By Admin 
The third T20 between the Indian women’s cricket team and the Sri Lankan women’s team is being played at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur had decided to bowl first after winning the toss, which the Indian bowlers proved right. Fast bowler Renuka Singh took 4 wickets, spin bowler Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets. Batting first, Sri Lanka has set a target of 113 runs for India to win.
Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu is known for her explosive batting, but she started slowly. Deepti Sharma got India’s first wicket in the form of Atapattu, the Sri Lankan captain scored only 3 runs in 12 balls.
Fast bowler Renuka Singh took 2 big wickets in the last over of powerplay. He dismissed opener Hasini Perera (25) on the third ball of the sixth over. He took the wicket of Harshita Madhavi on the last ball of the over. Harshita scored 2 runs after playing 4 balls.
Renuka Singh took 4 wickets
Apart from Perera and Harshita Madhavi, Renuka Singh dismissed Imisha Dulani and Neelakshi de Silva. Dulani scored 27 runs, but for this he played 32 balls. Kavisha Dilhari scored 20 runs in 13 balls, Deepti Sharma made her her victim.
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Renuka Singh Thakur was on fire tonight 🔥
She finished with brilliant figures of 4⃣/2⃣1⃣ 👏
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Only Renuka Singh and Deepti Sharma took wickets for India, although there was no bowler who scored runs at an economy of more than 6. Renuka Singh took 4 wickets for just 21 runs in 4 overs. Deepti Sharma gave only 18 runs in 4 overs, she took 3 wickets.
Do or die match for Sri Lanka
However, this match is do or die for Sri Lanka, because Team India is ahead 2-0 in the 5-match series. By winning the third match, the Indian team will take an unassailable lead in the series.