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India Clinch Sri Lanka T20I Series 3–0, Pivot to World Cup Preparation

India now prioritizes experimentation to refine roles for the 2026 T20 World Cup.

Overview

  • An eight-wicket win in the third T20I at Thiruvananthapuram sealed a 3-0 lead, with the chase finished in 13.2 overs.
  • Harmanpreet Kaur moved to a record 77 wins as T20I captain, and Deepti Sharma completed the rare 1,000 runs–150 wickets double, reaching 151 T20I wickets.
  • Renuka Singh Thakur marked her return with 4/21 and called Kerala her lucky ground, while Shafali Verma powered the chase with an unbeaten 79 off 42 balls.
  • Harmanpreet underscored a more aggressive template and ongoing rotation, with management set to use the last two matches to test combinations and bench options.
  • Sri Lanka’s captain Chamari Athapaththu acknowledged persistent batting struggles, as attention shifts to the fourth T20I in Thiruvananthapuram and toward the 2026 event in England and Wales.