The Indian cricket team had to face defeat in another series. This time India’s Under-19 team lost the Youth ODI series against Sri Lanka by 1-2. Sri Lanka gave a crushing defeat to Team India by winning by 1 wicket in the last and decisive ODI. The match was very exciting. Sri Lanka won on the last ball while having the last wicket. Even after 3 balls being dotted in the last over, 11 runs were scored.

In the match, Sri Lanka’s Under-19 team won the toss and decided to bowl. India got the invitation to bat first. The team scored 290 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs. VK Vineet, who came at number three, played the biggest innings and scored 131 runs with the help of 13 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from this, Lakshya Rajesh Raichandani played an inning of 61 runs. During this period, Sethmika Seneviratne took maximum 4 wickets for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka won the match on the last ball in the chase

Sri Lanka won by scoring 291 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs. The team needed 11 runs in the last over, which was completed by Chamika Heenathigala. He played the first ball dot. Hit a four on the second ball. After this the third and fourth balls were dotted. Hit a six on the fifth ball. Now 1 run was required on the last ball, which he easily scored and put it in the winning team’s account.

Chamika Heenatigala, who came to bat at number seven, played the biggest innings and scored unbeaten 84 runs in 68 balls. During this, 7 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. Apart from this, Senuja Vekunagoda played an inning of 67 runs. During this period, Anmoljit Singh took maximum 4 wickets for India. In this way, Sri Lanka Under-19 team won the thrilling match and got its name written on the series.

India started the series with a win

The team started the series by winning by 4 wickets in the first Youth ODI. After this, Sri Lanka made a strong comeback and won the next two matches and captured the series. Now 2 unofficial tests will be played between the two teams.

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When India’s A team reached Sri Lanka, the most craze was seen for Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Fans were eager to get their photos clicked with him. After his brilliant performance in IPL 2026, he is being talked about everywhere, now he is ready to make a splash in the triangular series to be played in Sri Lanka. Know when and with whom is India A’s first match? Where will its live telecast and live streaming take place?

India A team reached Sri Lanka on Friday. In the video going viral on social media, it can be seen that Vaibhav is leaving the airport with the team. The people present there are eager to get their photo clicked with Vaibhav. Tilak Verma is captaining India in this triangular series, while Riyan Parag, who was elected vice-captain, is out due to injury. Rituraj Gaikwad has been included in his place.

When is India’s first match?

India A’s first match in the triangular series is with host Sri Lanka A on 9 June. In this series played in ODI format, each team will play 2-2 matches against both the opposing teams, i.e. a total of 4 matches. India’s schedule is as follows.

• 9 June – vs Sri Lanka A
• 11 June – vs Afghanistan A
• 15 June- vs Sri Lanka A
• 17 June – vs Afghanistan A

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where to watch live

India A vs Sri Lanka A match will start at 11 am on 9th June. The match will be telecast live on Sony Sports Network channels (Sony Sports 1, Sony Sports 3, Sony Sports 4). Live streaming will be on Sony Liv app.

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Players included in India A squad

Tilak Verma (captain), Priyansh Arya, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Suryansh Shedge, Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Kumar Kushagra (wicketkeeper), Vipraj Nigam, Yash Thakur, Yudhveer Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Arshad Khan.

The Indian team has recently proved its strength across the world by winning the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. Now after becoming the world champion, the Indian team is preparing to play many international series in the next one year. There is news that Team India can tour Sri Lanka and Ireland in the coming months, where a series of T20 matches can be organized.

T20 matches may increase on Sri Lanka tour

According to media reports, BCCI is considering some changes in the program of Sri Lanka tour. At present, there are plans to play two test matches between India and Sri Lanka, which will be part of the World Test Championship. Now there is a possibility that three T20 matches may also be held before these Test matches. If this happens, then the tour of the Indian team can start with T20 matches.

Funds can be raised for flood affected people

It is being told that this proposal has come from Sri Lanka Cricket. Due to a major cyclone that hit Sri Lanka last year, there was huge damage in many areas. In such a situation, a plan is being made to raise funds for relief work by organizing additional T20 matches.

There may be a short T20 series in Ireland also

Before the Sri Lanka tour, Team India can also play T20 series in Ireland. For this, talks are going on between BCCI and Cricket Ireland. If everything is decided then this series can be held in the last week of June. The Indian team has visited Ireland several times before. In 2018, 2022 and 2023, India played T20 matches in Dublin, which were considered important for the promotion of cricket there.

