Jemimah Rodrigues is the Player of the Match : I don't know, it is more about the pitch, where I stay in Mumbai, the pitches are similar, so I am used to to playing in these conditions.
On Sri Lanka: I love this country, it is a very beautiful country. It is a privilege to come here and the love we are getting from the board is great.
IND captain Harmanpreet Kaur: sometimes you plan and it does not go that way. But credit to players who pulled the game, especially Jemi, the way she batted and later the bowlers too were superb. As a unit, we definitely need to utilise the first six overs better. We were losing a lot of wickets.
On being in Sri Lanka: Everything is great, and we are really looking forward, especially with what is happening the country, we are happy to see people come out and support us and supprt from the Board. We're happy to be playing here.
SL captain Chamari Athapaththu: We dropped couple of catches, of Harmanpreet which were crucial. The last over by Kaveesha was also a reason. In the power play we were not batting our best, we played a lot of dot balls and that is the reason we lost the match. The total was chaseable, we had to stick with a plan and have to play positive cricket in the coming matches.
Let's listen in to the captains
INNINGS SUMMARY: Chasing 139 to win, Sri Lanka never truly got going in the second innings. Relying far too much on Chamari Athapaththu, the approach was too cautious from the host. Chamari took time to open up, which stalled the run flow and eventually holed out without making too big a contribution to the chase. The rest of the order struggled to do what the skipper is known to do, an age old problem facing Sri Lankan cricket. Kavisha Dilhari, who dropped a catch and gave away 20 runs in the final over of the Indian innings, tried to make amends for the costs on the field and managed a career best 47*. But Sri Lanka was left with too much to do in too little time and no one could really take on the Indian bowling lineup. With just two extras conceded, India was extremely disciplined, despite dropping a few easy catches themselves. Reducing dot balls and a better strike rotation will be priorities before these two teams go again in the 2nd T20i on Saturday.
SL 104/5 (20 overs): Renuka Singh will bookend the innings. Sanjeewani and Kaveesha go on the offensive, with nothing to lose. Sanjeewani gets FOUR going past short fine leg. Kaveesha smashes the shot of the innings so far, going over the mid-off fielder's head for a boundary and is just four runs short of a maiden fifty. But she will settle for 47* as Renuka's smart yorker allows her only a single. India wins!
47 runs needed by Sri Lanka in 6 balls.
SL 92/5 (19 overs): Kaveesha Dilhari is eyeing her maiden T20i half century.
Anushka Sanjeewani is the new batter in and 53 runs are needed off 12 balls. 61 dot balls are there against Sri Lanka in this game. BIG point of concern.
Source: https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/womens-cricket/india-women-vs-sri-lanka-women-1st-t20i-dambulla-ind-sl-live-score-updates-commentary-highlights-streaming-details-harmanpreet-chamari-athapaththu/article38505160.ece
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