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T20 series: Indian women near clean sweep amid a flurry of records, Sri Lanka defeated in the fourth match also

By Samira Vishwas

Thiruvananthapuram28 December. With the brilliant half-centuries of vice-captain Smriti Mandhana (80 runs, 48 balls, three sixes, 11 fours) and Shefali Verma (79 runs, 46 balls, one six, 12 fours) and a record century partnership for the first wicket between them, the Indian women’s cricket team defeated Sri Lanka by 30 runs in the fourth T20 International cricket match here on Sunday and cleaned itself up with a 4-0 lead in the five-match series. Brought close to the sweep.

Forced to bat first at the Greenfield International Stadium, India set its record score of 221 runs for two wickets with the bravery of Mandhana, who became the country’s second and world’s fourth ten-thousand batsman in international cricket, and Shefali, who scored her third consecutive half-century.

Despite the defeat, Sri Lankan women also made their highest score

Chasing the inaccessible target, the Sri Lankan team reached 191 runs for six wickets despite the half-century of captain Chamri Atapattu (52 runs, 37 balls, three sixes, three fours) and partnerships of 59 runs on the first wicket with Hasini Perera (33 runs, 20 balls, seven fours) and 57 runs on the second wicket with Imesha Dulani (29 runs, 28 balls, three fours). Could. However, during this period, Sri Lanka also made its highest score in this format. In this sequence, the total total of runs scored by both the teams reached 412 runs, which is the highest match score without any individual century in Women’s T20 International matches.

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For India, left-arm spinners Vaishnavi Sharma and Arudhanti Reddy took two wickets each for 24 and 42 runs respectively. Shri Charani also took one wicket for 46 runs. However, fielding will be a matter of concern for India as their fielders dropped many catches.

India’s biggest partnership between Mandhana-Shefali

Talking about the Indian innings, Smriti, who failed in the first three matches, along with Shefali added 162 runs in just 92 balls for the first wicket, which became the biggest partnership of any wicket from India. The previous record of 143 runs was also in the name of both of them, which they had made while opening the innings against West Indies at Grass Islet in 2019.

India made its highest score in T20 format

After these two, Richa Ghosh (40 not out, 16 balls, three sixes, four fours) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur (16 not out, 10 balls, one six, one four) also made an unbroken partnership of 53 runs in just 23 balls. The result was that India reached 221 runs, which is their highest score in this format. The team had earlier scored 217 runs for four wickets against West Indies in December 2024. India hit 28 fours and eight sixes during its innings, which is also a new record for the highest number of boundaries hit by a team in this format.

Smriti becomes world’s fourth ten thousand batsman with new record

Talking about ‘Player of the Match’ Smriti, after scoring her 27 runs, she became the second Indian and fourth overall batsman to complete 10 thousand runs in women’s international cricket. India’s Mithali Raj, England’s Charlotte Edwards and New Zealand’s Suzie Bates have achieved this feat before. However, Smriti created a new record by achieving this feat in the minimum 281 innings. Both the teams will play the fifth and final match of the series on the same ground on December 30.

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