In the primary T20 International (T20I) of the continued three-match collection, India Women defeated Sri Lanka Women by 34 runs at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Thursday.
Batting first, the guests managed to submit 138/6 in their allotted 20 overs, thanks to a vital knock by Jemimah Rodrigues. The right-handed batter shined with the bat in her comeback recreation, scoring an important unbeaten knock of 36 runs off 27 deliveries, with the assistance of three fours and a six.
Apart from Rodrigues, opener Shafali Verma (31) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur (22) chipped in with priceless contributions to take India to a decent complete.
In reply, the hosts may solely handle to attain 104/5 in 20 overs, shedding the competition by 34 runs. Kavisha Dilhari prime scored with an unbeaten 47 from 49 balls, however she didn’t get sufficient help from the opposite finish. For the vacationers, Radha Yadav picked up a few wickets for 22 runs in her quota of 4 overs.
“The pitches are similar to back home in Mumbai and I just applied myself, played my natural game. I love this country and it is a privilege for us to come and play some cricket here. Lot of support from the crowd and Sri Lankan cricket board as well,” stated Rodrigues after the match.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
.@JemiRodrigues baggage the Player of the Match award for her strong batting effort. ?#TeamIndia start the tour on a successful be aware as they beat Sri Lanka by 34 runs in the primary #SLvIND T20I. ??
Scorecard ? https://t.co/XZabWPxI67 pic.twitter.com/XHKtCMc1mA
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) June 23, 2022
India take the collection lead with a complete win over Sri Lanka ?#SLvIND | ? Scorecard: https://t.co/Yhi6MuzPBB pic.twitter.com/P2MBteIrvw
— ICC (@ICC) June 23, 2022
India beat Sri Lanka by 34 runs in the primary T20 and take a 1-0 lead in the collection – stars had been Deepti Sharma and Jemimah – nice begin to the tour.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 23, 2022
The #WomenInBlue go 1⃣? ???#INDvSL pic.twitter.com/v1RB4lBgzv
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) June 23, 2022
One down, two to go.
These surfaces are going to problem India’s batters – all of whom love throwing their palms on the ball. #SLvIND— Ananya Upendran (@a_upendran11) June 23, 2022
India defeat Sri Lanka by 34 runs in the 1st T20I, lead collection 1-0#SLvIND
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) June 23, 2022
Great stability and handwork there from Deepti Sharma ??#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/SFINcbuHEi
— Aditya Chaturvedi (@aditya_c19) June 23, 2022
India Women’s beat Sri Lanka Women’s by 34 runs to go 1-0 up in 3 Match T20I collection!
Jemimah batting was largest postive from the sport because it was her comeback recreation!#SLvIND#SLWvINDW pic.twitter.com/sZuAf2q0bE
— Nilesh G (@oye_nilesh) June 23, 2022
Jemimah Rodrigues received Player of the Match award in her comeback recreation in opposition to SL!
That’s the right means to make a comeback in the Indian squad after being ignored throughout World Cup!#SLWvINDW #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/hryw7QOaBZ
— Nilesh G (@oye_nilesh) June 23, 2022
Glad to see Harman utilizing half timers, as in Shafali took her 1st Intl wkt + many extra to comply with.#SLvIND
— Navaneet (@Navanneett) June 23, 2022
Back to the successful means!!?
Well finished India! ????
Commendable job by Jemimah, Deepti, and all of the bowlers!
India leads the T20I collection 1-0! #India #SriLanka #SrilankaCricket #IndianCricketTeam #IndianCricket #SLvIND #CricketTwitter #SLWvINDW #SLWvsINDW— Vaishnavi Iyer (@Vaishnaviiyer14) June 23, 2022
One good factor with the ladies in blue is that they’ve a lot of bowling choices with them to go together with#SLvIND
— Sajan (@Sajansga) June 23, 2022
Cuts
Slog sweeps
Cover drives
Lofted cowl drivesWell performed Kavisha Dilhari!#SLvIND
— Devjani (@CricketKenway) June 23, 2022
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