Delhi: India’s women’s team performed one-sidedly in the first T20 match against Sri Lanka and registered a spectacular victory by 8 wickets. In this match played in Visakhapatnam, Team India showed strong performance in every department and completely pushed the visiting team on the backfoot.

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Batting first after the toss, the Sri Lankan team looked completely helpless in front of the Indian bowlers. The Sri Lankan women’s team could score only 121 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Indian bowlers bowled with a tight line-length, the effect of which was clearly visible on the Sri Lankan batting.

Big mistake of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s own mistakes were also a major reason behind its poor batting. The team lost a total of 6 wickets, out of which 3 batsmen were run out. These repeated mistakes prevented Sri Lanka from reaching a big score and the team could not get out of the pressure.

Strong start for Indian batting

The Indian team, which set out to chase the target of 122 runs, had a bit of a shaky start and the first wicket fell at the score of 13 runs. After this Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues took over the innings. Mandhana scored 25 runs and, when she was out, India’s score was 67 runs and the second wicket had fallen.

Unbeaten innings of Jemimah Rodrigues

After this, Jemimah Rodrigues along with captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the match for India. Jemima played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 69 runs in 44 balls, while Harmanpreet Kaur contributed 15 runs. India achieved the target with 32 balls remaining.

Historical record of Smriti Mandhana

During this match, Smriti Mandhana also achieved a historic achievement. She became the first Indian batsman to complete 4000 runs in International Women’s T20 cricket. Mandhana achieved this milestone in the 154th match of her T20 career. In women’s T20 cricket, only New Zealand’s Suzie Bates has more runs than her, who has scored 4716 runs in her career.