The Indian women’s team wins the 1st match in a five-match T20I series. The game was played at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Potinamallayyapalem, Vishakhapatnam. Indian team won the toss and invited Sri Lanka to bat.
In that scenario, Sri Lanka’s women scored 121 runs on the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. In the 1st inning, the batting lineup collapsed very badly, and the opener, Vishmi Gunaratne, made 39 runs in 43 balls.
Kranti Gaud, Deepti Sharma, and Nallapureddy Charani took 3 wickets each, and also 3 sharp run-outs were done by them. And these collective efforts stopped Sri Lanka’s women at 121 runs.
In the 2nd inning, Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma opened the inning for Indian Team. Samriti was successful in giving a positive start to India, but Shefali gave her wicket at 9 runs.
Jemimah Rodrigues scored 69 runs in 44 balls and led India towards victory in the game. She was named Player of the Match for her impressive and sharp performance in the match.
Sri Lanka’s bowlers Inoka Ranaweera and Kawya Kavindi took wickets of the opening batswomen Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma. With the powerful performance of Jemimah Rodrigues, India won the match by 8 wickets and scored 122 runs in 14.4 overs. India leads the series 1-0.