Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | SL-W: 191/6 (31 runs required, RR: 9.55)

  • Nilakshika Silva23 (11b)
  • Kaushini Nuthyangana5 (2b)
  • Shree Charani4-0-46-1
  • Arundhati Reddy4-0-42-2

Righto! A solid game of T20 cricket which went India's way but Sri Lanka can be proud of how they went about in a monstrous chase. India go 4-0 up and will certainly want to work on their fielding going into the fifth T20I and beyond. In case you missed any action, Srinidhi Ramanujam's report has you covered. That's it from the fourth T20I. Until next time, this is me Ashish Pant, signing off on behalf of Chetan and Raghav. Ciao!

Cal Sri: "Love Smriti but the player of the match for me was definitely the one who suffered with a few dropped catches was Vaishnavi Sharma. She bowled at 120, while most other were at 200-220 rate except for Deepti. . We need a fielding coach. I have watched highlights of several India matches and the ones in the air are our biggest problem. "

Smriti Mandhana is the player of the match: [Getting back in the groove] After playing a lot of ODI cricket this year, it was tough get into T20 cricket. It was mentally a little different. Happy that I contributed better today. [Change in plans after the three T20Is] The plan was similar today as well, no major changes. I had some game plans against them and I practiced a lot. [On Shafali] To watch Shafali bat at the other end is always a treat to the eyes. She does the majority of the hitting in the powerplay. We know each other's strengths and weaknesses. She has matured a lot. [Team atmosphere] In the last one year, there is a different kind of team building, everyone is celebrating everyone's success.

India captain, Harmanpreet Kaur: [Getting angry at the end] We were getting short in time and I wanted everyone be on time. I didn't want three fielders outside the infield. I try to improve from my mistakes. [On batting ] Should give credit to Shafali and Smriti and then me and Richa finished well. [More hits for batters] We thought we will give chance to Harleen, but today how it went, we sent Richa early. Smriti and Shafali didn't let Harleen bat :D

Chamari Athapaththu: At least we have improved in our batting. But still we need to improve especially in power-hitting. [On India's batting] They batted really well. Our bowlers didn't bowl well, but there are lots of youngsters in our team. They have learnt a lot of things because they are playing the best team in the world. [On Vaishnavi] She is bowling very well. I feel she has improved a lot. She bowls accordingly to plan, especially in the middle.

Do hang around for the presentation

10.13pm A spirited chase from Sri Lanka who have displayed great courage and quality in their hunt for 222. A target of that magnitude that has never been achieved in women's T20I but SL gave it a go, testing the Indian bowlers all the way through. Hasini Perera and Chamari Athapaththu were off the blocks in a jiffy as SL reached 50 inside four overs. Vaishnavi Sharma was hugely impressive, picking 2 for 24 in her four overs, and should have had a few more if not for some dropped chances. The other bowlers were expensive but India never let SL get a whiff of the chase. Lots of chances went a begging for India again, and fielding is one area they will definitely want to improve. For SL, Athapaththu scored 52 while Perera, Nilakshika Silva chipped in nicely. The end result though is, India win by 30 runs and take a 4-0 lead.

md: "Very poor fielding from India throughout this series. Well fought by SL to the very end"

Shadow-Shell: "Even though Sri Lanka lost this one, this was the most competitive of the 4 matches this series. They might even take this confidence and win next match"

Zamshah: "Comprehensive in at the end but Harman's face anger between overs shows how poor we are in field drop more than they caught "

19.6
1
Shree Charani to Silva, 1 run, SL have reached their highest ever T20I score, but it won't matter as India win by 30 runs. Fuller well outside off, she digs this to the offside. India take a 4-0 lead but even they would know that this was far from a clinical show as SL have managed to rack up 191 for 6.
19.5
1
Shree Charani to Kaushini Nuthyangana, 1 run, Fuller well outside off, she drives to sweeper cover
19.4
4
Shree Charani to Kaushini Nuthyangana, FOUR, Gets a four first ball. Length ball outside off, she gets right across and slogs that to the deep midwicket fence

Kaushini next in

19.3
W
Shree Charani to Sewwandi, OUT, Cleans her up with a full toss. Flatter knee-high full bunger on leg stump. Rashmika looks to hammer that away, misses and sees her leg pole pegged back

R Sewwandi b Shree Charani 5 (5m 4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 125

19.2
1
Shree Charani to Silva, 1 run, Low full toss well outside off, she shuffles right across and hacks that to deep midwicket on the bounce
19.1
1lb
Shree Charani to Sewwandi, 1 leg bye, Flatter on leg stump, she misses the flick and is rapped on the pad. But the ball was heading down leg

Charani to bowl the 20th. SL need 39

END OF OVER:
19 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | SL-W: 183/5 (39 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.63, RRR: 39.00)

  • Nilakshika Silva21 (9b)
  • Rashmika Sewwandi5 (2b)
  • Arundhati Reddy4-0-42-2
  • Shree Charani3-0-39-0
18.6
4
Reddy to Silva, FOUR, Fuller in length outside off stump, she bends down on one knee and sends this sailing over mid-on
18.5
4
Reddy to Silva, FOUR, Length ball well outside off, she shuffles right across and heaves this through square leg for another boundary

Around

18.4
1
Reddy to Sewwandi, 1 run, Fuller on off stump, she drives past the bowler for a run
18.3
4
Reddy to Sewwandi, FOUR, Deepti drops another catch and what's worse, that has gone for four. That was as simple as they get. What's happening here? Shin-high full toss on off stump, doesn't get enough power behind it straight to Deepti at long-on, who goes reverse-cupped and spills it

Rashmika Sewwandi is next in. Reddy is over the wicket.

