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T20 series: Another easy win for Indian women, South Africa defeated by 7 wickets in the second match

By Samira Vishwas

Visakhapatnam, 23 December. After a lethal performance by the spinners led by Sneh Rana (1-11), Shafali Verma’s aggressive half-century (69 not out, 34 balls, one six, 11 fours) made the job easier for India, who secured another easy seven-wicket win with 49 balls to spare in the second Women’s T20 International here on Tuesday. With this, the hosts took a significant 2-0 lead in the five-match series against Sri Lanka.

Spinners restricted Sri Lanka to 128 runs

Sri Lankan team, forced to bat first at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, could reach only 128 runs for nine wickets. In reply, India achieved the target at the loss of three wickets in 11.5 overs. Two days ago, on the same ground, Harmanpreet Kaur and Company had won by eight wickets in 32 balls.

Shefali’s unbeaten fifty, along with Rodrigues scored 58 runs in 28 balls.

In front of a weak target, Smriti Mandhana (14 runs, 11 balls, one six, one four) returned to the total of 29 in the fourth over amid a fast start. But ‘Player of the Match’ Shefali, amidst her stormy fifty, scored 58 runs in just 28 balls with Jemimah Rodrigues (26 runs, 15 balls, one six, four fours) for the second wicket.

Shefali then leveled the score with captain Harmanpreet Kaur (10 runs) for the third wicket with a partnership of 41 runs in 24 balls. When Harmanpreet was out on the same score, Richa Ghosh took the winning single on the first ball in front.

The struggle between Samaravikrama and Atapattu did not work.

Before this, despite the useful contributions of Harshitha Samarawickrama (33 runs, 32 balls, four fours) and captain Chamri Atapattu (31 runs, 24 balls, two sixes, three fours), the Sri Lankan team could never hold on to the match.

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Samarawickrama made a partnership of 44 runs with Hasini Perera (22 runs, 28 balls, three fours) for the third wicket, while Atapattu added 36 runs with Perera for the second wicket. For India, Sneh Rana tackled the Sri Lankan captain amid tight bowling, while young spinners – Vaishnavi Sharma and Shri Charni shared four wickets among themselves, conceding 32 and 23 runs respectively.

The remaining three matches of the series will be played in Thiruvananthapuram.

The remaining three matches of the series between the two teams will be played at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. The third match will be played on 26th December and the last two matches will be played on 28th and 30th December respectively.

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