Overview
- Sri Lanka were held to 112/7 after India chose to bowl in Thiruvananthapuram, with Renuka Singh taking 4/21 and Deepti Sharma 3/18.
- India cruised to 115/2 in 13.2 overs as Shafali Verma smashed an unbeaten 79 off 42 balls, while Kavisha Dilhari’s 2/18 removed Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues.
- Renuka Singh was named Player of the Match on her T20I return after a year out, dismantling the top order and finishing with a wicket-maiden.
- Deepti Sharma reached 151 WT20I wickets to tie Australia’s Megan Schutt and became the first woman with 150-plus wickets in both ODIs and T20Is.
- Harmanpreet Kaur logged a record 77th WT20I win as captain, Greenfield Stadium hosted its first women’s international, and the series continues with the next match on December 28.