Impressive India kept their unbeaten record intact when they routed Sri Lanka by seven wickets in an ICC women’s T/20 encounter played in Melbourne yesterday.
Batting first Sri Lanka could only score113 for 9 with Chamari Atapattu steading the innings with an entertaining 33 runs. Kavisha Dilhari chipped with a breezy unbeaten 25 runs.
India’s spinners were the stars of the show, led by Yadav who took a career-best 4-23.
Teenage sensation Shafali Verma was again the standout batswoman for India, partnering first with Smriti Mandhana (17) then Harmanpreet Kaur (15) to rattle off 86 of the runs in the first 10 overs.
She was run out for 47, but had set up India for another win and they raced to their target with 32 balls to spare.
Scores:
Sri Lanka: 113 for 9 (Atapattu 33, Dilhari 25 n.o. Radha 4-23, Gayakwad 2-18)
India: 116 for 3 (Verma 47)