Harmanpreet Kaur Becomes Most Successful Captain Surpassing Meg Lanning As India Win Series Against Sri Lanka

Hyderabad: India women took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series against Sri Lanka with a commanding eight-wicket victory in the third match at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. India's unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series underlines their complete dominance over the visitors. The contest followed a familiar script, with India first restricting Sri Lanka to a modest total before overhauling the target with consummate ease.

Shafali Verma's sensational blitz

Shafali, who blazed away to an unbeaten 79 off 42 balls, was at her imperious best as she single-handedly dismantled the chase, powering India home with 40 balls to spare. Her knock included 11 boundaries and three sixes, and became the Indian batter to post the highest individual score against Sri Lanka in T20Is. She surpassed the previous best of 76 by Jemimah Rodrigues which she scored against Sri Lanka in 2022.

Renuka Singh Thakur and Deepti Sharma dazzle with the ball

Renuka did what she does best with the new ball, rattling the Sri Lankan top order and swinging the momentum decisively in the hosts' favour. In her four overs, she picked three wickets, conceding 21 runs and played a key role in restricting the Lankan side to 112/7 in 20 overs. Deppti picked three wickets and lent a supporting hand in the destruction orchestrated by Renuka.

Two records by Harmanpreet Kaur

India skipper Harmanpreet owned two records in the match with the dominating win. She registered the most wins as a captain (77) in the women's T20Is, surpassing Meg Lanning, who has 76 victories as captain in the shortest format.

Most wins as a captain in Women's T20Is

77 - Harmanpreet Kaur (130 mats)*

76 - Meg Lanning (100 mats)

72 - Heather Knight (96 mats)

68 - Charlotte Edwards (93 mats)

Also, Harmanpreet became the captain to score the most wins against any opposition with 20 triumphs against Sri Lanka. Earlier, the record was owned by former England captain Charlotte Edwards, who had 14 wins from 24 matches against Australia.

Most wins as a captain against a team in WT20Is

16 - Harmanpreet Kaur vs SL-W (20 mats)*

14 - Charlotte Edwards vs AUS-W (24 mats)

14 - Harmanpreet Kaur vs BAN-W (17 mats)

14 - Heather Knight vs NZ-W (15 mats)

Deepti Sharma scripts history

Deepti became the first cricketer to achieve the double of scoring 1000 runs and taking 150 wickets in the women's T20Is. Also, she became the joint highest wicket-taker in the format along with Megan Schutt of Australia with 151 T20I wickets. The fourth match of the series will be played on December 28 at the same venue.

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