England tour will also be important

After these possible series, Team India will tour England. In this tour, India has to play a limited overs series, which will include ODI and T20 matches.

Apart from this, the Indian team will also play a series against Afghanistan at home in June. There is a possibility of one Test and three ODI matches in this home series. After winning the T20 World Cup, now Team India will face the challenge of continuous international matches. Fans hope that the Indian team will continue its great performance in the coming series also.

Possible schedule of Indian team

6-20 June 2026

• india vs afghanistan
• place: India
• Match: 1 Test and 3 ODIs

Last week of June 2026 (probable)

• india vs ireland
• place: Dublin, Ireland
• Match: T20 series (probable)

1-19 July 2026

• India vs England
• place: England
• Match: 3 ODIs and 5 T20s

July-August 2026 (probable)

Sri Lanka Cricket had requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to play 2 charity matches. Sri Lanka Cricket wanted to play this T20 match to help the people affected by Cyclone ‘Ditwa’ in December, however, due to commercial reasons, BCCI rejected this proposal. However, the Indian team’s tour of Sri Lanka in August will remain as per the schedule. India will play a series of 2 Test and 2 T20 matches on this tour.

Why did BCCI reject the proposal?

Speaking to reporters, Sri Lanka Cricket President Shammi Silva said that they had discussed the plan to play 2 charity matches to help the victims of cyclone ‘Ditwa’ on 27th and 29th of December. But, they could not finalize the business arrangements on time. Let us tell you that due to this cyclone, there was a loss of about 1.6 billion US dollars in Sri Lanka, 600 people also died.

India will visit Sri Lanka in August

Shammi Silva also clarified that the Indian team’s tour of Sri Lanka in August will remain as per the schedule. 2 Test matches will be played in this tour, which will be part of the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. There is no test series for India before this. There will also be 2 T20 International matches on this tour.

Sri Lanka Cricket will also donate the income from the 3 T20 match series against Pakistan next week to the Cyclone Relief Fund. These matches will be played in Dambulla.

Sri Lanka busy in preparations for T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup 2026 will start from 7th February, along with India, Sri Lanka is also its host. Pakistan will play all its matches in Sri Lanka, all the matches of Group B will be held in Sri Lanka. If Pakistan team reaches the final then the title match will also be played in Colombo. A total of 20 teams will participate in the T20 World Cup 2026, which have been divided into 4 groups of 5 each.

The Indian women’s cricket team has once again proved its strong claim by making a 5-0 clean sweep in the T20 series against Sri Lanka. In the fifth and last T20 match played in Thiruvananthapuram, India ended the series brilliantly by defeating Sri Lanka by 15 runs. After this victory, the biggest question in the minds of the fans is what number the Indian team is now in the ICC Women’s T20 Rankings.

India’s position in ICC T20 rankings

According to the latest ICC Women’s T20 Team Rankings released on 30 December 2025, the Indian women’s team remains at the third position. India has played 49 T20 International matches so far, in which it has got a total of 12,968 points. The rating of the Indian team is 265, which keeps it among the top-3 teams of the world.

Australia and England ahead

Australia’s women’s team is at number one in the ICC rankings. Australia has scored 9,260 points in 31 matches and its rating is 299. Whereas the England team is in second place. England has collected 12,751 points in 46 matches and its rating is 277. India is still a little behind these two teams, but the distance is not considered to be too much.

India benefits from victory over Sri Lanka

India has got a direct advantage in the ranking due to the 5-0 win against Sri Lanka. Although there was no change in India’s position, the points and ratings have definitely strengthened. At the same time, the Sri Lankan team remains at seventh position even after this defeat. Sri Lanka has scored 9,741 points in 43 matches and its rating is 227.

Rest of the teams in top-5

New Zealand’s team is in fourth place, just below India. New Zealand’s rating is 253. After this, South Africa is present at fifth position with 242 rating. West Indies is at sixth position, while Sri Lanka remains at seventh position. Overall, India currently stands firmly at number three in the ICC Women’s T20 Rankings and is ready to give a tough challenge to Australia and England by performing better in the upcoming matches.

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s fighting half-century was followed by a fine performance by the bowlers as India defeated Sri Lanka by 15 runs in the fifth and final Women’s T20 International cricket match here on Tuesday and made a 5-0 clean sweep in the five-match series.

India has whitewashed a team 5-0 for the first time at home and third overall in a bilateral series. For the first time, Sri Lanka has faced defeat by this margin.

