India (W) vs S Lanka (W), 3rd T20I at Dambulla, Jun 27 2022, India Women tour of Sri Lanka

RESULT
3rd T20I, Dambulla, June 27, 2022, India Women tour of Sri Lanka
(17/20 ov, T:139) 141/3

S Lanka (W) won by 7 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
80* (48) & 2 catches
chamari-athapaththu
Player Of The Series
92 runs • 1 wkt
harmanpreet-kaur
Match centre 
Scores: Ranjith P | Comms: Sudarshanan and Sunaadh
Scorecard summary
India Women 138/5(20 overs)
Sri Lanka Women 141/3(17 overs)
end of over 1713 runs
SL-W: 141/3CRR: 8.29 
Chamari Athapaththu80 (48b 14x4 1x6)
Kavisha Dilhari7 (7b)
Radha Yadav 4-0-41-1
Renuka Singh 4-0-27-1

Thank you for joining us. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. It's goodbye from me, Sunaadh Sagar, and my fellow commentator, S Sudarshanan, and our scorer, Ranjith P

Chamari Athapaththu, Sri Lanka captain and Player of the Match: This win is really good for us, because we have an inexperienced side with young players. I tried to control the game. India is a good, experienced side, but we played to our potential today. Thank you to all the fans for coming - this is special for me because this is close to my hometown.

Harmanpreet Kaur, India captain and Player of the Series: Sri Lanka deserved this win, especially with the way they batted. We had partnerships, but we needed a better strike-rate. Thanks to the crowd for coming and supporting women's cricket.

4:47 pm Sri Lanka avoid a whitewash with a stellar display, as captain Chamari Athapaththu led from the front in a seven-wicket win, with three overs to spare. It's the first time Sri Lanka have beaten India at home in a T20I.

Chasing 139 once more, Sri Lankan nerves were a bit frazzled with the early departure of Vishmi Gunaratne. Harshitha Madavi stabilised things, before Chamari and Nilakshi De Silva put on a record 77-run third wicket partnership for Sri Lanka. It effectively sealed the game for the hosts, as they could count on an incredible 48-ball, unbeaten 80 from Athapaththu to take them home.

For once, the Indian bowlers were found wanting, but questions remain over the pacing of their batting efforts, especially on a surface that had little for the bowlers. It's a 2-1 series win, but it only has thrown up more questions for an Indian side ahead of the Commonwealth Games at the end of this month.

Tinura: "There was some great signs for SL in batting front recently. That was batters like Nilakshi, Vishmi and Harshitha making big contributions with the bat other than Chamari. Hope this will convert into a very good SL team in near future.."

16.6
4
Yadav to Athapaththu, FOUR runs

Tucked away on the leg side behind the wicket as the ball races away for four. Sri Lanka win!

16.5
1
Yadav to Dilhari, 1 run

Nudged towards mid-wicket

16.4
1
Yadav to Athapaththu, 1 run

Dropped! Chamari cuts it towards backward point, but she cannot hold on to the ball

16.3
4
Yadav to Athapaththu, FOUR runs

Tossed up, at leg stump and swept with ease towards the fielder at deep square leg, but a misfield results in the ball trickling away for four

16.2
1
Yadav to Dilhari, 1 run

Tossed up, at the stumps and she rocks back and nudges it towards the leg side

16.1
2
Yadav to Dilhari, 2 runs

Short, outside off and she cuts it away towards deep cover

Radha Yadav into the attack

end of over 167 runs
SL-W: 128/3CRR: 8.00 RRR: 2.75 • Need 11 from 24b
Chamari Athapaththu71 (45b 12x4 1x6)
Kavisha Dilhari3 (4b)
Renuka Singh 4-0-27-1
Radha Yadav 3-0-28-1
15.6
Renuka Singh to Athapaththu, no run

Full, outside off and she digs it out towards point, but Mandhana does well to prevent a boundary

15.5
4
Renuka Singh to Athapaththu, FOUR runs

Full, at the legs and Chamari finds the gap near backward point to flick it away for four

15.4
1
Renuka Singh to Dilhari, 1 run

Attempted yorker, at the stumps and Dilhari digs it out towards long on

15.3
1
Renuka Singh to Athapaththu, 1 run

Short, angling outside off and Chamari swivels and tucks it towards mid-wicket

15.2
1
Renuka Singh to Dilhari, 1 run

Length, angling into middle stump Dilhari's flick finds the inside edge as the ball trickles towards mid-wicket

15.1
Renuka Singh to Dilhari, no run

Full, angling into off and she can only nudge it back to the bowler

Bala: "The writing is on the wall for India unless something miraculous happens. Chamari has led the team from the front with her calculated aggression and ensuring that the asking rate is within control."

end of over 1512 runs • 1 wicket
SL-W: 121/3CRR: 8.06 RRR: 3.60 • Need 18 from 30b
Chamari Athapaththu66 (42b 11x4 1x6)
Kavisha Dilhari1 (1b)
Radha Yadav 3-0-28-1
Renuka Singh 3-0-20-1
14.6
4
Yadav to Athapaththu, FOUR runs

Superbly struck once again, as Chamari lofts a full ball towards long on, one bounce and into the ropes.

14.6
1w
Yadav to Athapaththu, 1 wide

Wide, narrowly going down leg

14.5
1
Yadav to Dilhari, 1 run

Tucks it past mid-wicket

14.4
1
Yadav to Athapaththu, 1 run

Struck towards long on

14.3
Yadav to Athapaththu, no run

Some variable bounce catches her out

14.2
1W
Yadav to Athapaththu, 1 run, OUT

Run out! Nilakshi's innings comes to an end as they attempt a risky second. Chamari works it towards Bahadur at deep mid-wicket and she responds with a bullet of a throw.

Nilakshika Silva run out (Bahadur/Sharma) 30 (28b 4x4 0x6 39m) SR: 107.14
14.1
4
Yadav to Athapaththu, FOUR runs

Close! Chamari gets down to sweep the ball and lofts it towards deep mid-wicket, but Bahadur can't dive fast enough to take the catch and misses the ball, as it goes through for four

end of over 149 runs
SL-W: 109/2CRR: 7.78 RRR: 5.00 • Need 30 from 36b
Nilakshika Silva30 (28b 4x4)
Chamari Athapaththu56 (37b 9x4 1x6)
Renuka Singh 3-0-20-1
Shafali Verma 1-0-4-0
13.6
Renuka Singh to Nilakshika, no run

Nudged towards the off side

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
AMCJK Athapaththu
80 runs (48)
14 fours1 six
Productive shot
sweep shot
17 runs
4 fours0 six
Control
69%
H Kaur
IND-W
39 runs (33)
3 fours1 six
Productive shot
slog sweep
7 runs
0 four1 six
Control
76%
Best performances - bowlers
OU Ranasinghe
O
3
M
0
R
13
W
1
ECO
4.33
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
KADA Kanchana
O
4
M
0
R
22
W
1
ECO
5.5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
TossIndia Women, elected to bat first
Series
Season2022
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series resultIndia Women won the 3-match series 2-1
Match numberWT20I no. 1152
Match days27 June 2022 - day (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Language
English
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