Renuka, Deepti do the star turn as India seals T20I series

The afloat names of Sri Lankan cricketers tin beryllium a small long. Chaminda Vaas’s authoritative name, you whitethorn remember, is longer than his run-up.

The land nation’s pistillate cricketers are not to beryllium near behind. So we person Harshitha Madavi Dissanayake Samarawickrama. Even amended -- Athapaththu Mudiyanselage Chamari Jayangani Kumai Athapaththu.

In the ongoing T20I bid against India, Lankan batters would usually beryllium backmost successful the dressing country by the clip you finished speechmaking those names. That’s what happened successful the archetypal 2 matches. It was nary antithetic successful the 3rd T20I astatine the Greenfield Stadium present connected Friday (December 26, 2025).

After restricting the visitors to 112 for seven, India reached location with 8 wickets and 6.4 overs to spare. They person frankincense won the five-match bid 3-0 with 2 games successful hand. Not a atrocious amusement astatine each to travel up that spectacular ODI World Cup triumph past month.

This lucifer excessively began with Harmanpreet Kaur winning the toss. Can the Indian skipper bash immoderate incorrect these days? Just arsenic the Lankan women can’t bash thing right. They did get a decent commencement connected this night, though.

Hasini Perera and Chamari enactment connected 25 wrong 5 overs for the archetypal wicket, with the skipper opting to play the supporting role. Hasini seemed successful bully nick, arsenic she deed a mates of fours successful the archetypal implicit connected the off-side, disconnected Renuka Singh, who successful information went for 12.

This was the Queen of Swing’s comeback to the T20I cricket aft a year. And she made it number taking 4 for 21 from her 4 overs, 1 of which was a maiden. She began by removing the dangerous-looking Hasini, who played distant from her assemblage and edged to Deepti Sharma astatine abbreviated third-man.

This would beryllium Deepti’s night, too. She claimed 3 for 18 to adjacent Megan Schutt’s grounds arsenic the world’s starring wicket-taker successful women’s T20Is. They person 151 wickets each. Among her victims was Kavisha Dilhari, whose 40-run concern for the 5th wicket with Imesha Dulani was the highest of the Lankan innings.

The question was however soon India’s star-studded batting line-up would pursuit that people down and who would radiance the brightest. Opener Shafali Verma was not going to fto that accidental go. She smashed a 42-ball 79 n.o. (11x4, 3x6) to delight a goodly crowd.

When Shafali gets going, determination aren’t excessively galore amended sights successful women’s cricket.