India Women thrash Sri Lanka Women in 3rd T20I at Ranchi, seal series 3-0

With the Sri Lanka series, India have now won two back to back Twenty20 International (T20I) series which will help to boost up their confidence before the ICC Women's World T20 2016.

India Women beat Sri Lanka Women in the third and final match at Ranchi and win the series 3-0. Sri Lanka had already lost the initial two matches and were looking forward to win the third one but they displayed a miserable batting performance scoring only 89. India, put to chase a low target of 90 cruised towards it and clinched the victory with 5.1 overs still remained in hand. With the Sri Lanka series, India have now won two back to back Twenty20 International (T20I) series which will help to boost up their confidence before the ICC Women’s World T20 2016. Full Cricket Scorecard, India Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 2015-16, 3rd T20I match at Ranchi

Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to field first. The opening combination was changed by skipper Shashikala Siriwardene as she sent Oshadi Ranasinghe  along with Chamari Athapaththu to open the batting. But the plan failed as Indian bowlers came into the action early. Sri Lanka started losing wickets in quick succession. They lost their first wicket in the first over as Ranasinghe departed for a duck in the very first over while the next in, skipper Siriwardene, departed in the following over without scoring a single run. It was Anuja Patil who gave India their first breakthrough with an lbw. Sri Lanka’s batting innings was never stabilised as the fall of wickets did not stop. Very few players managed to reach the double digit. Nipuna Hansika and Athapaththu tried to build up a partnership after the initial two wickets but Hansika was dismissed for 13 as ‘keeper Sushma Verma got her for a clever stumping and it ended adding 33 runs. Full Cricket Updates, India Women vs Sri Lanka Women 2016, 3rd T20I at Ranchi

Sri Lanka lost their 7 wickets within 46 runs in 14.4 overs. A good effort with the bat came from Eshani Lokusuriyage. Coming out at No. 7, she scored an important 25 off 22 with the help of three boundaries which pushed the score a bit. Only four batsmen from the Lankan side managed to score in double digits.

The Indian bowlers did a magnificent job. Ekta Bosht remained the highest wicket-taker as she took three wickets for 17 runs in her 4 overs. Another crucial spell came from Anuja Patil who initiated the slide in the visitors’ batting. Deepti Sharma and Rajeshwari Gayakwad bagged one wicket each. An effort which should be appreciated is that by Indian wicketkeeper Sushma Verma. Verma remained active and displayed some intelligent acts of stumping never missing a single chance which helped more.

Chasing the target, India cruised towards their victory as Vellaswamy Vanitha and Smriti Mandhana started batting fearlessly. They brought up 50 for India without losing any wickets in 6.1 overs and looked unstoppable. Chamari Athapaththu, who remained the only successful bowler for Sri Lanka, took the wicket of Vanitha but India already had 64 runs on the board. Next in, Veda Krishnamurthy along with Mandhana easily took India to a comfortable victory in 13.5 overs.

Brief scores:

India Sri Lanka 89 for 9 in overs 20 ( Eshani Lokusuriyage 25; Ekta Bisht 3 for 17, Anuja Patil 2 for 19) 

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(Paulami Chakraborty, a singer, dancer, artist, and photographer, loves the madness of cricket and writes about the game. She can be followed on Twitter at @Polotwitts)

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