18.2
W
Reddy to Dilhari, OUT, One attempt, two attempts, three attempts and the substitute fielder Kamalini has held on in her fourth go. Length ball on off stump, she heaves this to wide long-on where Kamalini keeps her cool and hangs on despite all the bobbles. Amanjot was also coming towards her for assistance from deep midwicket, but she didn't need any

WK Dilhari c sub (G Kamalini) b Reddy 13 (13m 8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 162.5

18.1
2
Reddy to Dilhari, 2 runs, Length ball on off stump, she takes a couple of steps down the track and gets two

Reddy to bowl the 19th with SL requiring 54 off 12

END OF OVER:
18 | 14 Runs | SL-W: 168/4 (54 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.33, RRR: 27.00)

  • Nilakshika Silva13 (7b)
  • Kavisha Dilhari11 (6b)
  • Shree Charani3-0-39-0
  • Vaishnavi Sharma4-0-24-2

riddhima : "one of the major points to take away from this series has to be india's fielding, has been substandard to say the least :("

17.6
2
Shree Charani to Silva, 2 runs, Angled in on middle and leg, she heaves this to the right of deep backward square leg for a couple of runs
17.5
1
Shree Charani to Dilhari, 1 run, Length ball angled on off stump, she drags this to long-on
17.4
1
Shree Charani to Silva, 1 run, Very full on off stump, she digs this to extra cover
17.3
4
Shree Charani to Silva, FOUR, Walloped! Too full on off stump, she goes up and over the bowler's head, straight as an arrow

Mandhana has limped off the field. Doesn't look great.

17.2
4
Shree Charani to Silva, FOUR, Floated fuller outside off, she goes over covers for another boundary.
17.1
2
Shree Charani to Silva, 2 runs, Falls in vacant space. Tossed up on off stump, she mistimes this straight over the bowler's head, but neither long-off or long-on can reach it

END OF OVER:
17 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | SL-W: 154/4 (68 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.05, RRR: 22.66)

  • Kavisha Dilhari10 (5b)
  • Nilakshika Silva0 (2b)
  • Vaishnavi Sharma4-0-24-2
  • Deepti Sharma4-0-31-0
16.6
4
Vaishnavi Sharma to Dilhari, FOUR, Shot! Tossed up in the slot outside off, she drills this through covers
16.5
2
Vaishnavi Sharma to Dilhari, 2 runs, Dropped by Mandhana at long-on! The fielding has been a let-down all series. Looped up on the stumps, she swings across the line to the right of long-on where Mandhana spills a regulation chance
16.4
1b
Vaishnavi Sharma to Silva, 1 bye, Another stumping chance missed. Wasn't an easy one, but a chance alright. Arm that goes on straight through past leg stump as the batter jumps down the track and misses. Ghosh is blinded by the batter, but these stumpings are common for a keeper
16.3
0
Vaishnavi Sharma to Silva, no run, Angled in on the stumps, she looks for a hack across the line, gets a thick inside-edge onto the boot

Nilakshi de Silva is in next

16.2
W
Vaishnavi Sharma to Samarawickrama, OUT, Stumped and Vaishnavi has her second. Getting rewarded for some excellent bowling. Sees the batter jump down the track and gives the ball generous loop outside off stump. Samarawickrama has a wild hack across the line, misses and Richa completes and easy stumping

H Samarawickrama st †Ghosh b Vaishnavi Sharma 20 (16m 13b 1x4 1x6) SR: 153.84

16.1
1
Vaishnavi Sharma to Dilhari, 1 run, Floated outside off, she jumps down and lifts this to long-off

Vaishnavi to bowl the 17th

END OF OVER:
16 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | SL-W: 146/3 (76 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 9.12, RRR: 19.00)

  • Harshitha Samarawickrama20 (12b)
  • Kavisha Dilhari3 (2b)
  • Deepti Sharma4-0-31-0
  • Arundhati Reddy3-0-27-1
15.6
2
Sharma to Samarawickrama, 2 runs, Fuller outside off, she gives herself room and crashes that to the right of Shafali at wide long-off

SL Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st59AMCJK AthapaththuGWHM Perera
2nd57AMCJK AthapaththuI Dulani
3rd24H SamarawickramaI Dulani
4th7H SamarawickramaWK Dilhari
5th23NND SilvaWK Dilhari
6th15NND SilvaR Sewwandi
7th6NND SilvaKaushini Nuthyangana