Chasing India’s target of 176 runs, Sri Lanka could score only 160 runs for seven wickets despite half-centuries from Hasini Perera (65 runs, 42 balls, eight fours, one six) and Imisha Dulani (50 runs, 39 balls, eight fours) and a 79-run partnership for the second wicket between them.

For India, Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Sneh Rana, Vaishnavi Sharma, Shri Charani and Amanjot Kaur took one wicket each.

Apart from scoring 68 runs in 43 balls with nine fours and one six, Harmanpreet along with Amanjot (21) added 61 runs for the sixth wicket, taking India to a challenging score of 175 runs for seven wickets. Arundhati finally scored unbeaten 27 runs in 11 balls with four fours and one six.

For Sri Lanka, Kavisha Dilhari (two wickets for 11 runs), captain Chamri Atapattu (two wickets for 21 runs) and Rashmika Sewandi (two wickets for 42 runs) took two wickets each.

Sri Lanka, chasing the target, lost the wicket of captain Chamri (02) in the second over itself, who was caught by Deepti Sharma on the ball of Arundhati. Hasini and Imesha took the team’s score to 48 runs for one wicket in the power play.

Apart from two consecutive fours on Deepti, Imesha also hit the ball of Arundhati and Sneh to the boundary. Imesha and Hasini preferred to rotate the strike after the power play. However, both of them did not hesitate in teaching a lesson to the bad balls.

Imisha hit two consecutive fours and then a run on Vaishnavi to complete her first T20 half-century in just 38 balls.

After this, Harmanpreet handed the ball to Amanjot, who gave a big success to India by getting Imesha caught by Shefali on the very first ball. Sri Lanka’s century was completed in the 14th over but in the same over, Deepti trapped Nilakshika Silva (03) LBW.

Vaishnavi gave the fourth blow to Sri Lanka by bowling Kavisha Dilhari (05) in the next over. Sri Lanka needed 64 runs to win in the last five overs.

Hasini completed her first half-century in her 89th match with a single run off Amanjot. Hasini hit a four and a six on consecutive balls of Shri Charani but was bowled on the next ball.

Sri Lanka lost the wickets of wicket-keeper batsman Kaushini Nuthyagna (01) and Harshita Samaravikram on consecutive balls, which dashed its hopes of victory. The team needed 34 runs in the last two overs, which proved to be a mountain-like target for them.

Earlier, Chamri won the toss and decided to bowl first, after which India lost the wicket of in-form Shefali Verma (05) in the second over itself, whose long on was brilliantly caught by Imisha Dulani.

Debut opening batsman G Kamalini (12) and Harleen Deol hit fours off Malki Madara and Nimasha Meepage. Kavisha gave second blow to India by LBW Kamalini.

India scored 40 runs for two wickets in the power play. Rashmika bowled Harleen (13) and made India’s score 41 runs for three wickets.

Harmanpreet completed her half-century of team runs in the eighth over with three fours off Inoka Ranveera, but after scoring only five runs, Richa Ghosh was caught by wicketkeeper Kaushini Nuthyagna on Chamri’s ball.

Chamri gave the fifth blow to India by getting Deepti Sharma (07) caught by Nimasha.

Amanjot Kaur (21) ended the 31-ball boundary drought with a four off Nimasha in the 14th over, while Harmanpreet also sent the ball to the boundary.

In the next over, Harmanpreet completed her half-century in 35 balls with two consecutive fours and one run on Chamri and took the team’s score beyond 100 runs.

Harmanpreet also hit sixes and fours on Inoka’s consecutive balls. Amanjot hit a six on Rashmika but was caught by Kavisha on the next ball.

Kavisha gave a big blow to India by bowling Harmanpreet in the next over. Arundhati took the team’s score beyond 170 runs with three fours and a six on consecutive balls of Madara in the last over.

joy

India has defeated Sri Lanka by 15 runs in the fifth T20 match. With this, Team India has won the five-match T20 series 5-0. The fifth T20 match was played in Thiruvananthapuram, in which the Indian team, batting first, scored 175 runs. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur played a half-century inning of 68 runs for India. India has said goodbye to the year 2025 with victory.

When the Sri Lankan team came to chase the target of 176 runs, it had a very bad start. Captain Chamari Atapattu was out after scoring only 2 runs. After that, Hasini Perera and Imisha Dulani must have increased the heartbeats of the Indian bowlers, because Perera and Dulani made a partnership of 79 runs for the second wicket. Perera played an inning of 65 runs and Dulani played an inning of 50 runs.

