A dominant India will look to seal the five-match sequence with one other ruthless show when it takes on a low-on-confidence Sri Lanka within the third ladies’s T20 Worldwide right here on Friday.
India has been excellent with each the bat and the ball within the first and second T20Is, registering complete eight-wicket and seven-wicket wins, respectively, in Visakhapatnam to underline its total dominance over Sri Lanka.
It was India’s ninth win in its final 11 T20Is towards Sri Lanka, which final tasted victory towards the host in July 2024 at Dambulla.
India boasts an enviable batting line-up, with totally different gamers stepping up within the two video games. Whereas newly appointed Delhi Capitals captain Jemimah Rodrigues starred within the opening T20I, opener Shafali Verma completed the job within the second.
The bowling unit has been equally sharp, with the spinners calling the photographs by proscribing Sri Lanka to 121 for six and 128 for 9 within the two matches. Children N Shree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma and Kranti Gaud have shared the workload successfully, bowling with self-discipline and management.
India’s bowling depth was on show when skilled all-rounder Deepti Sharma missed the second T20I with a gentle fever and Sneh Rana stepped up with a frugal spell of 1 for 11 in 4 overs.
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Fielding was the lone space of concern within the opening recreation, the place India dropped 5 catches. Nevertheless it confirmed marked enchancment within the second match with three sharp run-outs.
Led by Harmanpreet Kaur, India will goal to proceed elevating its requirements because the sequence strikes to Thiruvananthapuram, which can host the following three matches.
Sri Lanka, in the meantime, will hope that the change of venue brings a change in its fortune for a aspect battered by back-to-back heavy defeats. Whereas the gulf in high quality has been evident, Sri Lanka shall be significantly disillusioned by the way of its batting collapses.
Requested to bat first in each matches, Sri Lanka didn’t put up aggressive totals. It confirmed some promise early on however misplaced momentum as wickets tumbled in clusters through the latter half of its innings.
Within the opening recreation, Vishmi Gunaratne laboured to 39 off 43 balls, whereas Hasini Perera and Harshitha Samarawickrama additionally struck underneath a run-a-ball, denying the innings any late acceleration.
The second T20I adopted an identical script. Sri Lanka appeared on monitor earlier than dropping captain Chamari Athapaththu, after which it collapsed spectacularly, dropping six wickets for 26 runs, together with three run-outs, to complete with one other sub-par whole.
The Lankan bowling too has lacked the penetration required to bother India’s deep batting line-up.
“We had an excellent powerplay however misplaced a few wickets, then struggled within the center overs,” Athapaththu mentioned after the second T20I.
“Batters performed an excessive amount of with the horizontal bat, which is an space for enchancment. We have to rating greater than 150 batting first. We try to rotate strike, however we have to hit extra boundaries.”
The Squads
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Renuka Singh Thakur, Richa Ghosh (WK), G Kamalini (WK), N Shree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma.
Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (C), Hasini Perera, Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakshika de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Imesha Dulani, Kaushini Nuthyangana, Malsha Shehani, Inoka Ranaweera, Shashini Gimhani, Nimesha Madushani, Kawya Kavindi, Rashmika Sewwandi, Malki Madara.
Match begins at 7 pm.
Printed on Dec 25, 2025