IND-W vs SL-W Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! CAUGHT! Smriti Mandhana takes a brilliant catch running back to get India Women their biggest win in Women's T20 World Cup history. Flighted delivery by Deepti Sharma and Udeshika Prabodani walks in and hits the ball up in the air behind Smriti Mandhana at mid off. Smriti runs back well, grabs the catch in front of her eyes, and wins it for her team.

Fuller on the off stump line. Inoka Ranaweera tucks it to the left of covers and runs a quick single.

Comes around the wicket and drops it short outside the off stump. Inoka Ranaweera looks to cut the ball but misses it completely.

Tossed up on the stumps. Udeshika Prabodani walks in and slogs the ball up towards long on for a single.

Fuller on the off stump line. Udeshika Prabodani taps it back to the bowler from the crease.

Drops the length back on top of the stumps. Inoka Ranaweera gets back in the crease and knocks the ball towards point.

Swings the ball into the right-hander from a good length. Udeshika Prabodani flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Comes around the stumps and pitches the ball up on the wicket. Inoka Ranaweera drives it to long on and runs a single.

Hits the length on top of the off stump from over the wicket angle. Inoka Ranaweera stays on the crease and taps the ball down.

OUT! CAUGHT! The substitute Radha Yadav grabs another catch for her team and sends back Ama Kanchana. Arundhati Reddy pitches the ball up on the off stump and Ama Kanchana slogs it up in the air, straight to Radha Yadav at deep mid-wicket who grabs a reverse cup.

Swings the ball into the right-hander and misses her line, bowls it outside leg. Ama Kanchana gets a feather off the pads and the ball goes back to Richa Ghosh.

Tosses the ball up on the off stump and gets it to turn into the right-hander. Udeshika Prabodani takes a front foot out and drops the ball down on the cease.

On the pads, fuller this time. Ama Kanchana sweeps it to short fine leg and runs a single.

Short and wide again. Udeshika Prabodani tucks it towards point and runs a quick single. Good pick up and a direct hit at the batter's end from the fielder at point but the batter is just in.

Just short outside the off stump line. Udeshika Prabodani slaps it to the left of sweeper covers and the batters run a quick couple.

Floats it up on off. Udeshika Prabodani offers a front foot defence.

Deepti Sharma comes back into the attack and pitches the ball up on the middle stump line from over the wicket angle. Udeshika Prabodani looks to sweep the ball and misses any contact with the bat. The ball hits her on the front leg and the umpire raises the finger. Udeshika Prabodani takes the review. The Ball Tracking shows that the ball is pitching in line, impact is also inside the stumps but the ball is missing the leg stump on height. Review working well for Sri Lanka Women.

FOUR! Ama Kanchana picks up the length early and slams the good-length ball outside the off stump, up and over the head of mid off for a boundary to end the over.

Pitches the ball up on the off stump. Udeshika Prabodani taps it to the right of Deepti Sharma at point and runs a risky single.

Drops the length back on the stumps. Udeshika Prabodani gets an inside edge onto the pads and the ball drops on the crease.

Pitches the ball fuller on the stumps. Ama Kanchana drives it to long on for a single.

Just short outside the off stump. Ama Kanchana looks to make room and slash it but misses.

FOUR! SHOT! Renuka Singh Thakur drops her length back on the stumps and Ama Kanchana slogs the ball up and over mid-wicket to the boundary for four runs.

On the fuller length outside the off stump. Udeshika Prabodani offers a good front foot defence.

Touch full on the lien of the stumps. Ama Kanchana nudges it to her left and sneaks a single. Richa from behind the stumps moves to her left, collects the ball, and has a shy at the stumps but misses. The batters pick up a single.

Full and around off from over the wicket. Udeshika Prabodani drives and gets the outside edge of the bat to short third for a run.

Nagging length delivery on the stumps. Udeshika Prabodani gets an inside edge onto the pads from the crease.

Bowls a flatter one from a nagging length on the stumps and gets the ball to turn into the right-hander. Udeshika Prabodani gets a hit on the pads and Richa Ghosh grabs it behind the stumps and appeals for a catch. Smriti Mandhana, the standing skipper of India Women takes a review and the ball is found nowhere close to the bat.

