India Women vs Sri Lanka Women 5th T20: In the fifth T20 match, India has scored 175 runs while playing first. In this match being played in Thiruvananthapuram, Sri Lanka won the toss and invited Team India to bat first. Indian batsmen kept losing their wickets from one end, but captain Harmanpreet Kaur was possessed by the spirit of thrashing the bowlers today. He scored 68 runs at a stormy strike rate of 158. In the last overs, Arundhati Reddy also scored 27 runs in a flamboyant manner.

Shefali Verma, who was coming after scoring half-centuries in 3 consecutive matches, did not work this time, who was out after scoring only 5 runs. Smriti Mandhana did not play in this match, G Kamalini opened in her place, but she too was out after scoring only 12 runs. Harleen Deol also got out cheaply, within no time Team India had lost 3 wickets till the score of 41.

Captain Harmanpreet created havoc

On one hand, Indian batsmen were continuously losing their wickets, on the other end, captain Harmanpreet Kaur thrashed the Sri Lankan bowlers. Harmanpreet played an inning of 68 runs in 43 balls, in which she hit 9 fours and one six with her bat. At one time half of the Indian team had returned to the pavilion till the score was 77. Meanwhile, Harmanpreet Kaur and Amanjot Kaur helped the team out of trouble with a partnership of 61 runs.

In the last overs, Arundhati Reddy played a brilliant inning of 27 runs in 11 balls, in which she hit 4 fours and a six.

32 runs scored in the last 2 overs

Thanks to the stormy innings of Arundhati Reddy, the Indian team added 32 runs in the last 2 overs. In the last over, Reddy single-handedly scored 20 runs including 3 fours and a six. At one time it seemed difficult for Team India to score even 160 runs, but thanks to Reddy’s cameo innings, India was able to reach 175 runs.

Indian women’s cricket team has a chance to wipe out Sri Lanka by winning the fifth T20, the team has maintained an unassailable lead of 4-0. Smriti Mandhana can also become the highest run scorer (male and female) this year by breaking Shubman Gill’s record, she has only one chance.

Smriti Mandhana did not bat in the first 3 T20 matches against Sri Lanka, she scored 25, 14, 1 runs respectively. His bat played well in the fourth match, he scored 80 runs in 48 balls in a explosive manner. In this innings played at a strike rate of 166.67, Mandhana hit 3 sixes and 11 fours.

Smriti can leave Gill behind in this matter

Smriti Mandhana has scored 1703 runs in the year 2025, she still has one more innings left this year. In this, she can leave Shubman Gill behind in terms of scoring the most runs (in all three formats) in the calendar year. Gill is currently the highest run-scorer batsman in international cricket this year, he has scored 1764 runs in 42 innings of 35 matches. This includes 7 centuries and 3 half-century innings.

Most international runs in 2025 (male cricketers)

• Shubman Gill- 1764
• Shai Hope- 1760
• Joe Route- 1613
• Brian John- 1585
• Salman Ali Agha- 1569

Smriti needs 62 runs

Indian Women vs Sri Lanka Women 5th T20 will be played at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. The match will start at 7 pm. In terms of scoring the most international runs in the calendar year 2025, Smriti Mandhana has to score 62 runs to break the record of Shubman Gill.

Talking about Mandhana’s international career, she has played 7 Tests, 117 ODIs and 157 T20 matches for India. In this, their names are 629, 5322 and 4102 runs respectively. Talking about T20 International, Smriti has played 1 century and 32 half-century innings.

On which channel will the IND-W vs SL-W match be telecast live?

Indian Women vs Sri Lanka Women 5th T20 will start at 7 PM on Tuesday, toss will take place at 6:30 PM. The match will be telecast live on Star Sports Network.

On which app will the live streaming of IND-W vs SL-W match be held?

There will be live streaming of Indian Women vs Sri Lanka Women match on JioHotstar app and website.

India has defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the third T20 match. In this match played in Thiruvananthapuram, Indian bowlers allowed Sri Lanka to score only 112 runs. In reply, Team India achieved the target in the 14th over and took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the 5-match series. Shefali Verma made a big contribution to India’s victory by playing a stormy inning of 79 runs in 42 balls.

