Indian women in blue defeated host Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the second ODI. With this, visitors have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in 3 matches. For Sri Lanka Batting first after losing the toss, they were reduced to a score of 173 runs in 50 overs. For India Renuka Singh took the highest four wickets. In reply, with an explosive inning of both openers Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana, India achieved the target in 25.4 overs without losing a wicket. Smriti Mandhana scored an unbeaten 94 runs.
While Shefali Verma scored an unbeaten 71 runs. Smriti Mandhana faced 83 balls in her innings and she smashed 11 fours and 1 six. At the same time, Shefali played 71 balls and hit 4 fours and a six. In this match, visitors also made a record of successfully chasing the biggest target without losing a wicket.
Sri Lanka did not get a good start
Coming to bat after losing the toss, the start of the host was not good. Opener Hasini Perera got bowled on Renuka’s ball without scoring a single run. The second opener Vishmi Gunaratne also failed and became the second wicket for Renuka by scoring 3 runs. By 42 runs, the team’s four batsmen were in the pavilion. Chamari Atapattu tried to take Sri Lanka’s innings in her hand. Atapattu scored 27 runs off 45 balls. Apart from her, Ama Kanchana played a good inning of 47 runs in 83 balls. Another good contributor for Sri Lanka was de Silva scored 32 runs in 62 balls.
Indian bowlers did their job
Indian fast bowler Renuka Singh took 4 wickets for 28 runs in 10 overs for India. Similarly, Meghna Singh took 2 wickets for 43 runs in 10 overs. All-rounder Deepti Sharma took 2 wickets for 30 runs in 10 overs.