Visakhapatnam, 24 December (Sports Desk)
Sri Lanka Women Tour of India 2025/26
Venue: Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Result: India Women won by 7 wickets (with 49 balls remaining)
Series Status: India Women lead the 5-match series 2-0 Player of the Match: Shafali Verma (69* off 34 balls)
Toss
India Women won the toss and elected to field first.
Sri Lanka Women Innings: 128/9 in 20 overs
- Top scorers: Harshitha Samarawickrama 33 (32), Chamari Athapaththu 31 (24)
- India’s bowling: Shree Charani 2/23, Vaishnavi Sharma 2/32, Sneh Rana 1/11 (4 overs, including a maiden), Kranti Gaud 1 wicket
- Sri Lanka struggled in the middle overs and collapsed towards the end, losing 6 wickets for 24 runs in the death overs.
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India Women Innings: 129/3 in 11.5 overs (Target: 129)
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Dismissal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smriti Mandhana | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | c & b Kavisha Dilhari |
| Shafali Verma | 69* | 34 | 11 | 1 | not out |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | 26 | 15 | 4 | 1 | c Kawya Kavindi |
| Harmanpreet Kaur (c) | 10 | 12 | – | – | b Malki Madara |
| Richa Ghosh (wk) | 1* | 1 | – | – | not out |
- Key partnerships: Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues added 58 runs for the 2nd wicket.
- Shafali Verma brought up her fifty in just 27 balls (joint-second fastest by an Indian woman vs Sri Lanka in WT20Is).
- India reached 113/2 after 10 overs (their highest 10-over score in WT20Is) and 68/1 in the powerplay.
Highlights
- Shafali Verma’s explosive unbeaten knock (strike rate 202.94) powered India to a dominant chase in under 12 overs.
- India’s spinners controlled the game, restricting Sri Lanka on a dew-affected pitch.
- Deepti Sharma was rested due to mild fever; Sneh Rana replaced her.
The series now moves to Thiruvananthapuram for the 3rd T20I on December 26, 2025.
