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Women’s T20 WC: All-round India Get Massive NRR Boost With 82-run Thrashing Of SL (ld)
T20 World Cup: In the run-up to their clash against Sri Lanka in the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup, the equation was pretty simple for India to keep their semifinal hopes alive: get a win by 45 runs or above to push their net run rate into positive and take the second place in Group A.
At the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday evening, India exactly did what was asked of them in an empathic fashion – the batters shone to post a mammoth 172/3, all five bowlers took wickets and kept their economy rates below five, while the fielders took great catches to thrash Sri Lanka by 82 runs and jump to the second spot in Group A with a net run rate of 0.560.
Electing to bat first on a slow Dubai pitch, India had a splendid 98-run opening stand - Smriti Mandhana hit a 38-ball fifty while Shafali Verma made 46. After Sri Lanka fought back by dismissing the duo on successive deliveries, captain Harmanpreet Kaur applied perfect finishing touches by smoking pacers and spinners to hit a 27-ball fifty.
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