India women blanked Sri Lanka women 5-0 in the T20I series.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s 68 and Arundhati Reddy’s 27 led India to 175/7 in the fifth and final T20I in 20 overs. In response, Hasini Perera made 65 and Imesha Dulani made 50, but Sri Lanka could only muster 160/7 in 20 overs, and the Indian women won the match by 15 runs. They also won the five-T20I series 5-0.
Left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma and India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur were spotted breaking into a choreographed celebration in the fourth T20I after she took a wicket. They clapped each other's hands, exchanged fist pumps, made a flying gesture with their arms, and hugged warmly.
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Vaishnavi Sharma revealed the story behind her special wicket celebration with Harmanpreet Kaur. In the third T20I, Vaishnavi requested Harmanpreet if she could run up to her in a specific manner after taking a wicket, and the captain easily consented.
However, Vaishnavi did not take a wicket in that game; thus, the opportunity to celebrate came in the fourth T20I.
“Before going onto the field, we were all standing outside in a huddle and thought we should do something fun. We decided that when we take a wicket, we’ll try a new kind of celebration. During that discussion, I told Harry di that when I get a wicket, I’ll celebrate like this. She agreed and said, ‘Yes, let’s do it,’ Vaishnavi said in a video on BCCI Women X.
“We had planned it for the third match, but I didn’t get any wickets, so it didn’t happen. Then, in the fourth match, when I finally picked up wickets, the celebration was completed,” Vaishnavi added.
Vaishnavi had a fantastic series, ending as the joint leading wicket-taker with Deepti Sharma, Shree Charani, and Kavisha Dilhari. The left-arm spinner took five wickets in five matches with an economy rate of 6.26, with her best figures of 2 for 24 in four overs coming in the fourth T20I.