IND-W vs SL-W | Harman heroics headline clinical India's all-round efforts in blowout win over Sri Lanka
India proved to be a class apart from Sri Lanka in the Women's T20 World Cup group stage fixture in Dubai on Wednesday as they ran away winners by 82 runs. Fifties from Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur took them to 172/3 before three scalps from Arundhati Reddy and Asha Shobhana sealed the deal.
Brief score: IND 172/3 (20) [Kaur 52*(27), Smriti 50(38); Kanchana 1/29(3)] defeat SL 90 (19.5) [Dilhari 21(22), Sanjeewani 20(22); Reddy 3/19(4)] by 82 runs
Opting to bat first, India got off to a steady start as Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Varma plucked the occassional boundary to be decently placed at 41/0 at the end of the powerplay. Mandhana used the foundation to accelarate matters, smacking a six and two boundaries across the next three overs to further propel the score to 71/0 by the halfway mark while Shafali kept giving her able company. The former eventually brought up a 36-ball half-century with a boundary off Chamari Athapaththu in the 13th over but disaster struck immediately after as she succumbed to a brilliant fielding effort from the Lions to run her out at the non-striker's end before Shafali holed out the next delivery to leave two new batters at the crease. Harmanpreet Kaur trotted early on but once the death arrived, the skipper broke loose in style. She began with a boundary and a maximum off Sugandika Kumari, followed it with a boundary in the 17th after Jemimah Rodrigues departed for a 16-run cameo, and then smacked two boundaries each in the final thre overs to bring up a 27-ball half-century on the final ball of the innings.
Chasing a huge target of 173, the Lions crumbled straightaway as opener Vishmi Gunaratne fell victim to a aRadha Yadav screamer on the second ball of the innings. Skipper Chamari edged out at slip off Shreyanka Patil in the next over and the slightest of nicks for Harshitha Samarawickrama took the score to 6/3 after three overs. Kivashi Dilhari and Anushka Sanjeewani steadied the innings thereafter with a quicker than run-a-ball 37 run stand but the latter ambitiously tried to break free against Asha Shobhana and was duly stumped in the eighth over. Sri Lanka never recovered thereafter as Arundhati Reddy scalped two in the 12th over while Asha reciprocated in kinda cross her next two overs. Kanchana emerged as Reddy's third victim and with the score 86/9, India were firmly eyeing the 81-run mark for victory which would take their NRR over Pakistan. The Women in Blue managed the same by the barest of margins when Deepti Sharma folded out the Lankan innings for 90 on the penultimate ball of the innings, thus sealing an emphatic victory over their Asian rivals.
Take a bow!
— alex (@AlexHivklzzyh) October 9, 2024
What a innings
— alex (@AlexHivklzzyh) October 9, 2024
Tournament high
Harmanpreet Kaur's fiery fifty sets India's tournament-high score!🔥
— হৃদয় হরণ 💫✨ (@thundarrstorm) October 9, 2024
Will Sri Lanka chase the Target? 🎯
[CricketGully Cricket T20WorldCup INDvSL] pic.twitter.com/wysSF8Fmle
Extraordinary
Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain extraordinaire, leads by example with a massive six!"
— BabarAzamfans (@babarazam0111) October 9, 2024
Lot of pain
Harmanpreet Kaur has received a lot of plan lately for her performances but today she was on absolute fire !! A brilliant captain’s knock 💥💥#INDvsSL
— रमन यादव 🇮🇳 (@ramanydv0) October 9, 2024
Fifty for her
5️⃣0️⃣FOR CAPTAIN HARMANPREET KAUR💙#INDvSL pic.twitter.com/zTxIimravS
— 🚩🇮🇳 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐇 𝟏𝟖 ❤️ (@_Goat_Kohli_18) October 9, 2024
Fighter
Don’t say Fighter, just say Harmanpreet Kaur 🫡#INDvsSL #TeamIndia #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/LWcX9xaT4R
— UP Warriorz (@UPWarriorz) October 9, 2024
Well played
I'm sorry for doubting you 😓
— BTC Wallah (@BTCwalah) October 9, 2024
Well played Captain Harmanpreet kaur ❤️🥺 #INDvsSL #T20WorldCup#IndiaVsSrilanka pic.twitter.com/ARsbeiKIJG
Raising the bar
Harmanpreet Kaur continues to raise the bar!
— Narasimha R N 🤗 AI - Disciple @69 (@NarasimhaRN5) October 9, 2024
Her timing, power, and calm under pressure are extraordinary.
She truly is India's standout batter, and what a joy to watch!
Incredible
Incredible innings by Captain Kaur.
— Subha The Luck (@Subha_The_Luck) October 9, 2024
I would say it's a match winning innings, single handedly she put a mammoth total from a grasping situation. #INDvSL #Harmanpreetkaur#T20WomensWorldCup pic.twitter.com/VRT6ECOX8l
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