The seasoned duo of Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur was again to its scorching greatest as India gave a large enhance to their internet run charge with an 82-run hammering of Sri Lanka within the Girls’s T20 World Cup right here on Wednesday.
The 98-run stand between Shafali Verma (43 off 40) and Smriti (50 off 38) set the tone for the innings after India opted to bat on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium. Harmanpreet (52 not out off 27) then received welcome runs within the demise overs to push India previous 170, the very best complete of the competitors to date.
Sri Lanka, who had received the higher of India within the Asia Cup, may by no means actually get going within the run chase and had been all out for 90 in 19.5 overs. It was Sri Lanka’s third loss in as many video games, successfully placing them out of the semifinals race.
With their second win in three video games, India stay within the hunt for a final 4 spot from Group A. The loss to New Zealand had put a extreme dent to India’s internet run charge and so they wanted a giant win to make amends, one thing they managed on Wednesday.
It was additionally India’s largest margin of victory within the event historical past, pushing their run charge to optimistic from unfavourable.
India’s final group sport is towards the mighty Australia.
Pacer Renuka Singh Thakur struck on the very first ball of the innings with substitute Radha Yadav taking a surprising catch to eliminate Vishmi Gunaratne.
Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapattu was the subsequent one to depart as Shreyanka Patil had her caught at first slip for a classical off-spinner’s dismissal.
Sri Lanka had been diminished to 6 for 3 when Harshitha Samrawickrama went for a flashy drive towards Renuka however ended up nicking it to the wicket-keeper. Leg-spinner Asha Sobhana then received into the motion and struck thrice to extend the victory margin for her workforce.
Earlier Smriti, who had struggled within the event up until now because of the sluggish nature of pitches, discovered it powerful initially earlier than moving into the groove.
Shafali developing with common boundaries on the different finish helped Smriti calm down.
Whereas the southpaw couldn’t put away off-spinner Inoshi Priyadharshani, she deposited left-arm spinner Sugandika Kumari down the bottom for her first boundary.
A bit later, Smriti stepped out to a different left-arm spinner Inoka Ranaweera to smash India’s first six of the event, highlighting the workforce’s critical struggles within the power-hitting division.
Shafali alternatively started nicely earlier than slowing down. Her aggressive play within the powerplay took India to 41 for no loss.
Each openers had been dismissed off successive balls within the thirteenth over, bringing Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet into the center.
Harmanpreet, whose consistency has been questioned time and time once more, confirmed that she stays India’s most belligerent batter. She regarded in enterprise ever since she slog swept Kumari for six within the cow nook area within the fifteenth over.
Her whirlwind knock comprised eight boundaries together with two straight hits off Udeshika Prabhodani within the last over.
Scoreboard
Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne c sub (RP Yadav) b Renuka 0 Chamari Athapaththu c Sharma b Patil 1 Harshitha Samarawickrama c Ghosh b Renuka 3 Kavisha Dilhari c Renuka b Reddy 21 Anushka Sanjeewani st Ghosh b Sobhana 20 Nilakshika Silva c Shafali b Reddy 8 Ama Kanchana c sub (RP Yadav) b Reddy 19 Sugandika Kumari c Ghosh b Sobhana 1 Inoshi Priyadharshani c sub (RP Yadav) b Sobhana 1 Udeshika Prabodhani c Mandhana b Sharma 9 Inoka Ranaweera not out 2
Extras: (LB-5) 5
Whole: (All out in 19.5 overs) 90
Fall of Wickets: 1-0, 2-4, 3-6, 4-43, 5-57, 6-58, 7-61, 8-65, 9-86
Bowling: Renuka Singh 4-0-16-2, Shreyanka Patil 4-0-15-1, Deepti Sharma 3.5-0-16-1, Arundhati Reddy 4-0-19-3, Asha Sobhana 4-0-19-3.
India: Shafali Verma c Gunaratne b Athapaththu 43 Smriti Mandhana run out 50 Harmanpreet Kaur not out 52 Jemimah Rodrigues c Prabodhani b Kanchana 16 Richa Ghosh not out 16
Extras: (NB-1, W-4) 5
Whole: (For Three Wickets in 20 overs) 172
Fall of Wickets: 1-98, 2-98, 3-128
Bowling: Inoshi Priyadharshani 2-0-11-0, Sugandika Kumari 3-0-29-0, Udeshika Prabodhani 3-0-32-0, Kavisha Dilhari 2-0-11-0, Inoka Ranaweera 3-0-26-0, Chamari Athapaththu 4-0-34-1, Ama Kanchana 3-0-29-1
Printed – October 09, 2024 11:23 pm IST
