India defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets, Shefali Verma played a brilliant inning of 79 runs, Renuka Singh took 4 wickets.

Currently, a five-match T20 series is being played between India and Sri Lanka women’s cricket team, the third match of which was played in Thiruvananthapuram. In this match, India has defeated Sri Lanka by eight wickets. However, the strongest aspect for India in this match has been bowling. The Indian bowlers did not allow the Sri Lankan batsmen to stay on the crease, due to which the team could not score big and India easily won the match.

In the match, India won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored only 112 runs, which the Indian team chased in just 13.2 overs. Apart from Shefali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur also batted carefully.

Sri Lanka’s batting was weak

If we look at the scorecard of the Sri Lankan team who came to bat first, Hasini Perera and Chamari Athapaththu had come on the field as openers for the team. The team got its first blow on the score of just 25 runs. Chamari Athapaththu returned to the pavilion after scoring only three runs, while Harshitha Samarawickrama also scored only two runs. However, Hasini Perera scored an inning of 25 runs, while Imisha Dulani scored 27 runs in 32 balls. Neelakshika Silva returned to the pavilion after scoring only four runs, while Kavisha Dilhari played an inning of 20 runs in 13 balls, due to which the team scored 112 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Renuka Singh took 4 wickets

Excellent bowling was seen from India. Renuka Singh bowled one maiden over and took four wickets for 21 runs in four overs, while Deepti Sharma took three wickets for 18 runs in four overs. Apart from these, no bowler achieved success. However, today again Vaishnavi Sharma and Sricharani were given a chance. Vaishnavi Sharma bowled three overs and gave away 14 runs, but did not achieve any success, while Sricharani gave away 11 runs in one over.

Shefali Verma scored 79 runs

The Indian team, which came to chase the target of 113 runs, also had a very bad start. In fact, India also lost its first wicket on the score of just 27 runs. Smriti Mandhana returned to the pavilion after scoring one run, while Jemimah Rodrigues also scored only 9 runs. However, Shefali Verma held one end and scored runs rapidly. Shefali Verma scored an inning of 79 runs in 42 balls. Shefali Verma hit 11 fours and three brilliant sixes. He batted at a strike rate of 188.10. Harmanpreet Kaur played an unbeaten inning of 21 runs and led the team to victory. Player of the match award was given to Renuka Singh.