KATUNAYAKE (Sri Lanka): Jemimah Rodrigues and Poonam Yadav produced special performances to fireplace India to a 13-run win over Sri Lanka in the first T20 International of the five-match sequence on Wednesday.
Teenager Rodrigues smashed 36 off 15 balls in a whirlwind innings that saw her becoming the primary Indian woman to hit 3 sixes in an over.
The 18-year-old along wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia (46 off 35) and Anuja Patil (36 off 29) powered India to 168 for 8 in 20 overs.
Sri Lanka made a flying start in the chase via Yasoda Mendis (32 off 12) and Chamari Atapattu (27 off 22), racing to 39 in 2.five overs prior to the previous was dismissed by means of Arundhati Reddy.
Sri Lanka remained in the hunt till leg-spinner Yadav's consistent breakthroughs took the game away from them as they had been 155 all out in 19.3 overs. The 27-year-old from Agra ended with figures of four for 26 in 4 overs.
Radha Yadav and Harmanpreet Kaur too chipped in with the ball, taking two wickets each. Eshani Lokusuriyage top-scored for Sri Lanka with 45 off 31 balls however her spirited effort didn't prove to be enough in any case.
The second T20 might be performed in Colombo on Friday.
Teenager Rodrigues smashed 36 off 15 balls in a whirlwind innings that saw her becoming the primary Indian woman to hit 3 sixes in an over.
The 18-year-old along wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia (46 off 35) and Anuja Patil (36 off 29) powered India to 168 for 8 in 20 overs.
Sri Lanka made a flying start in the chase via Yasoda Mendis (32 off 12) and Chamari Atapattu (27 off 22), racing to 39 in 2.five overs prior to the previous was dismissed by means of Arundhati Reddy.
Sri Lanka remained in the hunt till leg-spinner Yadav's consistent breakthroughs took the game away from them as they had been 155 all out in 19.3 overs. The 27-year-old from Agra ended with figures of four for 26 in 4 overs.
Radha Yadav and Harmanpreet Kaur too chipped in with the ball, taking two wickets each. Eshani Lokusuriyage top-scored for Sri Lanka with 45 off 31 balls however her spirited effort didn't prove to be enough in any case.
The second T20 might be performed in Colombo on Friday.
1st T20I: Rodrigues, Yadav shine as Indian women beat SL
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September 20, 2018
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