Indian Women opener Smriti Mandhana is run out for 50 against the run of play
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored India’s
fastest 50 in T20 World Cups off 27 balls
Women’s Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka bowed out of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup when they suffered their third straight loss, losing to India by 82 runs in a Group A game played at Dubai under lights yesterday.
India, batting first on winning the toss, rattled off the highest total of the current tournament – 172-3 riding on half-centuries from the Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, whose 27-ball 50 (8 fours, 1 six) was India’s fastest in the Women’s T20 World Cup and, Vice Captain Smriti Mandhana who scored 50 off 38 balls (4 fours, 1 six).
Sri Lanka, whose batting has been their downfall, failed once again to reach 100 for the third successive match as they were bowled out for a disappointing 90 off the penultimate ball. They lost their top three batters – Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu, and Harshitha Samarawickrama – for six in three overs and were never in the game after that.
Sri Lanka are without a win in their group and finish their World Cup campaign on Saturday against New Zealand at Sharjah.
Scores: India Women 172-3 (20) (Shafali Verma 43, Smriti Mandhana 50, Harmanpreet Kaur 52*)
Sri Lanka Women 90 (19.5) (Kavisha Dilhari 21, Anushka Sanjeewani 20, Ama Kanchana 19, Renuka Singh 2/16, Anuradhati Reddy 3/19, Asha Sobhana 3/19)
