Harmanpreet (75 off 88 balls and 1/21 in 5 overs) and Vastrakar (56 not out off 65 balls, and 2/32) first bundled out the team for the seventh wicket with 97 runs, taking the total to 255. ensured. 9 for visitors.
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The bowlers then executed their plan to bowl the hosts out for 216 in 47.3 overs, with both Harmanpreet and Vastrakar achieving significant success.
With this series win, Indian women secured their fourth consecutive bilateral series win against the island nation.
women’s side won first ODI series in 2013, 2015 and 2018.
Having already secured a series win, Harmanpreet’s unit came into the final game as a confident swarm, something the Lankans clearly did not have from the start.
Nothing to lose, Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapathu Won the toss and sent the Indians to bat on a surface mostly known to favor the teams batting first.
The opener excited by his brilliant performance in the second ODI Shafali Verma And reminiscenceHowever, failed to make a big impact.
Mandhana departs first (6 off 20 balls) as she falls victim to a length delivery from Kavisha Dilhari after attempting to land in the keeper’s glove.
With a half-century under her belt, Shafali continued her fine form by scoring 49 off 50 balls with some crisp shots.
She missed out on scoring her second half-century in a row, after Rashmi Silva got stuck in her leg.
With 155 runs in three matches and an impressive average of 77.50, Shafali finished as the leading run scorer in the three-match ODI series.
With Shafali going at a crucial juncture, India suffered a sudden middle-order collapse as Harmanpreet left them at 124 for 6 before turning the table in style.
The Indian captain batted with a lot of responsibility throughout his innings and made the best of the short deliveries by the Sri Lankan bowlers, hitting seven fours and two big sixes.
It is worth noting that most of Harmanpreet’s boundary came through the mid-wicket region and she was rock-solid on the leg side as well.
Harmanpreet completed her half-century with a brilliant six over the deep mid-wicket region as she fell short and crossed the boundary to maximize a floated delivery from off-spinner Oshadi Ranasinghe.
While Harmanpreet played the captain’s innings, Vastrakar played a perfect second fiddle, courtesy three free sixes, to hit her second half-century in the women’s ODI.
When Sri Lanka began the chase, captain Athapaththu (44 off 41 balls) and Hasini Perera (39 off 57 balls) showed positive intent, adding 56 runs for the second wicket, but after the home team’s captain was dismissed. Things got worse.
He found it difficult to get rid of Rajeshwari Gaikwad (3/36 in 10 overs), while most of the bowlers kept the home side tight.