IND vs. Sri Lanka Women's T20 Series: Indian women beat Sri Lanka in fifth T20 to clean sweep series 5-0, Deepti Sharma sets this record; who were named Player of Match and Player of Series
IND vs. Sri Lanka Women's T20 Series: The Indian women's team defeated Sri Lanka by 15 runs in the fifth T20 to win the series 5-0. This is the third time the team has won a T20 series by a 5-0 margin, having previously achieved this against West Indies and Bangladesh. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. India scored 175 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Sri Lanka could only manage 160 runs for the loss of 7 wickets.
At the Greenfield Stadium, captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored a half-century for India. She made 68 runs off 43 balls, including 9 fours and 1 six. Arundhati Reddy contributed 27 runs and Amanjot Kaur added 21. For Sri Lanka, Chamari Atapattu, Kavisha Dilhari, and Rashmika Sewwandi took two wickets each.
In this match, Deepti Sharma took one wicket, becoming the woman with the most wickets (152) in T20 Internationals.
Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur was chosen as the 'Player of the Match' for her excellent innings, while opener Shafali Verma was named 'Player of the Series' for her outstanding performance throughout the series.
Shafali Verma top scorer
India's Shafali Verma was the top scorer, scoring 241 runs in 5 T20 matches at an average of 80.33. She hit 36 fours and 5 sixes. For Sri Lanka, Hasini Perera was the top scorer, scoring 165 runs at an average of 33.
Among the bowlers, India's Deepti Sharma, Vaishnavi Sharma, and Sri Charani took 5 wickets each. For Sri Lanka, Kavisha Dilhari was the top wicket-taker, also claiming 5 wickets.