India vs Sri Lanka Women’s T20 WC Live Updates: India win the match by 82 runs

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Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur gets awarded with the Player of the Match award for her brilliant knock of 52 runs from just 27 deliveries. This inning massively helped India in reaching the big total of 172 in 20 overs.

Indian spinner Deepti Sharma gets the final wicket of the Sri Lankan innings in the form of Udeshika Prabodani as the Women in Blue bundle out Sri Lanka for only 90 runs. This win will help improve India’s net run-rate by a massive margin.

India now only need a wicket to win the match as Arundhati Reddy gets her third wicket of the innings in the form of Ama Kanchana who departs for 19. Radha Yadav takes her second catch of the day as Sri Lanka lose their ninth wicket for 86.

The Indian spinner is on absolute fire and has now taken her third wicket of the day to restrict Sri Lanka to 65/8 after 14.2 overs. The batter dismissed this time is Inoshi Fernando.

The seventh wicket falls for Sri Lanka and this time its Sugandika Kumari who departs. Asha Sobhana gets her second wicket of the day as wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh takes an easy catch. Sri Lanka now 61/7 after 13 overs.

It has all gone horribly wrong for Sri Lanka here in the 173-run chase as Arundhati gets her second wicket in the same over and this time its Kaveesha Dilhari who departs for 21. It is now just a matter of time before the Sri Lankans get bundled out.

Indian pacer Arundhati Reddy who picked up 3 wickets against Pakistan, gets her first scalp of the day against Sri Lanka in the form of Nilakshika Silva. Shafali Verma takes an easy catch as Sri Lanka’s fifth wicket falls for 57 runs.

Indian spinner Asha Sobhana gets a wicket in her first over and dismisses Anushka Sanjeevani for 20 runs. Wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh performs a clever stumping which sees India get a big wicket. Sri Lanka now 43/4 after 8 overs.

The Sri Lankan batting pair of Kaveesha Dilhari and Anushka Sanjeevani have done well against the Indian bowlers so far and will be looking to continue making regular runs. Sri Lanka now 40/3 after 7 overs.

The Sri Lankan inning is falling like a house of cards here and this time its Harshitha Samarawickrama who gets dismissed. Renuka gets her second wicket in as many overs as Sri Lanka are now under massive pressure at 6/3 after 2.2 overs.

Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu departs in the second over as Indian spinner Shreyanka Patil gets arguably the biggest wicket of the Sri Lankan innings. Deepti Sharma takes an easy catch in the slips as Sri Lanka are now in big trouble at 4/2 after 1.5 overs.

Sri Lanka lose opener Vishmi Gunarathne on the second ball of the innings. Substitute Radhya Yadav takes a splendid catch as Renuka Thakur again provides the breakthrough for the Women in Blue.

The Indian skipper scores boundaries on the final 2 balls of the innings to carry India to a great total of 172/3. This total is the highest total posted in this edition of the T20 World Cup. With the boundary, Harmanpreet also completed her fifty in just 27 balls.

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s great knock of 34 has massively helped in taking the Women in Blue over the 150-run mark and there are still 9 balls to go. India can even go on to post the highest total of the tournament so far.

Sri Lanka’s Ama Kanchana breaks the growing partnership between Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur by dismissing the former for 16 runs. India now 128/3 after 16.2 overs.

First Smriti departs due to a terrible mix-up with Shafali and then the latter gets dismissed on the very next ball as India lose 2 quick wickets and will now have 2 new batters on thee crease.

The Indian left-handed opener has played brilliantly so far and will be looking to take India to a good total from here on now. Smriti has so far hit 4 boundaries and a six.

10 overs have ended, and India is yet to lose a wicket.  The openers have so far done a fantastic job and their partnership of 78 is the proof of that. Shafali is currently batting on 35 and Smriti is currently batting on 42.

This is India’s first 50-run stand in the current edition of the T20 World Cup. It is safe to say that the opening pair of Shafali and Smriti have given the Women in Blue a great start.

The opening duo of Shafali and Smriti have done quite well so far and have managed to score 41 runs between them without giving away any wicket in the powerplay. Shafali is currently batting on 28 while Smriti is batting on 13.

The opening pair of Shafali and Smriti have so far scored 18 runs in the first 3 overs and have provided the Women in Blue with a decent start.

Both sides have taken the field. Indian openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana will be facing Sri Lanka’s Inoshi Fernando in the first over.

Both the Indian and Sri Lankan teams are currently on the field as both the countries’ national anthems will be sung. It will Sri Lanka’s first followed by India’s national anthem.

Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur wins the toss and elects to bat first on the Dubai International Stadium pitch. It will be interesting to see if India can post a big total on the slow track.