PALECAL: Deepti Sharma and Pooja Vastrakar’s all-rounder game and an unbroken 38-run partnership for the seventh wicket between the two helped the Indian women’s team beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in the opening match of the three-match ODI series to take a 1-0 lead. achieved. Man of the match Deepti, taking three wickets for 25 runs in 8.2 overs, played an unbeaten innings of 22 runs in difficult conditions to lead the team to victory. Pooja played an aggressive innings of 21 not out (19 off 19 balls) after picking up two wickets for 26 runs in five overs.

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India chased down the target for the loss of six wickets with 72 balls to spare after bowling out Sri Lanka’s innings for 171 in 48.2 overs, led by off-spinner Deepti and fast bowler Renuka Singh (3 for 29). took. India captain Harmanpreet Kaur and veteran spinner Rajeshwari Gaikwad took a wicket each. For Lanka, Nilakshi de Silva top-scored with 43 while Hasini Perera scored 37. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur contributed 44 runs for India, opener Shefali Verma contributed 35 and Harleen Deol contributed 34 runs. For Sri Lanka, Inoka Ranaveera took four and Oshadi Ranasinghe took two wickets.

Missed the wickets of Smriti Mandhana (four runs) and Yastika Bhatia

Chasing the target, the Indian team lost the wickets of Smriti Mandhana (4 runs) and Yastika Bhatia in the first four overs. Shefali then got good support from Harmanpreet so that she could continue her aggressive game. He expressed his intentions by hitting a four against Ranasinghe in the fourth over and then hitting a six each against Ranaveera in the seventh and 11th overs. She, however, was stumped in the 15th over to play another big shot against the same bowler. She added 44 runs for the third wicket with Harmanpreet, who scored 35 runs in a 40-ball innings.

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Harmanpreet then put the team in a strong position with a 62-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Harleen

Harmanpreet then put the team in a strong position with a 62-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Harleen. Both of them made some attractive shots while playing cautiously. However, Ranaveera put the pressure on the Indian team by taking the wickets of Harmanpreet, Harleen. And Richa Ghosh (6 runs) in the 26th, 28th and 30th overs of the innings respectively. Deepti and Pooja did not allow any further damage after this. Pooja gave victory to the team by hitting two sixes against Ranasinghe in the 38th over.

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Earlier, after losing the toss, after being invited to field, Renuka gave India a good start. In the third over itself by showing the way to the pavilion cheaply to captain Chamari Atapattu (2 runs). Deepti then made Hansima Karunaratne walk without opening the account. Openers Hasini and Harshita Madavi (28) tried to make a comeback with a 34-run partnership for the third wicket. Deepti dismissed Hasini, who hit five fours in her 54-ball innings, after which Harmanpreet did not give Kavisha Dilhari a chance to open the account.

Sri Lanka’s team was in trouble but Nilakshi took one end and took the score beyond 140

Sri Lanka were in trouble after half the team returned to the pavilion for 65 runs in the 19th over of the innings but Nilakshi took one end to take the score beyond 140. He got good support from wicketkeeper Anoushka Sanjeevani (18) and both put on 47 for the sixth wicket. After this, the team’s tail batsmen struggled to take the score beyond 170 runs. Harmanpreet, playing her first ODI as regular captain, used eight bowlers in the match. The second match of the series will be played on Monday.