इंडिया विमेंस ने तीसरा टी-20 भी जीता: श्रीलंका को 8 विकेट से हराया, शेफाली की फिफ्टी; सीरीज में 3-0 की अजेय बढ़त बनाई

Shefali Verma remained not out after scoring 79 runs.

India Women also defeated Sri Lanka in the third T20. India chose bowling in Thiruvananthapuram. Sri Lanka could score only 112 runs after losing 7 wickets, Team India achieved the target at the loss of just 2 wickets. With this, India also took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the 5-match series.

Renuka Singh 4 wickets The Sri Lankan team, which came to bat first after losing the toss at the Greenfield Stadium, had a steady start. The team did not lose any wicket for 4 overs. Captain Chamari Atapattu was out after scoring 3 runs in 12 balls, after her Harshita Samarawickrama also returned to the pavilion after scoring only 2 runs. Hasini Perera was out after scoring 25 runs.

After losing 4 wickets for 45 runs, Sri Lanka also lost 7 wickets for 98 runs. The team could score only 112 runs in 20 overs. Fast bowler Renuka Singh took 4 wickets from India Women. Whereas off-spinner Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets.

Renuka Singh pushed Sri Lanka on the backfoot by taking 4 wickets.

Shefali won with a fifty Against the target of 113 runs, India scored 26 runs in just 3 overs. Smriti Mandhana was out after scoring 1 run on 6 balls, she was LBW by Kavisha Dilhari. Jemimah Rodriguez batted till the 8th over and along with Shefali Verma took the team beyond 50. Jemima was out after scoring 9 runs on 15 balls.

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur landed at number-4. Shefali scored a fifty in front of him. Together they gave the team victory in just 13.2 overs. Shefali remained not out after scoring 79 runs and Harman 21 runs. Kavisha Dilhari took both the wickets from Sri Lanka. Malsha Shehani, Malki Madara, Nimasha Meepaje and Enoka Ranaweera could not take any wicket.

Shefali Verma had also scored a fifty in the second T20.

Fourth match on 28th December India won the first match by 8 wickets and the second match by 7 wickets. Now by winning the third match, the home team also took an unassailable lead in the 5-match series. The fourth match will be held on 28th December and the fifth match will be held on 30th December. Both the matches will be played in Thiruvananthapuram only.