they won 2-1.## Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was the star for India. Riding on her 63 off 38 balls along with Jemimah Rodrigues's 46 off 31 balls, India women posted 156-all out in 18.3 overs. ## India was 128 for 3 after 14 overs at one stage but Sri Lanka bounced back strongly to restrict India on the modest total.## For Sri Lanka Shashikala Siriwardene and Inoshi Priyadharshani were pick off the bowlers. Both bowled exceedingly well especially later part of the inning to stop India on that total. ## Siriwardene took 3 for 19 in 3.3 overs while Inoshi finished her spell with 3 for 24 in 4 overs.## Sri Lanka's run chase could never get going with wickets falling at regular intervals. They could not start well and lost two early wickets on 13 in 2.4 overs. ## However, Anushka Sanjeevani (29), Siriwardene (22) and Oshadi Ranasinghe (22) tried to bring Sri Lanka back in the game with 34 and 39 back to back partnership.## Once Sri Lanka loses their 4th wicket on 86, it was a matter of time for Sri Lanka to bundled out on 105 in 17.4 overs and lost by 51-runs. India's bowling was stand out once again. Deepti Sharma 2 for 18, Poonam Yadav 3 for 18, and Radha Yadav 2 for 14 helped India to win comprehensively.## For more and latest news about Cricket, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

Bowlers, Mandhana Shone As India Demolish Sri Lanka Cricket
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Bowlers, Mandhana Shone As India Demolish Sri Lanka

Smriti Mandhana continued to shine in limited overs as India Women crushed Sri Lanka Women by 9-wickets in the first of the three ODIs at the Galle International Stadium, Galle on Tuesday, September 11. This series is the part of ICC Championship.## It was an easy outing for the Indian Women as they comfortably won the first ODI. The foundation of this win was set up by the bowlers who bowled out Sri Lankan Women on a modest total of 98 in 35.1 overs. ## Right-arm pacer Manshi Joshi was the most successful bowler for India as she took 3 for 16 in 6.1 overs. ## Jhulan Goswami and Poonam Yadav took two wickets each while Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Dayalan Hemalatha grabbed a wicket each.## Sri Lanka never looked in the game as the biggest partnership was 29 between the skipper Chamari Athapaththu and Sripali Weerakkody. ## Athapaththu was the highest scorer for her side with 33 off 93 balls while Weerakkody made 26 off 32 balls.## The chase was never going to be trouble Indian Women and openers Smriti Mandhana and Punam Raut made it even more. easier with a 96-run partnership. Raut caught out by Manodara off Ranaweera before 3 runs from reaching the target. ## She made 24 off 41 balls with the help of 2 boundaries. But it was Mandhana who showed her class once again with an unbeaten knock off 73 off 76 balls as India chased down the target in 19.5 overs.## Mandhana has been in sensational form since the South Africa series. She was the top run-getter in recently concluded Women's Kia Super League with 421 runs in 9 innings with a century and two half-centuries. ## She averaging 60.14 with a strike rate of 174.68 in that tournament. She has been India's best player in recent times.## For more and latest news about Cricket, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.