Katunayake, Sept 25: Indian women ended their tour of Sri Lanka in style with a comprehensive 51-run win against the hosts in the fifth and final T20 International here Tuesday.
India thus clinched the series 4-0 with the second match being abandoned due to rain.
Batting first, India scored a commendable 156 in 18.3 overs with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur smashing her way to 63 off 38 balls. Her innings comprised three fours and five huge sixes.
Jemimah Rodrigues, who had a dream series, contributed 46 off 31 balls with six boundaries and a six.
Sri Lanka were all out for 105 in 17.4 overs with leg spinner Poonam Yadav being the pick of the bowlers with 3/18 in 4 overs. Off-spinner Deepti Sharma and left-arm spinner Radha Yadav also chipped in with two wickets apiece.
The T20 series has all about Jemimah’s coming of age performance for the senior side. Her sequence of scores in the T20 series is — 36, 57, 52 not out and 46. (PTI)
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