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.

India Women Vs Sri Lanka Women T20I Series 2025: Indian women’s cricket team, continuing its aggressive game, will try to make a 5-0 clean sweep in the five-match series by winning against Sri Lanka in the fifth and final Women’s T20 International match to be held in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday, December 30, 2025. This series is an important part of India’s preparations for the T20 World Cup to be held in England in June-July next year (2026). After the current series against Sri Lanka, the Indian women’s team will play three T20 Internationals each in Australia and England before the World Cup.

Harmanpreet Kaur gave statement

The Indian team was out of the group stage in the T20 World Cup in 2024 but after that it changed its style and adopted more aggression which gave it favorable results. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur said, ‘This series was great for all of us. After the last World Cup, we had discussed that we have to raise our level and play more aggressively in T20.

Shefali Verma impressed in this series

In the first three matches, Indian bowlers performed brilliantly due to which the batsmen had to do very little work. However, Shefali Verma, who plays aggressively in these matches, has impressed. The biggest matter of concern for India is its fielding. She has not been able to perform well in this department so far. In the last match also, Team India dropped two catches and missed one stumping opportunity.

Renuka Singh Thakur made a great comeback in this series

There were many positive aspects in this series for the Indian team. Fast bowler Renuka Singh Thakur made a successful comeback in this format after a gap of one year, while Deepti Sharma, who is always reliable, continues to perform well. Left arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma has also performed as per her potential. This 20-year-old bowler has taken four wickets in the series so far at an economy rate of 5.73.

Shefali Verma scored 3 half-centuries in this series

Shefali has performed brilliantly in batting. He has scored three half-centuries in four matches so far and his strike rate is 185.82. Another big relief for the Indian team was the return to form of vice-captain Smriti Mandhana. This left-handed batsman scored 80 runs in 48 balls in the fourth T20 International match and she will try to maintain this rhythm.

Shefali and Smriti made a record breaking partnership

In the fourth match, Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana displayed brilliant aggressive batting and made a partnership of 162 runs in just 92 balls, which is the biggest partnership for the first wicket for India in Women’s T20 International matches. In the last match, India sent Richa Ghosh to bat at number three and this wicketkeeper batsman proved this decision right by scoring unbeaten 40 runs in just 16 balls.

India and Sri Lanka made their big score in T20 International

The first three matches were low-scoring, but the fourth match saw a lot of runs and both India and Sri Lanka made their highest ever score in this format. When invited to bat first, India scored 221 runs for two wickets. Sri Lanka also batted well while chasing a big target but in the end they could only score 191 runs for six wickets. This brilliant performance by the batsmen must have definitely boosted Sri Lanka’s confidence. Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu returned to form in the last match by scoring 52 runs in 37 balls but she needs useful contributions from other batsmen as well.

Both the teams for this series are as follows:

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shefali Verma, Harleen Deol, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaur, Renuka Singh Thakur, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), G Kamalini (wicketkeeper), Shri Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma.

Sri Lanka: Chamari Atapattu (captain), Hasini Perera, Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Neelakshika de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Imisha Dulani, Kaushini Nutyangana, Malsha Shehani, Inoka Ranaweera, Shashini Gimhani, Nimesh Madushani, Kavya Kavindi, Rashmika Sevwandi, Malki Madara.

The match will start at seven in the evening.

India has won the fourth T20 match by defeating Sri Lanka by 30 runs. In this match played in Thiruvananthapuram, the Indian team batted aggressively and scored a huge score of 221 runs. This was India’s biggest score in the history of international women’s T20 cricket. In reply, despite a good start, the Sri Lankan team could score only 191 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Till now India has won all four matches of the series.

Batting first, the Indian team had scored 221 runs. Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma had laid the foundation of a big score by making an opening partnership of 162 runs. Smriti Mandhana scored 80 runs in 48 balls, while Shefali Verma played an inning of 79 runs. Richa Ghosh also made headlines, who played a stormy inning of 40 runs in 16 balls.

Sri Lanka lost despite a good start

Chasing the huge target of 222 runs, Sri Lanka got off to a good start by making an opening partnership of 59 runs even before the end of the powerplay. At one time Sri Lanka had scored 116 runs at the loss of only one wicket. At the same time, captain Atapattu was out after scoring 52 runs.

After that no batsman could play a big innings and the required run rate also started touching the sky. Only after the dismissal of captain Atapattu, Sri Lanka’s hopes of victory started fading. The situation was such that they had to score 106 runs in the last 7 overs to win. Another point worth noting is that even though Sri Lanka lost the match by 30 runs, 191 runs is its highest score in international T20 cricket.

