US EditionHarmanpreet Joins Mithali Raj In Elite Club As India Complete Clean Sweep Against Sri Lanka
India's captain scored 68 runs in a crucial rescue innings as the team completed a 5-0 series sweep with a 15-run win over Sri Lanka.
- On Tuesday in Thiruvananthapuram, India women's cricket team completed a 5-0 sweep by defending 175/7 to win the fifth T20I by 15 runs.
- After slipping to 77/5 in 11 overs, Harmanpreet Kaur played a 68 off 43 and, with Amanjot Kaur, added a 61-run sixth-wicket partnership to recover India's innings.
- India's six-bowler unit all took wickets, while Deepti Sharma climbed to 152 T20I scalps, surpassing Megan Schutt .
- The captain added that the sweep provides motivation to raise standards ahead of next year's T20 World Cup, and Harmanpreet Kaur said shifting from ODIs to T20Is wasn't easy.
- Despite the sweep, Sri Lanka rallied with half-centuries from Hasini Perera and Imesha Dulani, and Shafali Verma was named Player of the Series after three consecutive fifties.
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IND vs SL, 5th T20I: India completes 5-0 sweep despite late resistance from Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan women, after being outplayed in the first four matches, tested India with both bat and ball in the final T20I at the Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday night. The Women in Blue, however, won by 15 runs to complete a 5-0 whitewash.
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