Within the first T20 Worldwide (T20I) of the continuing three-match sequence, India Women defeated Sri Lanka Women by 34 runs at Rangiri Dambulla Worldwide Stadium on Thursday.
Batting first, the guests managed to put up 138/6 of their allotted 20 overs, because of an important knock by Jemimah Rodrigues. The fitting-handed batter shined with the bat in her comeback recreation, scoring an important unbeaten knock of 36 runs off 27 deliveries, with the assistance of three fours and a six.
Other than Rodrigues, opener Shafali Verma (31) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur (22) chipped in with invaluable contributions to take India to a decent complete.
In reply, the hosts may solely handle to achieve 104/5 in 20 overs, shedding the competition by 34 runs. Kavisha Dilhari prime scored with an unbeaten 47 from 49 balls, however she didn’t get sufficient assist from the opposite finish. For the vacationers, Radha Yadav picked up a few wickets for 22 runs in her quota of 4 overs.
“The pitches are much like again house in Mumbai and I simply utilized myself, performed my pure recreation. I really like this nation and it’s a privilege for us to come back and play some cricket right here. Lot of assist from the gang and Sri Lankan cricket board as nicely,” stated Rodrigues after the match.
Right here is how Twitter reacted:
.@JemiRodrigues luggage the Participant of the Match award for her stable batting effort. 💪#TeamIndia start the tour on a profitable word as they beat Sri Lanka by 34 runs within the first #SLvIND T20I. 👏👏
Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/XZabWPxI67 pic.twitter.com/XHKtCMc1mA
— BCCI Ladies (@BCCIWomen) June 23, 2022
India take the sequence lead with a complete win over Sri Lanka 🙌#SLvIND | 📝 Scorecard: https://t.co/Yhi6MuzPBB pic.twitter.com/P2MBteIrvw
— ICC (@ICC) June 23, 2022
India beat Sri Lanka by 34 runs within the first T20 and take a 1-0 lead within the sequence – stars have been Deepti Sharma and Jemimah – nice begin to the tour.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 23, 2022
The #WomenInBlue go 1⃣🆙 🇮🇳🙌#INDvSL pic.twitter.com/v1RB4lBgzv
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) June 23, 2022
One down, two to go.
These surfaces are going to problem India’s batters – all of whom love throwing their palms on the ball. #SLvIND— Ananya Upendran (@a_upendran11) June 23, 2022
India defeat Sri Lanka by 34 runs within the 1st T20I, lead sequence 1-0#SLvIND
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) June 23, 2022
Nice stability and handwork there from Deepti Sharma 👌🏽#SLvIND pic.twitter.com/SFINcbuHEi
— Aditya Chaturvedi (@aditya_c19) June 23, 2022
India Ladies’s beat Sri Lanka Ladies’s by 34 runs to go 1-0 up in 3 Match T20I sequence!
Jemimah batting was largest postive from the sport because it was her comeback recreation!#SLvIND#SLWvINDW pic.twitter.com/sZuAf2q0bE
— Nilesh G (@oye_nilesh) June 23, 2022
Jemimah Rodrigues received Participant of the Match award in her comeback recreation in opposition to SL!
That is the proper solution to make a comeback within the Indian squad after being ignored throughout World Cup!#SLWvINDW #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/hryw7QOaBZ
— Nilesh G (@oye_nilesh) June 23, 2022
Glad to see Harman utilizing half timers, as in Shafali took her 1st Intl wkt + many extra to comply with.#SLvIND
— Navaneet (@Navanneett) June 23, 2022
Again to the profitable method!!🫡
Properly achieved India! 🇮🇳🇮🇳
Commendable job by Jemimah, Deepti, and all of the bowlers!
India leads the T20I sequence 1-0! #India #SriLanka #SrilankaCricket #IndianCricketTeam #IndianCricket #SLvIND #CricketTwitter #SLWvINDW #SLWvsINDW— Vaishnavi Iyer (@Vaishnaviiyer14) June 23, 2022
One good factor with the ladies in blue is that they’ve numerous bowling choices with them to go along with#SLvIND
— Sajan (@Sajansga) June 23, 2022
Cuts
Slog sweeps
Cowl drives
Lofted cowl drivesProperly performed Kavisha Dilhari!#SLvIND
— Devjani (@CricketKenway) June 23, 2022