Sri Lanka women vs India women

India Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: Sri Lanka posted 125/7 in 20 overs after Vishmi Gunaratne and Chamari Athapaththu played knocks of 45 and 43 respectively. For India, Deepti Sharma scalped two wickets. Sri Lanka have gotten off to an excellent start with opening batters Chamari Athapaththu and Vishmi Gunaratne playing steadily for the hosts. Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first in the ongoing second T20I of the three-match series at Dambulla. Harmanpreet Kaur-led Team India eye to clinch the series against Sri Lanka as the two sides meet for the second T20I of the three-match series in Dambulla on Saturday. Notably, the India women had comprehensively won the first game by a 34-run margin. The focus would be on how India go about their chase.

India Women vs Sri Lanka Women LIVE Score, 2nd T20I: Harmanpreet, Yastika lead IND towards series win

Hello and welcome to the LIVE coverage of India's tour of Sri Lanka. This is Lalith Kalidas bringing you the updates from the 2nd T20I between the two sides in Dambulla.

A comedy of errors as the batters suffer a mix-up almost halfway through the wicket. Yastika the collides with the bowler Oshadi and nearly falls short of the non-striker's end but manages to reel herself back in.

IND 111/4 in 17 overs: Another tight over from Ranaweera. Harmanpreet shuffles across for a huge slog-sweep but misses as the ball seems to clip her pads. The umpire denies a wicket as Harman is seemingly away from the off-stump. India needs 15 runs in 18 balls.

IND 107/4 in 16 overs: Ranasinghe mixes up her lengths and pace to keep the batters on their toes. Harman and Yastika are in no rush as the finish-line is well within sight.

IND 102/4 in 15 overs: 100 up for India on the back of some fine running between Yastika and Harmanpreet. India strolling towards the series win now.

IND 97/4 in 14 overs: Dilhari pushes Yastika deep into the crease with a sharp delivery off the length. Another dot as Yastika drives the ball straight to the cover fielder. Short again and Yastika fails to put the ball past mid-on.  Three dots and Yastika slog-sweeps straight to deep mid-wicket and a tough catch is put down by Gunaratne. Dilhari almost building the perfect moment to seize the wicket and Sri Lanka fails to capitalize.

IND 94/4 in 13 overs: Ranaweera to Rodrigues. OUT! Width on offer and Jemimah scoops the ball straight up to the point fielder. Perera completes a regulation catch as India loses its fourth wicket. Yastika Bhatia in at 6. She gets off the mark with a flick through mid-wicket for two runs.

Jemimah Rodrigues c Perera b Ranaweera 3 (6b)

IND 91/3 in 12 overs: Dilhari skims through another over as Jemimah and Harmanpreet nudge about the gaps for five runs.

IND 86/3 in 11 overs: Mandhana continues to adorn the cover boundary with some pristine shotmaking. Ranaweera pitches the ball wide of off and Mandhana easily shifts her weight onto the front-foot to power another FOUR. Oh, no. Mandhana is stumped after stepping out to a sharp delivery. Easy bit of glovework for Sanjeewani once again and Mandhana departs after having set the tempo for the chase. Smriti Mandhana st Sanjeewani b Ranaweera 39 (34b 8x4)

IND 80/2 in 10 overs: 2000 T20I runs for Smriti Mandhana as she creams Chamari Athapaththu for a couple of glorious drives through cover for two boundaries.

IND 68/2 in 9 overs: Mandhana draws her power into a blistering cover drive for FOUR. India continues to tick off the runs at a decent clip. Five runs from the over.

IND 63/2 in 8 overs: Mandhana attempts a late-cut and nearly has the ball jagging back to the stumps off the edge. A couple of runs to follow as Dilhari employs a fine line in her first over. Harmanpreet shuffles across the line and top-edges the ball down backward square for a single.

Kavisha Dilhari replaces Ranasinghe

IND 58/2 in 7 overs: Ranaweera pushes Mandhana onto the back-foot but the batter does well to glaze the gap past backward point for FOUR. India motoring on in the chase despite the loss of a couple of wickets.

Inoka Ranawaeera into the attack

IND 52/2 in 6 overs: Kumari fires one off a round-arm trajectory and nearly breaches Meghana's defence. Kumari to Meghana, OUT! Megahna is foxed with a sharp delivery that leaves her short of the crease. Easy stumping there for Sanjeewani and Meghana's brief flourish stays that way. Harmanpreet in at 4. She's off the mark first ball with an effortless cover drive for FOUR.

S Meghana st Anushka Sanjeewani b Sugandika Kumari 17 (10b, 4x4)

IND 47/1 in 5 overs: Prabodani errs with a loose, short delivery and Meghana quickly pumps the ball across square for FOUR. The left-armer angles the ball across and Meghana reaches out for a fine slice past backward point for another FOUR. FOUR more for Meghana as she bisects the cover and mid-off fielder for an exquisite boundary. More misery for Prabodani and Sri Lanka as a sharp outside-edge from Meghana races past the short-third fielder for another FOUR!

