IND-W vs SL-W

Right so, that brings us to the end of the fourth T20 International and India are leading 4-0 now. India will be looking for a 5-0 whitwash while Sri Lanka will be looking to salvage some pride. For now, it's Soumarya Dutta signing off on behalf of Bidipto Datta. See you soon! 

Smriti Mandhana (India Women, Player of the Match)-  " After playing a lot of ODI cricket over the past six months it was tough to get into the T20 mode mentally. Happy to contribute today and glad that we won the match. The plan was similar. I had some game plan against the spinners. It was all about execution and happy to be able to do that. Watching Shafali was a treat. She was doing the bulk of the hitting in the first few overs. Glad how she is maturing in terms of batting. I think in the last one year the team building has happened and everyone is celebrating everyone's success. We are there for each other all the time. The girls have stuck around me as well and when G Kamalini took the catch, we were all very happy. " 

Harmanpreet Kaur (India Women Captain) - " We were running behind due to the over rate and we didn't want to be two fielders short in the final over. I have been playing cricket for a long time and I'm trying to learn from my mistakes. Smriti and Shafali started brilliantly and later on made things really easy for us. We wanted to give a chance to Harleen but due to the circumstances we sent in Richa because she is a brilliant finisher. " 

Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka captain): "At least, we improved a little bit in our batting, but still, there is more room for improvement in our power-hitting. Their batters batted really well, but our bowling unit is young and inexperienced, so, we need to give it some time. Against the best team in the world, you need a bit more to make things happen. Vaishnavi Sharma has improved leaps and bounds, she has all the makings of a good bowler and Harmanpreet Kaur has handled her well." 

Aman Malhotra: "I still feel that Sri Lanka's biggest problem is that they're a one woman dominant side when it comes to batting. If Chamari can't do it on a big day, they will falter. That happened today too."

Sri Lanka Women 191/6 in 20 overs
Chamari Athapaththu 53(37) | Vaishnavi Sharma 2/24
Hasini Perera 33(20) | Arundhati Reddy 2/42

A heartening effort from Sri Lanka Women but they have fallen short by 30 runs in the end. It was always going to be a tough ask chasing 222 runs from 20 overs but they can be very proud of themselves for the way they batted under difficult circumstances. As long as Chamari Athapaththu was at the crease, the visitors had given India Women a real scare. In the end, India used their experience and despite the dropped chances, won by a comfortable margin. 

Sri Lanka got off to a terrific start as Hasini Perera smashed three boundaries of Renuka Thakur in the first over itself. The momentum kept building as Chamari Athapaththu blasted off against the spinners and the seamers. India were feeling the heat till Arundhati Reddy broke the opening stand worth 59 runs in the final over of the powerplay.

Chamari Athapaththu continued to dominate and she got good support from Imesha who rotated the strike well. India bowled some no-balls which helped the chase for the Lankans. The wicket finally came for India in the 13th over when Vaishnavi Sharma got rid of Chamari just after she got to her 50. The required run rate touched 15 by that time.

Vaishnavi Sharma was the star of the show for India with the ball in hand as she picked up two wickets and gave away just 24 runs. She should have had more but Richa Ghosh dropped a couple of stumpings and Smriti Mandhana dropped a catch in the outfield. Arundhati Reddy picked up a couple of wickets late while Shree Charani got one in the final over. Deepti Sharma was good in her spell as she gave away 31 runs on an evening where the batters dominated. 

19.6 Shree Charani to Nilakshi de Silva, INDIA WIN, BUT SRI LANKA FIGHT RIGHT TILL THE END AND THEN GO DOWN! Full and fast around off. De Silva strides forward and squirts it to short cover for a single. India take an unassailable 4-0 lead. 

19.4 Shree Charani to Kaushani Nuthyangana, over the wicket, FOUR! Good length and flat around off. Swung hard from down on one knee but away to the right of deep mid-wicket for a boundary! 

19.3 Shree Charani to Rashmika Sewwandi, BOWLED! Full toss on leg-stump. Rashmika tried to smack that over long-on on the charge but missed it completely. The ball then went on to strike the base of the leg pole.