IND-W vs SL-W Highlights: India win by 41 runs: India women have scripted an impressive 41-run win over Sri Lanka women in the Asia Cup. It was an all-round performance, which helped them get off to a winning start in the continental competition. If Jemimah Rodrigues scored 53-ball 76, Dayalan Hemalatha scalped three wickets to contribute in the win. Follow Women’s Asia Cup LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
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The Indian team has been tagged strong favourites. And Harmanpreet Kaur and co stayed true to the tag with a solid show on Saturday.
India, who were asked to bat first, lost their openers Mandhana and Varma quickly. The openers are fabulous players, but those early wickets put them in the backfoot. But Rodrigues ensured that the team does not get affected as she began to play her shots.
The right-hander looked in top form throughout the innings. Such was her batting that the Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur played second fiddle. However, the captain departed after scoring 33. It was the innings of Rodrigues, which comprised of 11 fours and six that pushed India to 150/6.
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When it came to their bowlers, all of them were spot on the money right from the outset. Though Sri Lanka started well, they lost track in the mid stages of the second innings. As hAthaapthuthu was out for 26, the floodgates opened.
Sri Lanka batters could not get their game going. Eight of their batters were out for single digit scores, which did not help their cause. They were eventually all out for 109 runs. Hemalatha was the star bowler for India, scalping three wickets while Deepti Sharma and Pooja Vastrakar scalped two each.
Sri Lanka scorecard
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harshitha Samarawickrama | 26 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 130.00 | |
| Chamari Atapattu (C) | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| Malsha Shehani | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 | |
| Hasini Perera | 30 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 93.75 | |
| Nilakshi de Silva | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| Kavisha Dilhari | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| Anushka Sanjeewani (WK) | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.56 | |
| Oshadi Ranasinghe | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 110.00 | |
| Sugandika Kumari | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Inoka Ranaweera | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Achini Kulasuriya | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Extra | 13 (b 4, w 8, nb 1, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 109/10 (18.2) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renuka Singh | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Deepti Sharma | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3.75 |
| Sneh Rana | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Radha Yadav | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Pooja Vastrakar | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4.00 |
| Dayalan Hemalatha | 2.2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6.43 |
INDIA WOMEN SCORECARD
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shafali Verma | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 90.91 | |
| Smriti Mandhana | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 | |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | 76 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 143.40 | |
| Harmanpreet Kaur (C) | 33 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 110.00 | |
| Dayalan Hemalatha | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 130.00 | |
| Richa Ghosh (WK) | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 150.00 | |
| Pooja Vastrakar | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Deepti Sharma | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extra | 1 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 150/6 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Sneh Rana, Renuka Singh, Radha Yadav | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugandika Kumari | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.50 |
| Oshadi Ranasinghe | 4 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 8.00 |
| Achini Kulasuriya | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.67 |
| Malsha Shehani | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Inoka Ranaweera | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.50 |
| Kavisha Dilhari | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Chamari Atapattu | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8.00 |
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