LEG BYE! On the pads, drifting in from the wicket, missing leg. Ama Kanchana gets a hit on the pads and the ball goes to short fine. The batters pick up a single.

Drops the length back on the stumps. Ama Kanchana sweeps the ball to deep square leg for a single.

Drags the length back outside off. Udeshika Prabodani slaps it to sweeper covers for a run.

Floats one on the pads. Ama Kanchana flicks the ball to deep square leg for a run.

Short and wide, cut away to sweeper covers for a run to get off the mark.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Tossed up, around off, Inoshi Fernando looks to sweep this towards deep square but gets it off the outside of her bat and the ball travels straight to Radha Yadav at deep mid-wicket for a simple catch around waist height.

Tossed up on leg, Ama Kanchana sweeps this towards deep square for a single.

Good length on the pads, Ama Kanchana flicks this to fine leg for a single. Ama Kanchana was keen on the second but Inoshi Fernando sent her back and rightly so.

Back of a length on leg, Inoshi Fernando tucks this towards long on and runs one.

On a length around middle and leg, Ama Kanchana tucks this through square leg for a single.

Slower, full on off. Ama Kanchana jams this rolling back to the bowler.

On a length, around off. Ama Kanchana drives this to short extra cover for no run.

Good length on off, Ama Kanchana punches this to short cover for no run.

OUT! Another bit of brilliance in the field, this time by Richa behind the stumps and Sri Lanka loses another. Tossed up on off, Sugandika Kumari goes for the sweep but goes early. The ball arrives late and lobs off the bottom edge dropping in front of Richa standing up to the spinner. Richa dives in front and grabs this. The batter sends this upstairs. The UltraEdge shows a clears spike and deflection off the bat into the gloves of Richa.

Tossed up around middle and leg, Ama Kanchana gets on top of it and sweeps this to deep square for a single more.

Fuller around leg, Sugandika Kumari sweeps this towards deep square for one.

Full and wide of off, Sugandika Kumari goes for the slog and gets beaten.

This took an eternity to land. Wrong'un, much slower. Sugandika Kumari goes for the sweep without reading it. Gets beaten and the ball just bounces over middle.

Leggie, on off. Ama Kanchana rocks back and tucks this through mid on for one.

OUT! ANOTHER BEAUTY IN THE FIELD AND Sri Lanka Women ARE 6 DOWN! On a length around middle and off, Kaveesha Dilhari looks to drag this down towards deep square and goes down on a knee and attempts the sweep. The ball bounced a bit on her, getting the leading edge towards the left of Renuka Singh Thakur at short fine leg. With the ball swirling around while dropping to her left, Renuka Singh Thakur does well to grab a hold of it.

Back of a length on off, Ama Kanchana punches this to point for one.

Yorker on off, Ama Kanchana blocks this back to the bowler.

Good length on off, Ama Kanchana defends this one.

OUT! EASY PICKING FOR Shafali Verma! On a length, going away from the right-hander. Nilakshika Silva walks across and looks to slog this on leg. Gets a leading edge hanging to the right of Verma at backward point. Shafali Verma moves to her right, keeps her eyes on the ball and grabs this dolly.

Good length on middle and off, Kaveesha Dilhari slogs this towards deep mid-wicket for one.

BEAUTY! Fuller, straightens after pitching around off. Nilakshika Silva plays for the turn and gets beaten on the outside.

Quicker and fuller on off, Nilakshika Silva jams this out on off.

Length dragged back a bit, Kaveesha Dilhari gets it away off the inside of he bat towards leg for one.

Tossed up on off, Nilakshika Silva drive this to sweeper cover for one.

Fuller around middle and leg, Nilakshika Silva flicks this straight to short mid-wicket.

Tossed up on off, Nilakshika Silva defends this on off.

Just short outside the off stump. Nilakshika Silva gets back in the crease and drops the ball late towards short thrid and the batters steal a quick single.

Fires it into the right-hander, fuller. Kaveesha Dilhari looks to flick it but gets a leading edge falling to the left of mid off and the batters run a single.

