Jemima Rodrigues hit a career-best 76 in T20Is to information India to a 41-run win in opposition to Sri Lanka of their Girls’s Asia Cup opening match in Sylhet on Saturday. Rodrigues placed on a boundary-hitting exhibition as he smashed 11 fours and most in his 53-ball counter-innings to assist India submit 150 for six in a wicket the place batsmen struggled as a consequence of low bounce. Indian bowlers then bowled out Sri Lanka for 109 runs in 18.2 overs, hanging at common intervals.
Indians had been higher than their Sri Lankan counterparts in all three departments.
India did not begin nicely after being requested to bat.
Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana (10) was the primary to be dismissed, whereas fellow opener Shafali Verma (6) continued her batting woes as she grew to become the primary sufferer of the day for spinner Oshadi Ranasinghe (3/32).
However Rodrigues, who’s recovering from a wrist harm, stored the ball on time to perfection from the beginning.
She stored sending the ball over the fence each over and punished the Sri Lankan bowling assault all around the floor.
Rodrigues accomplished his fifty in 38 balls and together with captain Harmanpreet Kaur (33 off 30) took India previous the 100-run mark.
Each scored 92 runs in 71 balls by which Kaur can also be trying harmful.
The captain bought a respite within the fifteenth over when he was dismissed for Sugandhaika Kumari (1/26) however couldn’t make use of it as he was stumped by Ranasinghe within the subsequent over.
After this the Sri Lankan bowlers got here again with a flurry of wickets within the demise overs.
Whereas Rodrigues continued to attain at a very good tempo, surpassing his earlier career-best T20I rating of 72, his scintillating innings quickly ended with a sluggish and brief supply from Chamari Athapathuthu (1/8) because the Indian bowling was achieved.
Dayalan Hemlata lastly hit an unbeaten 13 and Richa Ghosh (9) hit a six.
The spinners underneath Ranasinghe did a variety of work for Sri Lanka.
Chasing 151, Sri Lanka went for a flier, conceding 13 runs within the first over bowled by quick bowler Renuka Singh (0/20). However Sri Lanka couldn’t maintain the momentum going as they misplaced wickets at common intervals.
All-rounder Deepti Sharma (2/15) took the prized wicket of the skilled Chamari (5) along with her sluggish supply.
The Sri Lankan captain tosses it over the sting just for Renuka to catch the ball at sq. leg.
Sri Lanka’s run between the wickets was free as a quick India staff capitalized on errors.
Deepti run out Melsha Shehani (9) however opener Harshita Samarawickrama (26) continued to play however she too was run out within the eighth over.
With the required run charge rising, the Sri Lankans fell underneath the strain.
Pooja Vastrakar (2/12) took the wickets of Nilakshi de Silva (3) Kavisha Dilhari (1) in her successive overs as Sri Lanka had been left at 61/5.
Nevertheless, Hasini Perera (30) supplied some resistance as she together with wicketkeepers Anoushka Sanjeevani (5) and Oshidi Ranasinghe (11) crossed the 100-run mark.
However spinner Hemlata (3/15) cleared the tail with three wickets in hand as India started their Asia Cup marketing campaign with a win. India beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs of their opening match of the Girls’s T20 Asia Cup in Ceylon on Saturday. Invited to bat, India posted 150 for six due to Jamia Rodrigues’s 53-ball 76.
In reply, Sri Lanka had been bowled out for 109 in 18.2 overs with Dayalan Hemlata (3/15), Pooja Vastrakar (2/12), Deepti Sharma (2/15) and Radha Yadav (1/15) taking wickets.
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Temporary Scores: India Girls: 150 for six in 20 overs (Jemima Rodrigues 76; O Ranasinghe 3/32) Sri Lanka Girls: 109 all out in 18.2 overs (Hasini Perera 30; Dayalan Hemlata 3/15, Pooja Vastrakar 2/12).
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