Riding on twin half
centuries from the southpaw Smriti Mandhana (55) and middle order bat
Harmanpreet Kaur (50), India put on board a defendable target of 245-6 in 50
overs against Sri Lanka in the first of three ODIs at Ranchi on Monday. A
couple of cameos at the end from Jhulan Goswami (20 runs off 10 balls) and
Shikha Pandey (21 runs off 14 balls) helped India cross the 200-run mark.
Udeshika Prabodhani and Shashikala Siriwardena bowled well and were rewarded
with two wickets apiece.
Chasing 246 runs against a relatively strong Indian bowling attack was going to be tough. Apart from the wicketkeeper-batswoman Prasadani Weerakkodi (69), none of the other Sri Lankan looked in shape. They were bundled out for a paltry 138 in 45.2 overs, losing the match by 107 runs. Poonam Yadav spun the web and grabbed 4-22 and was backed by Deepti Sharma (2-20) and Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2-31).
India and Sri Lanka play the second ODI on Wednesday at Ranchi.
Source:sports.ndtv.com
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