Indian women’s team juggernaut remains unstoppable with their fourth consecutive win in the tournament. This time around, it was the Sri Lankan team who faced the wrath of India’s invincibi🐻lity by a margin of 7 wickets.
Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu won the toss elected to bat first on a good batting track at Junction Oval in Melbourne. Followed by a meek start, the Lankan team found some 🍸sol𒉰idity in the form of their captain’s knock of 33 off 24 deliveries.
However, ꦦthe Lankans succumbed to relentless pressure from the Indian bowling attack. Wickets at regular intervals during the middle overs dampened Sri Lanka’s expectations of a challenging total in front of the mig♊hty Indian batting line-up.
Player of the match, Radha Yadav starred for the ꦓIndian bowlers with her supreme spell of 4/23 in her four overs. India bullied the Lankans with their spin quartet.
4/23
Career-best figures for Radha Yadav 👏 |
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Meanwhile, Rajeshwari Gaekwad was rewarded with a couple of wickets for her tight spell. Poonam Yadav, Deepti Sharma, and Shikha Pandey ended up with 🎐a wicket each as Sri L🐽anka limped to 113 for the loss of 9 wickets.
Coming out to bat, it was opener Shafali Verma yet again who stood tall with her array of strokes, compiling 47 off 34 deliveries, with seven bཧoundaries and a maximum. She maintained 𝓡her second place in the runs tally in the tournament without scoring a single half-century yet.
One of her shots in the match will be fondly remembered for 🅠a lo🎉ng time to come. Varma hit off-spinner Shashikala Siriwardene from behind her stumps from way outside the off-stump, towards fine-leg for a boundary.
Shot From Shafali Varma
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Mandhana went back to the pavilion after adding a quick🍸 17 off 12 deliveries, while the disappointing run of form continued for the I𝐆ndian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur who scored just 15.
Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma hit the finishing blows in the match as India maintained their unbeaten run in the tournament. The♐y a💖re placed on the top of Group A.
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4️⃣ winsA perfect group-stage performance from India🌃 🙌 |
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All eyes on Monday's clash as the race for the semi-finals heats up in Group A! 👀
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