IND-W vs SL-W Live Cricket Score, India Women vs Sri Lanka Women 3rd T20I Today Match
India Women (IND-W) vs Sri Lanka Women (SL-W) 3rd T20I Live Cricket Score Updates: Deepti Sharma returned to the XI after missing the second T20I, while pacer Renuka Singh Thakur got her first game of the series in place of Arundhati Reddy. And it was Deepti and Renuka who rocked Sri Lanka early, picking up the visitors’ top three within the powerplay in the third of the five-match T20I series at The Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. Harmanpreet Kaur’s India are looking to seal the series against Chamari Athapaththu’s Sri Lanka. The Indian side already has a lead of 2-0 in the series going into the third game. The India captain won a third straight toss and opted to bowl first again. The hosts have bowled first in both games in Visakhapatnam and restricted Sri Lanka to low totals in both games, and have chased them down easily in the second innings. Both the spin and seam departments of the side are looking like a well-oiled machine for the hosts. Going into the third game, they will be hoping to close out the series. In the first match, Jemimah Rodrigues hit a match-winning 69*, and it was the same score for Shafali Verma in the second match. Read more about that here.Story continues below this ad
As per Sri Lanka, they have to give their all and win today’s game to keep the series alive. Although they have had starts from a few batters, they could not go on to make scores of substance, which would have kept them in games. As with the ball, not a lot of runs to play with, and the dew factor has gone against them.
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Sri Lanka XI: Chamari Athapaththu(c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Imesha Dulani, Kaushani Nuthyangana(w), Malsha Shehani, Inoka Ranaweera, Malki Madara, Nimesha Madushani
India XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(wk), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Renuka Singh Thakur, Sree Charani
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India vs Sri Lanka: Vaishnavi Sharma’s international debut is a reward for domestic performances, says coach Amol Muzumdar
India’s Vaishnavi Sharma in action during second T20I vs Sri Lanka in Visakhapatnam. (PHOTO: BCCI)
After being the leading wicket-taker (17 scalps) in India’s 2025 U19 World Cup win and topping the domestic charts with 21 wickets, 20-year-old left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma faced a surprise snub in the WPL 2026 auction; however, she was immediately “rewarded” with a senior India debut against Sri Lanka on December 21, 2025. Becoming the first player from the Chambal region to represent the national team, she has already impressed head coach Amol Muzumdar with her “mental control,” delivering a suffocatingly economical debut (4-0-16-0) followed a 2-wicket haul in the second T20I to help India take a 2-0 series lead. (Read more)
