Harshitha Madavi

Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu won the toss and elected to bowl against India in their opening women's Asia Cup T20 match here on Saturday.

Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the third and final women's T20I on Monday.

Sri Lanka women's player Chamari Atapattu is the only player to receive the top contract in 2020 as Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Tuesday offered a new six-month contract to 20 national and 15 emerging women's players.

The Indians made a positive start to the limited-overs tour of the Island nation with a 34-run win in the series-opener on Thursday. The team would not only aim to secure the three-match series but also address the grey areas and continue the winning momentum ahead of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

Spinner Radha Yadav tore apart the rival batting line up with a career-best four-wicket haul to help India restrict Sri Lanka to a modest 113 for nine in their ICC Women's T20 World Cup match, here on Saturday.

The Women's Asia Cup T20 saw Sri Lanka and Bangladesh secure victories against Malaysia and Thailand, respectively, bringing them closer to semifinal berths. Sri Lanka thrashed Malaysia by 114 runs, with Chamari Athapaththu scoring an unbeaten 119. Their bowlers then restricted Malaysia to 40 runs. In the second match, Thailand posted 96/9, with Nattaya Boochatham scoring 40. Bangladesh chased the target easily, reaching 100/3 in 17.3 overs, led by Murshida Khatun's 50. Both teams now lead Group B with four points each.

Sophie Devine once again proved unstoppable as her sixth consecutive 50-plus score steered New Zealand to seven-wicket victory in their ICC Women's T20 World Cup opener against Sri Lanka on Saturday.

Sri Lankan women's cricket team held their nerves to register a 14-run win over Ireland in the ICC World Twenty20 group match.

Shafali Verma shone yet again with a blistering 34-ball 47 after Radha Yadav's career-best 4/23 to power India to a 7-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the Women's T20 World Cup. India completed the chase of 114 with 32 balls to spare and entered the semis with an all-win record. Earlier, Radha tore apart the rival batting line and restricted Sri Lanka to a modest 113/9.

Sri Lanka stole a thrilling one-run victory in the semi-final of the Asia Cup against Pakistan to set up a title clash with India on Saturday.

The Indian women's cricket team will be eyeing a fresh start under new all-format skipper Harmanpreet Kaur against Sri Lanka in the first T20 International of the three-match series, starting on Thursday.

The Harmanpreet Kaur-led outfit had thrashed the home team by 34 runs in the opening T20 and then followed it up with a dominating five-wicket win in the second game to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

A semifinal berth secured, the unbeaten Indian women's cricket team would look to address some of its batting issues in the final Group A match against a deflated Sri Lanka in the ICC T20 World Cup on Saturday. The Indians are on a roll, having easily sealed their semifinal berth with wins over defending champions Australia, Bangladesh and New Zealand.

The tournament brought to fore India's depth as the younger crop of players has shouldered the burden of taking the team to the final without any tangible contribution from skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and her deputy Smriti Mandhana.