In this match, the Indian team won the toss and chose to bowl first. Sri Lankan batsmen once again could not stand the lethal bowling of Team India. Sri Lanka had lost 4 wickets on the score of just 45. Thanks to the 40-run partnership of Imesha Dulani (27 runs) and Kavisha Dilhari (20 runs), the Sri Lankan team somehow came close to 100 runs. Sri Lanka could score only 112 runs in the stipulated 20 overs.

In reply, Smriti Mandhana was out after scoring only one run, while Jemimah Rodrigues also could not extend her innings by scoring 9 runs. Shefali Verma had created havoc at the other end. Within no time, Shefali Verma completed her half-century in 24 balls. This was the third fastest half-century for India in the history of women’s T20 cricket.

Shefali Verma scored 79 runs in 42 balls. He also hit 11 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. Verma ensured Team India’s victory by adding 48 runs with captain Harmanpreet Kaur. Captain Harmanpreet returned unbeaten after scoring 18 runs.

India leads 3-0 in the series

The series of five T20 matches will continue till December 30. So far, the Indian team has won all three matches. India won the first T20 match by 8 wickets. After that, in the second T20 match, Team India won by 7 wickets and now the third match also by 8 wickets.

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In the third T20 played in Thiruvananthapuram, the Indian women’s cricket team defeated the Sri Lankan women’s team by 8 wickets. After winning the toss, Harmanpreet Kaur chose bowling, which was proved right by the Indian bowlers. Renuka Singh took 4 wickets and Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets. With this, Deepti Sharma achieved a big achievement, she became the first Indian bowler to take 150 wickets in T20 International. No Indian male cricketer has been able to touch this figure.

Deepti Sharma created history

Deepti Sharma took the first wicket of Sri Lanka’s innings, she dismissed the opposing team’s captain Chamari Atapattu. Atapattu could score only 2 runs after playing 12 balls. After this, Deepti Sharma took her 150th T20 International wicket in the form of Kavisha Dilhari (20). She is the first Indian bowler to take 150 wickets in T20 International.

Even in men’s cricket, Arshdeep Singh, the highest wicket taker for India, has 110 T20 wickets in his name. Deepti Sharma took the third wicket in the third T20 in the form of Malsha Shehani, she bowled Shehani. Deepti gave only 18 runs in the spell of 4 overs with an economy of 4.50.

India took an unassailable lead in the series

In the third T20, Sri Lanka women’s cricket team, batting first, was able to score only 112 runs. While chasing the target, Shafali Verma played a brilliant inning of 79 runs. In this stormy innings played in 42 balls, Shafali hit 3 sixes and 11 fours. Smriti Mandhana’s bat did not work today, she was out after scoring 1 run in 6 balls.

Jemimah Rodriguez scored 9 runs in 15 balls, Harmanpreet Kaur remained unbeaten after scoring 21 runs in 18 balls. Indian women’s team has taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the 5-match series by winning the match by 8 wickets.

Deepti Sharma becomes only the 2nd bowler to pick 150+ T20I wickets after Megan Schutt!

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— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) December 26, 2025

Talking about Deepti Sharma’s international record, she has played 5 Tests, 121 ODI and 131 T20 matches for India, in which she has taken 20, 162 and 151 wickets respectively. The 28-year-old all-rounder also played an important role in making India the world champion, she was adjudged the best player of the tournament.

India has defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the second T20 match. In this match played in Visakhapatnam, Sri Lanka had scored 128 runs while playing first, in reply Team India achieved the target with 54 balls remaining. Indian opener Shefali Verma created a lot of havoc with her explosive batting, who scored 69 runs in 34 balls playing at a stormy strike rate of 202.94.

In this match played in Visakhapatnam, the Indian team won the toss and chose to bowl first. There was fatal bowling by India, the result was that Sri Lankan batsmen could score only 128 runs in the stipulated 20 overs.

When Team India came to chase the target of 129 runs, Smriti Mandhana was out after scoring only 14 runs. At the other end, Shefali Verma wreaked havoc and thrashed the Sri Lankan bowlers. Verma completed his half-century in 27 balls and scored 69 runs in 34 balls in the match. He hit 11 fours and one six in this innings.

Apart from him, Jemimah Rodrigues scored 26 runs in 15 balls. Let us tell you that Delhi Capitals has appointed Rodrigues as its captain for WPL 2026. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 10 runs in this match. The Indian team won the first match by 8 wickets. Team India is now 2-0 ahead in the series.

