India women’s team won the third and final ODI against Sri Lanka to clean sweep them 3-0 in the series. This also meant that the Indian team won 5 out of 6 limited-overs matches on the Sri Lanka tour, as they had won the T20I series 2-1.

Chamari Athapaththu won the toss and chose to field first. Though only four batters from the Indian side reached double figures, they still managed to make 255/9 in 50 overs.

Harmanpreet Kaur made 75 with 7 fours and 2 sixes while Pooja Vastrakar made 56* with 3 sixes. Shafali Verma made 49 and Yastika Bhatia contributed 30 runs. Inoka Ranaweera, Rashmi Silva, and the skipper took two wickets each for Sri Lanka.

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In reply, Athapaththu made 44, while Hasini Perera made 39 runs. Nilakshi de Silva saved some grace for Sri Lankans scoring 48* with 2 fours and 1 six. However, Sri Lanka failed to chase down the total, falling short by 39 runs.

For India, Rajeshwari Gayakwad picked 3/36, while Meghna Singh and Pooja Vastrakar picked two wickets apiece.

BRIEF SCORES:

INDW 255/9 (H KAUR 75, P VASTRAKAR 56*) defeated SLW 216 (N DE SILVA 48*, R GAYAKWAD 3/36) by 39 runs.

India women win ODI series 3-0.