IND-W vs SL-W

Right so India have already got a 2-0 lead in the series and the way they've hammered the Lankans will definitely leave some soul searching to do in the visitors dressing room because they've been just blown away. Chamari Athapaththu and her girls will need to pull a rabit out of the hat as they look bounce back in the series where the juggernaut moves to Thiruvananthapuram. 

Shafali Verma (Player of the match) - The ball was sticking on the surface a bit in the beginning and was coming slow. I tried to get through the early period and then attack. I backed myself and my instincts. I played along the surface as well. After the 4th over mark, the ball really came on to the bat. I'm learning each day with experience. Acceptance is everything in life and it has helped me in improving my game. I want to do better for my team with each day and keep improving. 

Harmanpreet Kaur ( India Women Captain) - " Really happy with our bowling and the bowlers took the responsibility. They put us in a commanding position and then Shafali did a tremendous job with the bat. Everyone in the bowling dept are chipping in. Sneh Rana is a really useful and brings a lot to the table. (On Vaishnavi Sharma's maiden wicket) She bowled really well today and gave us the breakthroughs in the crucial overs. We're working hard on the fielding and we are glad that every thing is going well. We all had discussions about setting some standards and everyone has raised the bar with their positive mindset. " 

Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka Women captain): "We had a good powerplay, but we lost a couple of wickets in that phase. Myself as well. The batters tried to play a lot of across the line shots. These are the areas we have to improve. We have to score more than 150 runs if we bat first. We need to bat better at the death and in the middle overs. We always try to rotate strike, but we need to hit more boundaries in this format. With the ball, it is hard to spin it (with the dew). This wicket is good for batting when the dew comes in. It is hard to bowl."

Most wins as a captain in WT20Is:-

76 — Meg Lanning, Australia (100 matches)
76 — Harmanpreet Kaur, India  (129 matches)*
72 — Heather Knight, England (96 matches)

India Women 129/3 in 11.5 overs

Shafali Verma 69*(34) | Kavisha Dilhari 1/15
Jemimah Rodrigues 26(15) | Malki Madara 1/22

India have registered yet another emphatic win here at Vizag as they've cruised home to a 7 wicket win against the Sri Lankan women in just 11.5 overs. Sri Lanka had no clue what struck them and they're were a victim of a Shafali storm. The right handed youngster smashed them all over the park in her enthralling knock of 69 unbeaten from just 34 balls. Jemimah Rodrigues gave her good company in her cameo of 26 runs and in the end the game ended way before it was scheduled to. Sri Lanka are now trailing 2-0 in the series and they will need a miracle to bounce back from here onwards. This is also India's second fastest run chase against Sri Lanka Women. 

India got off to an excellent start in the powerplay with 28 runs coming from the first three overs. However Sri Lanka struck back with the wicket of Mandhana. Things didn't go in their favor from there onwards though. Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues kept the runs flowing and hammered the bowlers all over the park. Chamari was taken to the cleaners and the pair raced off to a 50 run stand. By the 8th over India were in a comfortable position and the game was in their pocket.

Kavisha Dilhari, Malki Madara and Kawya Kavindi picked up a wicket each but they were all very expensive. Sri Lanka couldn't break the partnership between Jemimah and Shafali as it reached 50 in no time. From there onwards it went downhill for the Lankans who struggled to find the right lines and lengths against Shafali who seemed to be in the form of her life. 

Richa hits the winning runs as India take a 2-0 lead in this 5 match T20 series. They've triumphed by 7 wickets and have finished off the game with more than 8 overs remaining. 

11.4 Malki Madara to Richa Ghosh, easily done! Good length ball at the off stump. Ghosh punched it, on the rise, towards long-on and jogged down to complete the single. India win convincingly yet again. The crowd erupts and the DJ blasts "Lehra do" on the PA system. The series score is 2-0.

Richa Ghosh, RHB, comes to the crease. 

Harmanpreet Kaur was looking to be cheeky there and she ended up losing her stumps. A consolation wicket for Malki Madara. 

11.3 Malki Madara to Harmanpreet Kaur, BOWLED 'round her legs! Harmanpreet shuffled to the off side very early and then tried to play the half-sweep towards fine leg. It was another slowie on a full length. She missed the ball and heard the death rattle. Consolation wicket for SL!

11.2 Malki Madara to Shafali Verma, charges down the pitch and gets yorked by an 89.1 kph slower ball. Manages to squeeze it towards long-on and reluctantly runs one.

Gimhani must be wondering why her skipper brought her into the attack at a time where there was barely anything to play with. Just four runs left to win for the hosts and they also picked up a couple of boundaries in that over. 

10.6 Shashini Gimhani to Harmanpreet Kaur, brings out the sweep. AND OH! Shafali almost committed hara-kiri. Full ball at the middle and leg. Hit towards deep midwicket, where the fielder made an excellent diving stop. Almost like Shafali snoozed through the second run. A better throw would have sent her back.