Overview
- India defeated Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the third T20I at Thiruvananthapuram to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
- Shafali Verma smashed 79 not out off 42 balls to close the chase in 13.2 overs.
- Renuka Singh Thakur returned with 4/21 and Deepti Sharma took 3/18 to limit Sri Lanka to 112/7.
- Deepti became the first Indian to 150 T20I wickets and the first player with 1,000 T20I runs and 150 wickets, drew level with Megan Schutt at 151 in women’s T20Is, and moved past Ellyse Perry on the all-time international wickets list.
- Harmanpreet Kaur set the record for most wins by a women’s T20I captain, and India signalled further rotation before Sunday’s fourth T20I as Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu conceded ongoing batting struggles.