Published: Feb 24, 2016, 11:35 AM (IST)
Edited: Feb 24, 2016, 11:36 AM (IST)
Sri Lanka women crumbled as wickets kept falling, restricting runs to 108 for 8 in 20 overs in 2nd Twenty20 International (T20I) match at Ranchi. India Women showed great skill and potential throughout the innings with Poonam Yadav taking two wickets and giving the breakthrough for India. But one bowler who stood out and is known for limited-overs was Ekta Bisht who took three wickets for 22 leaving Sri Lanka no scope to go beyond 150 runs. India came out confident and wickets kept crumbling after 16th to 18th over, with two wickets each in 17th and 18th over by Ekta and Poonam. None of the Sri Lankans apart from Chamari Athapaththu, Dilani Manodara and Shashikala Siriwardene scored beyond double digit runs. LIVE CRICKET UPDATES: India Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 2nd T20I at Ranchi
Sri Lanka women won the toss and elected to bat first. Chamari Athapaththu and Yasoda Mendis came into bat first, while Anuja Patil started off the bowling attack for India Women. Initially Sri Lanka were struggling to get runs and scored just a single for the first over. By the 5th over Yasoda and Chamari added 7 runs on board with Chamari’s first boundary for Sri Lanka. Shikha Pandey gave India the first breakthrough by getting Yasoda out for 3 runs from 18 balls. She was struggling with bat and hardly contributed any runs. Dilani Manodara who has been the highest run scorer for Sri Lanka came to bat in and started off with a much needed boundary.
Sri Lanka were moving at speed of 2 runs per over and faced another wicket down in 9th over of Chamari who was the one building the runs on board. She got out for 8 with two boundaries and Poonam Yadav grabbed the opportunity for second wicket.
Brief Scores:
Sri Lanka Women 108 for 8 in 20 overs (Chamari Atapattu 22, Dilani Manodara 27, Shashikala Siriwardene 26; Ekta Bisht 3 for 22, Poonam Yadav 3 for 17) vs India Women
FULL CRICKET UPDATES: India Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 2nd T20I at Ranchi
