Leg spinner Poonam Yadav claimed 4 wickets for 26 runs as India Women won the first Women’s T20 international by 13 runs against Sri Lanka Women at the at the FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake yesterday.
With this victory India take 1-0 lead in the five match series.
Jemimah Rodrigues (36), Taniya Bhatia (46), Anuja Patil (36) and Veda Krishnamurthy (21 n.o.) took India to 166 for 8 in 20 overs batting first. Chasing 167 for victory, Sri Lanka Women openers Yasoda Mendis (32 in 12 balls) and captain Chamari Atapattu (27 in 22) added 39 in 18 balls. They needed 97 from 78 balls when Yadav started the eighth over. Yadav had Rebeca Vandort caught behind with her first ball and the dangerous Atapattu caught by debutant Arundhati Reddy.
Sri Lanka was five wickets down after Poonam Yadav dismissed Shashikala Siriwardene with the last ball of the tenth over and also got the wicket of Sripali Weerakkody.
Lokusuriyage (45 in 31 balls) counter attacked and found support from Kavisha Dilhari (11) as they added 69 runs off 62 balls. The match was heading towards a tense finish as off-spinner Harmanpreet Kaur sent back debutant Dilhari, but conceded a six off the last ball of the 18th over to bring the equation down to 16 off 12.
Sri Lanka managed three off the first four balls off the 19th over, bowled by Radha Yadav. Then Lokusuriyage hit one back to the bowler Kaur to be dismissed for 45 off 31 balls and with it Sri Lanka’s chances of winning faded as they folded up for 155.
The second T20I will be played at the Colts Cricket Club ground on Friday.
India Women 168/8 in 20 overs (Taniya Bhatia 46, Jemimah Rodrigues 36, Anuja Patil 34, Udeshika Prabodhani 2/18, Chamari Atapattu 2/23)
Sri Lanka Women 155 in 19.3 overs (Eshani Lokusuriyage 45, Yasoda Mendis 32, Poonam Yadav 4/26, Radha Yadav 2/15)
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