Shefali Verma has also made a big record in this match. She has become the batsman to score the most 50+ scores in T20 before the age of 22. He scored more than 50 for the 12th time in his T20 career. Let us also tell you that this is the 9th win of the Indian team against Sri Lanka in 11 matches after the year 2020. Sri Lanka’s last win against India in T20 came in 2014.

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India defeated Sri Lanka by 59 runs in the first match of the World Cup. This was the first match of Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 (Womens ODI World Cup 2025), in which the rain also disrupted. Team India had scored 269 runs while playing first, but due to rain, the DLS rules were implemented, due to which Sri Lanka got a target of 271 runs in 47 overs. Chasing this target, the Sri Lankan team was all out for just 211 runs.

For the Indian team, Pratika Rawal scored 37 runs, Harleen Deol scored 48 runs and Deepti Sharma scored a strong half -century of 53 runs. In this innings, Amanjot Kaur and Sneh Rana tied the most. Batting on the eighth order, Kaur played a brilliant innings of 57 runs in 56 balls. At the same time, number-9 batsman Sneh Rana had brought India a small but stormy innings of 28 runs in 15 balls to a big score of 269.

Deepti Sharma’s impressive in the entire match

Deepti Sharma’s all -rounder performance contributed to India’s victory over Sri Lanka. Deepti Sharma came to bat in the first innings when India’s 4 wickets fell for 120 runs. After this, he along with Amanjot Kaur partnered 103 runs. He scored 53 runs in 53 balls. At the same time, when the turn of bowling came, here too, he spread 3 wickets. He took 3 wickets for 54 runs in 9 overs.

Sri Lanka also did not give up till the last overs, whose 6 wickets fell for just 140 runs. After that Neelakshi de Silva scored an innings of 35 runs, but Sneh Rana made him a clean bold. Kulasuriya also stood at the crease for a long time, but could not move her innings by 17 runs.

All the bowlers from India took at least one wicket. Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets, while Sneh Rana and Mr. Charani took two wickets each. Apart from him, Kranti Gaur, Amanjot Kaur and Pratika Rawal took one wicket each.

Smriti Mandhana 100th ODI Match: The fourth match of the tri -series is being played between the Indian women’s cricket team and the Sri Lanka women’s cricket team. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl first. This match is special for Indian player Smriti Mandhana, because this is his 100th ODI match.

Smriti Mandhana, who plays 100 ODIs, is the 7th Indian woman cricketer, before 6 players have touched this figure. Former captain Mithali Raj is the highest ODI player in women’s cricket, he has played a total of 232 matches in his 23 -year -old Karier. After that, Jhulan Goswami, who played 204 matches, is both Indian women cricketers retired from international cricket. At number three is Charlotte Edwards of England, who played 191 matches.

India’s top 10 women cricketers playing more ODI matches

1. Mithali Raj- 232 matches
2. Jhulan Goswami- 204 matches
3. Harmanpreet Kaur- 144 matches
4. Anjum Chopra- 127 matches
5. Amita Sharma- 116 matches
6. Deepti Sharma- 104 matches
7. Smriti Mandhana- 100 matches
8. Neetu David- 97 matches
9. Nushin Khadir- 78 matches
10. Rumeli Dhar- 78 matches

Congratulations to #Teamindia Vice -captain Smriti Mandhana as She Plays Her 1⃣0⃣0⃣th Odi Today!

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– Bcci Women (@BcciWomen) May 4, 2025

Smriti Mandhana International Cricket Career

Apart from 100 ODIs, Smriti has played 7 Tests and 148 T20 international matches. He has scored 4288 runs before his 100th match, including 10 centuries and 30 half -century innings.

He has scored 629 runs in 7 Tests. He has 2 centuries and 3 half -centuries in his name. Smriti Mandhana has scored 3761 runs in 148 T20 matches, in this format she has scored 30 half -centuries.

Team India at the top in the tri -series

The Indian cricket team defeated Sri Lanka in the first match and South Africa in the second match. He has 4 points with 2 wins in 2 and the team is at the top in the tri -series points table. Sri Lanka is in third place after losing both the matches with 1 out of 2 wins and South Africa. All teams will play 2-2 matches against each team, after which there will be a title collision between 2 teams on the top on May 11.