For India, Arundhati Reddy and Vaishnavi Sharma took two wickets each, while Sri Charani managed to take one wicket.

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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

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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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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Sri Lanka, playing first in the second T20 match, scored 128 runs. This match is being played in Visakhapatnam, in which Team India won the toss and chose to bowl first. Vaishnavi Sharma and Shri Charani took two wickets each for India. The Indian team is already leading 1-0 in the series. Team India’s bowlers had bowled out Sri Lanka for just 121 runs in the first T20 match. Sri Lanka’s batting line-up has flopped in the second match also.

The Sri Lankan team was invited to bat first, which was shocked by Kranti Gaur on the sixth ball of the first over. Captain Chamari Atapattu handled the innings for some time, but before the end of the powerplay, she was out after scoring 31 (24) runs. After them, Haseena Perera and Harshita Samarawickrama took over the Sri Lankan innings with a partnership of 44 runs.

6 wickets within 24 runs

When Samarawickrama was out, at one time Sri Lanka had scored 104 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. From here the Indian bowling became so dominant that Sri Lanka lost 6 wickets within 24 runs. Out of the last 5 batsmen of Sri Lanka, only one player could touch double figures in terms of runs.

20 year old Vaishnavi Sharma bowled strongly, taking 2 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs. Shri Charani’s figures were even better, he dismissed two batsmen for only 23 runs in 4 overs. Sneh Rana and Kranti Gaur also took one wicket each.

Very poor coordination has been seen between the Sri Lankan batsmen. In the first T20 match, three batsmen were run out, now in the second T20 match also the condition of Sri Lankan batting remained the same. This time also 3 batsmen were run out.

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In the first T20 match, India defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets. In this match played in Visakhapatnam, the Sri Lankan team was able to score only 121 runs while playing first. In response, Team India won the match by 8 wickets with 32 balls remaining. Smriti Mandhana has performed a historic feat during this match. Whereas Jemimah Rodrigues returned unbeaten after scoring 69 runs.

The Sri Lankan team’s poor performance was due to its own mistakes. Sri Lanka lost 6 wickets, out of which three batsmen were run out. The bowlers of Team India also bowled hard. Except Amanjot Kaur, no Indian bowler gave away runs at an economy rate of 8 or more. As a result, Sri Lanka could score only 121 runs while playing first.

In reply, India’s first wicket fell at the score of just 13. Smriti Mandhana scored 25 runs, when Mandhana was out, India had lost the second wicket at the score of 67. The rest of the work was completed by Jemimah Rodrigues, who returned unbeaten after scoring 69 runs in 44 balls. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur also contributed 15 runs.

Smriti Mandhana created history

Smriti Mandhana has become the first Indian and second batsman in the world to complete 4000 runs in international women’s T20 cricket. Mandhana has achieved this feat in the 154th match of her T20 career. The only cricketer who has scored more runs than her in women’s T20 cricket is Suzie Bates, who scored 4716 runs in her career.

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While sharing a story on Instagram on Sunday, Smriti Mandhana had said that her marriage with Palash Muchhal will not happen now. Their marriage was to take place on 23 November. From Haldi to Sangeet ceremonies, everything was celebrated with great pomp but on 23rd November the news came that the wedding was postponed. Then it came to light that Smriti’s father’s health had deteriorated. Smriti was seen for the first time after the news of marriage being canceled was confirmed. He has started practicing for the T20 series against Sri Lanka.

For Smriti Mandhana, one of her favorite things is cricket. While confirming the cancellation of the marriage on Sunday, he had written that for me, a big aim of life has always been to represent my country at the highest level. I hope to keep playing for India as long as I can and win trophies and my focus will always remain there.

Smriti Mandhana started practicing

After winning the title of Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, Smriti Mandhana became busy in preparations for her marriage. This marriage broke down. Mandhana wrote, “I want to end this matter here and request you to do the same. I request you to respect the privacy of both the families at this time and give us a chance to move forward at our own pace.”

SMRITI MANDHANA IS BACK

– She has started the practice for the Sri Lanka T20I series. pic.twitter.com/nawrH7ETnB

—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 8, 2025

A photo of Smriti Mandhana is going viral on social media, which is of cricket practice. Mandhana is practicing. According to the report, Smriti has started practicing for the 5-match T20 series against Sri Lanka. The first match of the series will be played on 21 December in Visakhapatnam.