Pallekele: The Indian women’s cricket team dominated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the second ODI on Monday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series with both bat and ball. India’s openers put together an unbroken partnership of 174 runs after the first on the tour, as India chased down the target in just 25.4 overs.

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Record partnership of Mandhana-Shafali

Simultaneously, the pair of Smriti Mandhana (94 not out in 83 balls) and Shafali Verma (71 not out off 71 balls) were able to answer the critics. Who were attacking them for not performing as expected. The Indian bowlers laid the foundation for the team’s victory by dismissing Sri Lanka for 173 runs in 50 overs. Fast bowler Renuka Singh took four for 28 while Deepti Sharma (2 for 30) Meghna Singh (2 for 43) took two wickets each. This partnership of Mandhana and Shefali is the best partnership of any wicket for India against Sri Lanka.

Renuka did career best performance

After winning the first ODI easily, the Indian team had landed. As a strong contender in the second ODI as well. Winning the toss, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur invited Sri Lanka to bat on a bowler friendly pitch. The hosts ran into trouble early in the innings. Fast bowler Renuka Singh delivered a career-best performance while bowling with precise lines and lengths. Renuka shook Sri Lanka’s top order by taking the first three wickets.

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Deepti wrapped up Sri Lanka’s innings by taking two wickets in the last two balls

Lower-order batsman Ama Kanchana played an important role in taking the team’s score past 150 runs by playing an unbeaten 47 off 83 balls. Veteran off-spinner Deepti wrapped up Sri Lanka’s innings with two wickets in the last two balls. Harmanpreet said after the match, ‘We were talking about long partnerships. We talked that we need to give 100 percent. The partnership was great. It’s great to have a bowling option. India won the first ODI by four wickets and will look to clean sweep the series 3-0 by winning the final ODI on Thursday.