Published on: Dec 28, 2025 10:25 pm IST
File partnership between Shafali and Smriti helps India beat SL by 30 runs in 4th WT20I
Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana hit stroke-filled half of-centuries in a articulate opening partnership to wait on India beat Sri Lanka by 30 runs within the fourth ladies folk’s T20I and device end 4-0 lead within the five-match series, here on Sunday.
Asked to bat first, openers Shafali (79) and Mandhana (80) stitched a articulate 162 runs to device end India to 221 for 2 — their highest within the format — as they despatched the Sri Lankan bowlers on a leather-hunt, smashing boundaries nearly at will.
This became also Shafali’s third half of-century in a row within the series.
Later, India restricted Sri Lanka to 191 for six within the visiting crew’s 20 overs.
Captain Chamari Athapaththu high-scored for Sri Lanka with a 37-ball 52 whereas Hasini Perera chipped in with 33.
For India, Arundhati Reddy and Vaishnavi Sharma snapped two wickets every for 42 and 24 runs respectively.
The 162 runs knocked off by Mandhana and Shafali turned out to be the fresh opening stand articulate — for that topic for any wicket — for India within the ladies folk’s T20Is, bettering the duo’s have 143-scramble stand within the 84-scramble gain against the West Indies in November 2019 at Gros Islet.
Shafali’s 79 no longer out came from 46 balls with the wait on of 12 fours and one sixes whereas her senior partner Mandhana wished forty eight balls for her 80, smashing 11 fours and three sixes.
Short Scores:
India: 221/2 in 20 overs (Shafali Verma 79, Smriti Mandhana 80; Malsha Shehani 1/32, Nimasha Meepage 1/40).
Sri Lanka: 191 for six in 20 overs (Chamari Athapaththu 52; Vaishnavi Sharma 2/24).
