Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

JI Rodrigues
JI Rodrigues
69(44) 10x4 - 0x6
Control %90%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 15 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
24 6 6 4 16 1 6 6
RMVD Gunaratne
RMVD Gunaratne
39(43) 1x4 - 1x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • sweep shot
  • 9 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 0 9 2 2 9 5 12

Best performances - Bowlers

I Ranaweera
O3.4
M0
R17
W1
Eco4.63
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
DB Sharma
O4
M1
R20
W1
Eco5
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

India Women , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

India Women led the 5-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20

Match days

21 December 2025 - night match (20-over match)

Women T20 debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Ashish Pant

That's that! A thorough win for India who will take a lot of confidence going into the second T20I which will be played at this very venue in two days. If you missed any of the action, don't worry S Sudarshanan's report has you covered. That's it from us today. Thanks for tuning in, we will be live nice and early on December 23 for the second T20I. Till then, this is me Ashish Pant, signing off on behalf of Raghav and Harshith. Ciao!

Jemimah Rodrigues is the player of the match : [Why waste form?] 100% That was the mindset, when the runs are coming, I need to capitalise. [Need four to five fielders to stop that late cut] I will still find the gaps (laughs). [Mindset?] For me, it was to understand the conditions. It was slightly sticky, not as flat as everyone initially though. I was in good touch. My mindset was simple. In my mind I was blank, I was just reacting to the ball. We have been going really well. What has happened in the past has happened. What's next? It is the T20 WC. We just want to win that. [On playing Gimhani] Our video analysts told us hat she is very good. She is a rising star and will be doing well for SL. I was just reacting to her deliveries and playing over the fielder.

Harmanpreet Kaur, the India captain: With bat and ball, yes. We are working on our fielding. Don't know why we keep dropping catches. It is wet out here, but it is not an excuse. That is something we really need to think about. Next match we will come about with better approach. [Bat first?] We are playing after a month. We don't want to unnecessarily challenge ourselves. We just want to do well for the team. We just wanted to bowl first and see how it goes. We wanted to show the better approach.

Chamari Athapaththu, the Sri Lanka captain: [Batting] 120 is not a good total. We have to bounce back in the next game. We did a lot of mistakes in the middle. We have to play positive cricket in the middle. [Dew] We can't play the conditions. We have to play in these conditions and hopefully we can play better cricket in the next few days. We need to improve a few areas especially in batting. We have to play positive cricket. We played very defensive cricket. We have to be positive. I have to show more responsibility and I have to lead from the front. I hope the youngsters also do better.

10.02pm A comprehensive win for India who take a 1-0 lead. Jemimah Rodrigues was the star of the show in the chase, finishing unbeaten on 69 off just 44 balls with ten fours. She was quick with her footwork, played the late cuts superbly and ran brilliantly. India lost Shafali early but Jemi alongside Mandhana added 54 for the second wicket. Jemi then added an unbroken 55 runs for the third wicket with Harmanpreet to help India win on a canter. Do hang around for the presentation

14.4
1
Ranaweera to Rodrigues, 1 run, An easy win for India by eight wickets. It took them just 14.4 overs to get over the line and this is what a clinical victory looks like. Tossed up outside off, she drives firmly to cover, where a misfield allows them a run and a win

Just one to win for India

14.3
1
Ranaweera to H Kaur, 1 run, Slower through the air on middle and leg, she works this to long leg
14.2
2
Ranaweera to H Kaur, 2 runs, Angled in on off stump, she shimmies down the track and pushes to long-on. The bowler is not able to collect the ball cleanly and that allows them an overthrow
14.1
1
Ranaweera to Rodrigues, 1 run, Angled in on off stump, she pushes to wide long-off

END OF OVER:
14 | 9 Runs | IND-W: 117/2 (5 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 8.35, RRR: 0.83)

  • Jemimah Rodrigues67 (42b)
  • Harmanpreet Kaur12 (14b)
  • Kawya Kavindi3-0-20-1
  • Inoka Ranaweera3-0-12-1
13.6
1
Kavindi to Rodrigues, 1 run, Short of a good length ball on middle, she works this deep midwicket
13.5
1
Kavindi to H Kaur, 1 run, Length on off stump, she lifts this to long-on. Oh, Jemi is almost at the non-striker's end looking for the second, but Harman was not even looking. Kawya is not able to collect the throw clearly which gives Jemi the chance to rush back.

IND Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13S MandhanaShafali Verma
2nd54S MandhanaJI Rodrigues
3rd55H KaurJI Rodrigues