India Thrashes Sri Lanka to Climb to Second Spot in T20 World Cup
In the Women’s T20 World Cup, India set a challenge of 173 runs for victory against Sri Lanka. But the Sri Lankan team managed to score. Due to this, India’s net run rate has improved tremendously. the Indian team lost the match against New Zealand by 58 runs. So the challenge in the competition depends on it. So it was very important to win by a big margin. the Indian team filled this gap in the match against Sri Lanka. India won the toss and elected to bat first. Indian team scored 172 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs and had set a challenge of 173 runs for victory.
Sri Lanka could manage only 90 runs all out. With this, the Indian team won by a resounding 82 runs. Smriti Mandhana and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur scored half-centuries. With this, the Indian team has now jumped to the second position in the points table of the T20 World Cup. India’s last match will now be against Australia. India’s place in the semi-finals will be assured even if they win this match.
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Before this win, the Indian team was ranked fourth with 2 points and -1.217 net run rate. After victory, this math has changed. India has jumped directly to the second position by earning a total of 4 points. So India’s net run rate is +0.576. Australia have won two out of two matches to take the top spot with 4 points and +2.524 net run rate. Pakistan team is in third position with 2 points and +0.555 net run rate. The New Zealand team has dropped to fourth place with 2 points and -0.050 net run rate. The challenge has come to an end as Sri Lanka has lost three consecutive matches in the tournament
Strong Bowling Seals India’s Win
Asha Shobhana was the most successful bowler from India with 19 runs and 3 wickets in 4 overs. Arundhati Reddy conceded 19 runs in 4 overs and took 3 wickets. Renuka Singh Thakur took 2 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs. Shreyanka Patil conceded 15 runs in 4 overs and lost one wicket. Deepti Sharma took a wicket in the last over to give India victory.
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Both Teams’ Playing XI
India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Sajivan Sajna, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Shobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh.
Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Atapattu (captain), Harshita Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi De Silva, Anushka Sanjeevani (wicketkeeper), Ama Kanchana, Sugandhika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadarshini, Udeshika Prabodhanweera, Innova Ranweera.
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