Overview
- India won the toss and bowled at Greenfield Stadium’s first women’s international, recalling Renuka Singh Thakur and a fit-again Deepti Sharma.
- Sri Lanka were held to 112 for 7 as early inroads and disciplined middle-overs bowling allowed only a brief 40-run resistance.
- Renuka, playing her first T20I since last December, struck 4 for 21 to take Player of the Match and dismantle the top order.
- Deepti returned 3 for 18 to reach 151 T20I wickets, drawing level with Australia’s Megan Schutt and becoming the first woman with 150-plus in both ODIs and T20Is.
- Shafali Verma’s 79 not out off 42 powered the chase to 115 for 2 in 13.2 overs, and Harmanpreet Kaur’s 77th win made her the most successful WT20I captain, with two matches still to play starting December 28.