BANGKOK: Mithali Raj hit a half-century while Ekta Bisht (3/8) and Preeti Bose (3/14) shared six wickets between them to steer India to a comfortable 52-run win over Sri Lanka in the Women’s Asia Cup T20 tournament here today.
Opting to bat, India posted a modest total of 121 for four in their allotted 20 overs and then managed to restrict Sri Lanka to 69 for nine to maintain their unbeaten run in the tournament so far. Opener Mithali gave India a solid platform with a quickfire 59-ball 62 that included six hits to the fence. Smriti Mandhana (21) and Veda Krishnamurthy (21) also chipped in with useful runs, although they failed to accelerate the run-rate.
Chasing a modest target, Sri Lanka never looked like in the race as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals with Preeti and Ekta wreaking havoc, running through the islanders’ middle order.
Only two Sri Lankan batswomen could reach the
double digit mark, with
Dilani Manodara top-scoring with 20.
score board
India Women innings
M Raj run out (Kumari) 62
S Mandhana c Kumari b Jayangani 21
V Krishnamurthy c †PM Weerakkody b SS Weerakkody 21
H Kaur* c Kaushalya b Prabodhani 10
S Meghana not out 00
Extras 07
Total 121/4
Sri Lanka Women innings
GWHM Perera* c Mandhana b Goswami 06
AC Jayangani lbw b Patil 09
PM Weerakkody† b Bisht 14
MADD Surangika b Preeti Bose 20
OU Ranasinghe b Bisht 00
SS Weerakkody b Bisht 01
H Karunaratne c Goswami b Preeti Bose 09
LE Kaushalya st †Verma b Poonam Yadav 00
KDU Prabodhani c †Verma b Preeti Bose 01
BMSM Kumari not out 04
I Ranaweera not out 03
Extras 02
Total 69/9