India simply snuffed out Sri Lanka in a stroll in the park 9-wicket thrashing on the high of 149 for 1 wicket off 29.4 overs in a rain reduced 39-over curtain raiser of the Servo Cup Women’s Tri-Nation ODI Series yesterday at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium.
The Indians superiority in all departments of the game saw star batter Harmanpreet Kaur’s team outplay the Lankan Women with the Indian captain not having to even bat.
Sri Lanka apparently blew it up following the early dismissal of key batsman skipper Chamari Athapaththu for 7 and the suicidal run out of Harshitha Samarawikrama for 14 on whom the onus was to do the job for Sri Lanka, but a rush of blood for a single with non striker Hasni Karunaratne not backing up costing Sri Lanka dearly.
Put into bat, the Lankans were tripped up for 147 in 31.1 overs by India’s three pronged spin attack Sneh Rana 3 wickets and 2 each by Deepti Sharma and Shree Charani setting up the stage for openers Smriti Mandhana 43 off 46 and Pratika Rawal a Player of the Match 50 to put them on course followed by the unfinished second wicket 95 pairing between Rawal and Harleen Deol 43 carrying India home.
Chief Scores
Sri Lanka Women 147 (38.1 Overs)
Hasini Perera 30, Kavishka Dilhari 25, Anushka Sanjeewani 22, Achini Kulasuriya 17, Harshitha Samarawickrama 14, Sneh Rana 3/31, Deepti Sharma 2/22, Shree Charani 2/26, Arundhathi Reddy 1/26
India Women 149/1 (29.4 Overs)
Pratika Rawal n.o. 50, Smriti Mandhana 43, Harleen Deol n.o. 48, Inoka Ranaweera 1/32