India Women vs Sri Lanka Women: 5-0 Whitewash Win By India

India Women vs Sri Lanka Women: The India women vs Sri Lanka women T20I series came to a conclusive end in style as India won the fifth and final match by a margin of 15 runs in Thiruvananthapuram, thereby achieving a clean sweep victory of 5-0 on the series. This is the third instance in women’s T20Is in which India has managed to perform a clean sweep in a five-match series.

India Women vs Sri Lanka Women: Harmanpreet Kaur’s Match-Winning Knock

India found themselves struggling at 77 for 5, but then captain Harmanpreet Kaur stepped up with a knock of 68 off just 43 deliveries to steer India to a respectable score of 175-7 in total.

Important points about her innings:

First T20I fifty since October 2024
Scored fifty in only 35 balls
Played fluently on spin with good footwork

Dominated by left-arm spinner Inoka Ranaweera, who scored 31 runs off 17 balls. Her calm and aggressive knock turned out to be the key to her team’s win in the important match between IND and SL.

Sri Lanka Strike Early With the Ball

Sri Lanka got off to a good start despite very limited support from the wicket:

Shafali Verma got out cheaply for 5
Debutant G Kamalini was trapped lbw
Harleen Deol and Richa Ghosh dismissed soon

India scored their lowest powerplay score in the series with 40/2 and were subsequently reduced to 77/5, which put a lot of pressure on them. Lower order contributions increase overall performance in international cricket.

India’s lower-order batsmen were instrumental in turning a difficult beginning into a successful ending:

Amanjot Kaur scored a consistent 21 off 18 balls and contributed a crucial 61-run partnership with Harmanpreet
Arundhati Reddy scored late fireworks, smashing an unbeaten 27 from 11 balls

India scored 32 runs in the final two overs, taking their aggregate to 175 This combined effort ensured that India had adequate runs to defend.

Deepti Sharma Creates History

During the match, Deepti Sharma made history by breaking into the record books as the leading wicket-taker in women’s T20Is with 152 wickets surpassing Megan Schutt from Australia’s Megan Schutt. This achievement further heightened the importance of the overall series win by India.

Perera and Dulhani Fight Back for Sri Lanka

Chasing 176, Sri Lanka were dealt an early blow as their captain, Chamari Athapaththu, was removed in the second over. Imesha Dulhani scored a confident 50, attacking early in the powerplay. Hasini Perera marked her first T20 international fifty with an elegant 65 off 42 balls. Their 79-run partnership brought back Sri Lanka into contention and even raised hopes of a thriller finish.

India Hold Nerve at the Death

With 55 needed off the final four overs, India tightened the screws:

Sri Lanka collapsed from 132 for 4 to 140 for 7
Key batters fell in quick succession
India restricted Sri Lanka to 160 for 7, sealing the win

India’s disciplined bowling at the death proved decisive in this IND vs SL clash.

This win represented:

Third consecutive clean sweep in women’s T20Is for India India and England are the only two nations to have managed three clean sweeps in five-match Women’s T20 Internationals.