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Shafali 69 not out, spinners lead India's rout of Sri Lanka

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December 25, 2025

A quick glance at the head to head record is enough to show the gulf between India and Sri Lanka in women's T20Is.

Despite that, the manner in which India have swept Sri Lanka aside two games in a row would have surprised watchers and the hosts alike.The story in the second T20I followed a similar script to the first. Once again, India's spinners squeezed Sri Lanka's middle order before one of their top-order batters made easy work of the chase.

Left-arm spinners Vaishnavi Sharma and N Shree Charani picked up two wickets apiece after Sneh Rana, in the XI in place of the indisposed Deepti Sharma, sucked out the momentum from Sri Lanka's batting. If it was Jemimah Rodrigues' half-century in the first game, Shafali Verma was at her brutal best in the second, finishing on an unbeaten 69 in just 34 balls, to help India get to the 129-run target at a run-rate close to 11 an over with 49 balls to spare.

India went 2-0 up at the end of the Visakhapatnam leg, with the next three games to be played in Thiruvananthapuram.

search of control, but on Tuesday, Rana fit into the role with ease.

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