Chamari Athapaththu starred with the bat as she played an unbeaten knock of 80 runs to help Sri Lanka defeat India in the third and final T20I by seven wickets and 18 balls to spare.
The Indian bowlers did not have any answer on how to stop the experienced opening batter. Earlier. Harmanpreet Kaur had played an unbeaten knock of 39 as India posted 138/5 in 20 overs. Jemimah Rodrigues also scored 33 with the bat.
Earlier, India found themselves in a spot of bother after winning the toss and electing to bat against Sri Lanka in the third and final women’s T20I in Dambulla on Monday. India lost Shafali Verma early while Smriti Mandhana and Sabbhineni Meghana failed to kick on after scoring 22 runs each. Apart from losing their top three, India are also struggling with their run-rate and will need the middle-order to come to the party, if they are to post a winning total on board. Hosts Sri Lanka had made two changes with Malsha Shehani and Ama Kanchana coming in for Hasini Perera and Udeshika Prabodhani, while India have fielded an unchanged playing XI.
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