Prabodani replaces Kumari

IND 31/1 in 4 overs: Ranasinghe wafts one in and Shafali takes her down with a glorious SIX down the ground. Ranasinghe comes around the wicket but Shafali steps out to thump the ball once again over the umpire for FOUR. Shafali advances and she holes out to mid-off this time! One shot too many from the dasher as she finds Dilhari at mid-off. Miscues the loft by a fine margin and Ranasinghe has her revenge. Sabbhineni Meghana in at 3.

Shafali Verma c Dilhari b Ranasinghe 17 (10b 2x4 1x6)

IND 20/0 in 3 overs: Shafali advances first ball to the left-armer and flicks the ball through mid-wicket for a single. Kumari bowls flat and sends in a delivery into the blockhole to Mandhana. Short ball this time and Mandhana deftly swivels to send the ball over mid-wicket for FOUR. She follows up with another flat delivery as Mandana attempts for another cut but misses.

Sugandika Kumari replaces Prabodani

IND 15/0 in 2 overs: Ranasinghe loops one in and Shafali smashes the first ball over mid-off for FOUR and quickly moves off strike with a single. Ranasinghe follows up with three dot balls to Mandhana who attempts a couple of slices through the off-side. She makes room and pierces the gap between cover and point for FOUR this time.

Oshadi Ranasinghe into the attack

IND 6/0 in 1 over: Prabodani swings the ball away off the length and Mandhana eases into a beautiful drive through cover for FOUR off the very first delivery. Prabodani quickly corrects her line and uses the movement to slide past the batter's outside-edge. Mandhana gets off strike with a gentle push through cover for a single. Prabodani pitches short and Shafali stands tall to punch the ball to mid-off.  Six off the over as Shafali is off the blocks with a single to retain strike.

Left-armer Udheshika Prabodani up with the new ball. Mandhana on strike.

Back for the chase. Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma open India's 126-run chase.

Sri Lanka would rue the second-half of this innings after being served the perfect base from skipper Chamari Athapaththu and young opener Vishmi Gunaratne. The duo put up Sri Lanka's best opening stand (87) in T20Is to leave the Indians frantically rummaging for breakthroughs. However, as the two were sent back to the dugout, India clawed back with a slew of wickets to leave the host probably short of a few runs on this hard deck.

SL 125/7 in 20 overs: Sanjeewani flicks the ball straight to square-leg but an overthrow at the non-striker's end costs India two runs. Renuka dips in a low full-toss and Kavisha Dilhari scoops it straight to Mandhana at short fine leg who completes an easy grab. Sanjeewani gets a top-edge over the keeper and finds two runs. Sanjeewani lofts the final ball over cover and finds two runs to finish at 125, which is probably 10-15 short given the start the openers had given on a breezy evening.

Kavisha Dilhari c Mandhana b Renuka Singh 2 (5b)

Renuka Singh up for the last over

SL 117/6 in 19 overs: Radha Yadav offers a hint of room and Dilhari gets an outside-edge to short third. A fine pick-up throw and Yastika does the rest to leave new batter Hasini Perera short of her crease. She departs without facing a ball.  Oshadi Ranasinghe fall soon after as an attempted reverse-lap fall straight in Yastika's gloves. Sri Lanka continues to stutter in the final laps with a flurry of wickets going india's way.

Hasini Perera run out (Yastika) 0 (0b), Oshadi Ranasinghe c Bhatia b Yadav 5 (3b 1x4)

SL 110/4 in 18 overs: Deepti darts one wide of off-stump and Harshitha chips it in the air and holes out to a fine diving catch by Shafali Verma at cover. A couple of tight overs have enabled India to claw back into the game with Sri Lanka handing a handful of opportunities. Deepti loops one in to the new batter de Silva's but the umpire is unshook. Nilakshi de Silva steps out once again and another loopy delivery gushes past her shot across the line and hits the pads. Seems to be sliding down leg but the umpire raises his finger!  A bizarre decision but Deepti has her scalp, nevertheless. She bowls out with figures of 4-0-32-2.

Harshitha Samarawickrama c Shafali Verma b Sharma 9 (13b), Nilakshi de Silva lbw b Sharma 1 (2b)

Deepti Sharma to bowl out

SL 106/3 in 17 overs: Kaur continues. Harshitha attempts a reverse-sweep but Kaur's dipping delivery beats everyone and races down the ground for FOUR. 100 up for Sri Lanka as Harshitha chips the ball to mid-wicket for two runs. Kaur is not going to be pleased with the effort of the short-fine leg fielder as Vishmi's glides the ball past the keeper. Renuka's misfield concedes FOUR runs and Kaur is fuming. OUT! Vishmi lobs the ball straight back to Kaur who grabs it and throws it to the ground. She is not over the previous misfield as Vishmi's grafting knock comes to an end.

Vishmi Gunaratne c & b Kaur 45 (50b 6x4)

SL 95/1 in 16 overs: This has been a refined burst from the Indian bowlers after the half-way mark. The boundaries have dwindled as Vastrakar maintains a fine channel of attack.

SL 90/1 in 15 overs: Kaur continues to extract turn and bounce off the surface and skims through her over. Just the three runs from it.