Tucked away on the leg side behind the wicket as the ball races away for four. Sri Lanka win!
India (W) vs S Lanka (W), 3rd T20I at Dambulla, Jun 27 2022, India Women tour of Sri Lanka
S Lanka (W) won by 7 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)
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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.."
Nudged towards mid-wicket
Dropped! Chamari cuts it towards backward point, but she cannot hold on to the ball
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
Tossed up, at the stumps and she rocks back and nudges it towards the leg side
Short, outside off and she cuts it away towards deep cover
Radha Yadav into the attack
Full, outside off and she digs it out towards point, but Mandhana does well to prevent a boundary
Full, at the legs and Chamari finds the gap near backward point to flick it away for four
Attempted yorker, at the stumps and Dilhari digs it out towards long on
Short, angling outside off and Chamari swivels and tucks it towards mid-wicket
Length, angling into middle stump Dilhari's flick finds the inside edge as the ball trickles towards mid-wicket
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."
Superbly struck once again, as Chamari lofts a full ball towards long on, one bounce and into the ropes.
Wide, narrowly going down leg
Tucks it past mid-wicket
Struck towards long on
Some variable bounce catches her 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.
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
Nudged towards the off side
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Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium | |
Toss | India Women, elected to bat first |
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Season | 2022 |
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Series result | India Women won the 3-match series 2-1 |
Match number | WT20I no. 1152 |
Match days | 27 June 2022 - day (20-over match) |
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