IND-W vs SL-W

A perfect end to the year 2025 for the Indian Women's team, a 5-0 whitewash to cap off an year that has changed everything around women's cricket around the globe. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur collects yet another trophy in the year, her final one in 2025 and here's to many more coming up in 2026 and thereafter. The whole team now poses for the photographs in front of the hoarding which says WINNERS, which they truly have been. The two 17-year olds, G Kamalini and Vaishanvi Sharma get to lift the trophy in the air as is the norm always with the Indian side. Then, Jemi lays down with her phone and captures the special moment with the team in the frame in the typical Jemi selfie, the ones that break the internet every time after India wins. Big kudos to the entire support staff as well who have been the heroes behind the scenes and they now join in on the celebrations.

The players will now disperse to their respective WPL franchises with the tounrnament slated to commence in 10 days time, the fourth edition of WPL is next up and it begins on January 9, 2026 which will kick start the cricketing calendar for the women in the new year.

We hope you enjoyed our overall coverage and now it is time for us to sign off as well. We will be back with you with more and more non-stop action from all around the world but for now this is Sourabh Agrawal taking your leave on behalf of Bidipto Datta and the entire team.
Wishing you a very Happy New Year 2026 in advance from Sportskeeda!

Harmanpreet Kaur (India captain): "2025 has been great for us! All the hard work we have done has paid off. Now, it's about repeating the good habits. All of us have played a lot of T20 cricket together, so, we believe in ourselves. We have been able to set a standard for ourselves now. As a batter, it's my responsibility to give the strength to the batting line-up, and of course, as a captain, it is about keeping the team in good shape. It's not easy shifting to the T20 mode after so much of ODI cricket, but we've been able to get it done. Up next is the WPL, which is an important tournament. The next 6 months are crucial, so, we need to keep improving in every way possible." 

Shafali Verma is the Player of the Series for her 241 runs in 5 matches at an average of 80.33, here are her words: "The work that I had put in the last year is paying off now, very happy with that. I will try that I will not get out the way I got out today, will try to become a even better player. Sometimes every thing you do comes off, and sometimes 5 out of 10 things work which inspires you to work even harder. ODI and T20 is very different. In the ODIs, we have to play all along the ground and it is a much longer format. T20 format is my favorite. Happy new year to everyone."

Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka captain): "We haven't played our best cricket in this series, so we have improvements to make, especially in the power-hitting department. But some of our young players have impressed, so that is a positive! A few seniors have stepped up at times, but on the whole, we needed to do better. Some youngsters have definitely done well. But as I said, we have areas to work on. We kept the dressing-room atmosphere positive. We fought hard in the last two games, but, the win wasn't to be." 

10:39 PM local time and IST: So, let's hear from the captains, the Player of the Match and the Player of the Series, in the post-match presentation. 

Instances of India Women winning a 5-match T20 series by a 5-0 margin:

vs West Indies (in West Indies, 2019)
vs Bangladesh (in Bangladesh, 2024)
vs Sri Lanka (in India, 2025)*

10:22 PM local time and IST: MATCH SUMMARY

India Women (175/7 in 20 overs) beat Sri Lanka Women (160/7 in 20 overs) by 15 runs and complete the 5-0 whitewash

Harmanpreet Kaur 68(43) | Arundhati Reddy 1/16(2)
Hasini Perera 65(42) | Kavisha Dilhari 2/11(2)

Fittingly, a 5-0 whitewash to cap off the year for the Indian Women. Handshakes all around, big smiles in the Indian camp, they have been thorough, clinical and far superior than their opponents throughout the series. The fans have started dancing in the stands, the celebrations have begun as Indian cricket ends 2025 with a win.

The margin across all the five matches would tell you that Sri Lanka improved as a side as this series progressed but they never really posed a stiff enough challenge for the hosts who were too good for them. Yes, trouble did engulf the Indians while batting tonight as the cream of their batting (sans Smriti and Jemi) were dismissed chaeply and India found themselves at 77/5 in the 11th over. It was then when Harmanpreet Kaur decided to come to the party for the first time in this series after being merely a spectator with the bat before tonight.

A 61-run stand for the sixth wicket with Amanjot Kaur who played the perfect second fiddle in the partnership paved the path for India to put up a formidable score as Harmanpreet Kaur notched up a 15th T20I fifty and unleashed some of her trademark shots. She was dismissed on 68 but then in came Arundhati Reddy and perhaps played the innings that proved to be the difference in the end. A career-best 27* off 12 for the all-rounder propelled India to 175 which proved to be a bit too many for Sri Lanka.

In the run chase, even though Sri Lanka lost their talismanic skipper Chamari Athapaththu early in the piece but they kept at it. In fact, the 79-run partnership for the second wicket between Hasini Perera and Imesha Dulani kept Sri Lanka ahead of the curve for the first half of the innings.

However, as soon as the partnership was broken by Amanjot Kaur on her very first ball in the 12th over, Sri Lanka just fell back. Even though both Hasini Perera and Imesha Dulani registetred their maiden T20I fifties, they could not get enough support in the end and they lacked the power-packed finish that Arundhati Reddy provided for India.

It was a complete team effort with the ball for India, each of the six Indian bowler that bowled picked up a wicket each and they were much better on the field too tonight even with the wet dewy ball

19.6 Sneh Rana to Rashmika Sewwandi, INDIA WIN THE MATCH AND CLEAN-SWEEP THE SERIES! BUT SRI LANKA FIGHT RIGHT TILL THE END, AGAIN. Really slow and around off-stump. Rashmika steps out and hoicks it down to deep square-leg for a brace. And with that, India end 2025 with a 5-0 series victory. 

19.5 Sneh Rana to Rashmika Sewwandi, FOUR RUNS! Pitched up around off-stump. Taken on the full and well sliced to deep cover point by Rashmika there! 

19.4 Sneh Rana to Rashmika Sewwandi, BEATEN! Slower off-break on the fuller side of good length outside off. The attempted sweep shot gets missed. 

19.2 Sneh Rana to Rashmika Sewwandi, good length on off-stump. Hoicked to the wide long-on area on the charge, for just one run! Good fielding by Harleen! 

19.1 Sneh Rana to Malki Madara, full toss around off-stump. Malki thumps it from the back foot over the bowler but for a single only to long-on.