Overview
- India lead the five-match T20I series 2-0 and have arrived in Thiruvananthapuram for Friday's game at Greenfield International Stadium, which hosts its first women's T20I.
- The hosts posted eight- and seven-wicket wins in Visakhapatnam, with Jemimah Rodrigues anchoring the opener and Shafali Verma smashing an unbeaten 69 in the second.
- India's spinners have limited Sri Lanka to 121/6 and 128/9, highlighted by Vaishnavi Sharma's 4-1-20-1 with a maiden over and Sneh Rana's tidy spell when Deepti Sharma was out with a mild fever.
- Sri Lanka have suffered middle-overs collapses, and captain Chamari Athapaththu says they must push past 150 when setting a target.
- Pitch reports point to evening dew likely favoring teams that chase, with coverage listed on JioStar Network and JioHotstar.