At one time Sri Lanka had scored 100 runs at the loss of 2 wickets, but after that the process of continuous fall of wickets started. Sri Lanka’s score went from 100/2 to 140 runs for 6 wickets. Sri Lanka had lost 4 wickets in just 25 balls.

India did a clean sweep

India has wiped out Sri Lanka by winning the five-match T20 series 5-0. In this series played from 21st December to 30th December, the Indian team was successful in winning all the five matches.

The Indian team has now become one of the teams that have registered the most wins against a single team in the history of women’s T20 cricket. This was India’s 25th T20 win over Sri Lanka. Australia holds the record for winning the most T20 matches against a single team, having defeated New Zealand 33 times. Australia has also defeated India 26 times.

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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’s star opener Smriti Mandhana is going through the best phase of her career in the year 2025. Smriti has now come very close to another big achievement by continuously scoring runs with the bat. He played a brilliant inning of 80 runs in the fourth match of the ongoing T20 series against Sri Lanka. With this he has achieved the milestone of scoring 10 thousand runs in international cricket. Now he has a golden opportunity to create history by defeating Shubman Gill before the end of the year.

A special record is on target in 2025

Smriti Mandhana has scored a total of 1703 international runs in all three formats so far in the year 2025. This figure is the highest for any player in women’s cricket in this calendar year. The special thing is that she can also hold the record of the player scoring the most international runs in both men’s and women’s categories. For this he needs only 62 runs. At present, Indian men’s team captain Shubhman Gill is at the lead in 2025 with 1764 runs.

Chance in the last match against Sri Lanka

The fifth and last T20 match between India and Sri Lanka is to be played on Tuesday. The Indian team has already taken an unbeatable 4-0 lead in the series. If Smriti Mandhana scores 62 runs in this match to be played at the Greenfield International Stadium, then she will become the highest run-scorer in international cricket in 2025. This achievement will also be considered very special for women’s cricket.

dominance of memory

Smriti Mandhana’s ODI performance in the year 2025 has been very excellent. This year he has scored 1362 runs in 23 ODI matches at a strike rate of 110. During this period his average has been around 62. 5 centuries and 5 half-centuries have also been seen from Smriti’s bat. Taking responsibility in big matches and giving a strong start to the team has been his biggest strength.

Smriti did not disappoint even in T20 International cricket. He has scored 341 runs in 9 T20 matches, which also includes a century. His fast start and ability to play big shots has given Team India an edge in many matches.

Shubman Gill’s year was also special

Talking about Shubman Gill, he scored a mountain of 1764 runs in 42 innings of 35 matches in international cricket in 2025. His average was 49 and he scored 7 centuries and 3 half-centuries. However, now Smriti Mandhana can overtake him in the last match of the year.

India has scored 221 runs in the fourth T20 match. This is India’s biggest score in women’s T20 cricket. The Sri Lankan bowling was completely destroyed, giving away 136 runs in the last 10 overs. Smriti Mandhana scored the most runs for Team India, with 80 runs. Whereas Shefali Verma scored a half-century and scored 79 runs in the third consecutive match. Except Malsha Shahani, there has been no Sri Lankan bowler who has given away runs at an economy rate of less than 10.

In this match being played in Thiruvananthapuram, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first. Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma created such havoc that the score had reached 61 in the powerplay itself. Within no time, India had scored 85 runs in 10 overs without losing any wicket.

136 runs were scored in the last 10 overs

Team India’s score in 10 overs was 85/0. From here, the Indian batsmen showed such stormy batting that 136 runs were scored in the last 10 overs. Meanwhile, Shefali Verma completed her fifty in 30 balls, while Mandhana took 34 balls to reach her fifty. There was an opening partnership of 162 runs between Mandhana and Verma. This is the fourth time in women’s T20 cricket that there has been an opening partnership of more than 100 runs between Mandhana and Verma.

India’s biggest score in T20

India scored 221 runs against Sri Lanka in the fourth T20 match. This is Team India’s biggest score in International Women’s T20 cricket. Earlier, India’s highest score was 217 runs, which it made against West Indies in the year 2024. In this match, Smriti Mandhana became the Indian batsman who played the biggest individual innings in T20 against Sri Lanka. Earlier this record was in the name of Shefali Verma, who had scored 79 runs against Sri Lanka in the last match. Coincidentally, Shefali has scored only 79 runs in this match also.

221 runs – vs Sri Lanka

217 runs – vs West Indies

210 runs – vs England

201 runs – vs UAE