Harshita Samvikrama and Nilakshi D. Silva’s fifty defeated India by three wickets by defeating India by three wickets in the fourth match of the Women’s ODI at R. Premdasa Stadium on Sunday. Wicketkeeper-butter Richa Ghosh scored the top with 58, as India in response made 275/9 in their 50 overs, Harshita made 53, while Nilakshmi chased Nilakshmi in favor of the hosts through 33 balls banging 33-gends. All-rounder Nilakshmi also shared the participation of 57 off 38 balls.
Anushka Sanjeevani (23 Not Out) and Sugandika Kumari (19 Not Out) took Sri Lanka home with their unwavering 40 runs for the eighth wicket, as the hosts pursued their second biggest successful run in the women’s ODI grounds. He registered his first ODI win over India since 2018, which is also his third win over the 34 matches led by Harmanpreet Kaur.
A dull pitch was first pushed into batting, Pratika Rawal and Smriti Madhana gave the inaugural stand of 51 runs, before the later power-play final was run-out. After trapping Pratika by Inoca Ranvira, captain Harmanpreet Kaur shared 42 and 44 with Harmanpreet Kaur with Harlen Deol (29) and Jemimah Rodrigues (37) respectively.
Richa then scored 58 runs off 48 balls, while shared a 52 -run stand with Deepti Sharma. But once Richa fell in the 44th over, India wanted to get a finishing kick, as Sri Lanka scored just 29 runs from the last five overs. Sugandika and captain Chamari Athapaththu was a standout bowler for Sri Lanka by picking up every three-first-first. ,
In chasing, Sri Lanka never saw that they were out of control. Sneh Rana was once again a standout bowler for India with 3-45. But all -rounder Kashway Gautam, exiting the field after bowling, meant just five overs that Harmanpreet had to use Pratika as the sixth bowler. Although Hasini Perera and Vishmi Gunaratne fell before the half-way mark, Harshita ensured that the hosts were stable in their run-making through their fifty fifty.
But it was a knock of Nilakshi which made the game away from India. With some help from her big skills and some help from India’s wrong fielding unit, Nilaki and Kavisha scored 20 runs in the 37th over from Arundhati Reddy, and from there, Sri Lanka reached home with five balls. Sunday’s result means the competition is now widespread, as Sri Lanka is now equal to India through four digits and will now face a winner South Africa on Tuesday.
Brief score: India 275/9 (Richa Ghosh 58, Jemimah Rodrigues 37; Chamari Athapathu 3-43, Sugandika Kumari 3-44) in 50 overs lost Sri Lanka 278/7 in 49.1 overs.
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