India women previously won the ODI series 2-1 against SL Women.
Put into bat by Sri Lanka women, the Indian team was jolted when Smriti Mandhana was dismissed for a golden duck and Mithali Raj was dismissed for 17. But Jemimah Rodrigues (36) and Taniya Bhatia (46) stabilized the Indian innings. Anuja Patil then added 36 with 5 fours and Veda Krishnamurthy scored 21* to take India women to 168/8.
AC Jayangani and K Prabodhani picked two wickets each for Sri Lanka women.
Sri Lanka women started off well with 32 from B Mendis and 27 from AC Jayangani. However, Poonam Yadav picked 4/26 to rout the middle order despite 45 from LE Kaushalya. Radha Yadav (2/15) and Harmanpreet Kaur (2/19) picked the remaining wickets off to finish the game for India Women.
SL Women was bowled out for 155 and India Women won the match by 13 runs.
BRIEF SCORES:
IND-W 168/8 (T BHATIA 46; K PRABODHANI 2/18) defeated SL-W 155 (L KAUSHALYA 45; P YADAV 4/26) by 13 runs