Floats it up, slower in the air. Nilakshika Silva sweeps the ball to deep square leg and walks a run.

On the nagging length on off. Nilakshika Silva takes the front foot out and drops the ball down on the crease.

FOUR! SHOT! Too full from Asha Sobhana on the stumps and Nilakshika Silva stands tall on the crease and heaves the ball up and over mid-wicket and finds her first boundary of the innings.

Just short on the stumps. Kaveesha Dilhari pulls it to long on and gets a single.

Holds the length back on the leg stump. Nilakshika Silva looks to flick it but hits the ball straight to short fine. No run.

Fuller outside the off stump and swept away to deep square leg for a single.

On the nagging length on the stumps and Nilakshika Silva tucks it to long on for a single.

On the up, on the middle. Nilakshika Silva taps it back to the bowler.

Tosses it fuller on the off stump. Kaveesha Dilhari slogs it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Floats it up on the stumps. Kaveesha Dilhari knocks it back to the bowler.

OUT! STUMPPED! Anushka Sanjeewani loses her ground and Sri Lanka Women are 4 down! Richa Ghosh does nothing wrong and Asha Sobhana gets a wicket in her first over. Tosses the ball up outside the off stump line, calling the batter out for a big shot. Anushka Sanjeewani steps down the track and is completely beaten by the big turn on the ball away from her. Richa Ghosh grabs the ball behind the stumps and takes the bails off just in time to send back Anushka Sanjeewani.

Bowls on the block hole just outside the off stump. Anushka Sanjeewani looks to play the sweep but the ball is too full for that shot. Dot ball.

Pitches the ball fuller on the stumps. Anushka Sanjeewani walks in and taps the ball back to the bowler.

Swept again from outside the off stump line and Kaveesha Dilhari gets a single more from deep mid-wicket.

Another tossed up delivery outside the off stump. Anushka Sanjeewani walks in and sweeps the ball to deep square leg for a single.

Floats it up fuller on the stumps. Kaveesha Dilhari launches it up towards long on and gets a single on the bounce.

INSIDE EDGE! Arundhati Reddy swings one into the right-hander from outside the off stump and Kaveesha Dilhari looks to slice it, getting an inside edge towards short fine for a single.

Fuller on the off stump line. Kaveesha Dilhari drives it well but straight to mid off.

FOUR! SLAM! Kaveesha Dilhari picks up the length early and gives it a full flow of the bat. Arundhati Reddy pitches the ball up on the stumps again and gets punished. Kaveesha Dilhari slogs the ball to the right of the flying Jemimah Rodrigues at deep mid-wicket and gets a boundary.

Holds the length back on the stumps. Anushka Sanjeewani flicks it towards deep square leg and runs a single.

Runs in hard from over the wicket angle and pitches the ball up on the off stump. Anushka Sanjeewani plays it on the rise over the head of mid off and runs a couple of runs more.

FOUR! SHOT! Anushka Sanjeewani welcomes Arundhati Reddy with a brilliant boundary over mid-wicket. Length ball on the stumps and Anushka Sanjeewani slogs the ball off the front foot and times it well over mid-wicket to find the boundary.

Pitched up delivery slogged away to deep mid-wicket off the front foot for a single to end the over.

Fuller on the stumps again by Deepti Sharma and Kaveesha Dilhari walks in and slams the ball straight past the bowler. The fielder Shafali Verma at mid on gives in a brilliant chase and keeps the ball inside the play. The batters pick up 3 run.

On the nagging length outside off. Anushka Sanjeewani gets down on a knee and sweeps the ball to deep square leg for a single.

Another ball floated up on the stumps. Kaveesha Dilhari slogs it along the carpet to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Fuller again outside off. Anushka Sanjeewani sweeps the ball to deep square leg for a single.

Tossed up on off, Anushka Sanjeewani defends this to extra cover for no run.

LEG BYE! On a length around the pads, Anushka Sanjeewani goes for the flick and misses. The ball deflects off her pads towards leg for a single. Leg bye signaled.

Pitched-up outside off, Kaveesha Dilhari drives this towards Shafali Verma at mid off and runs one.

Good length, shaping down the leg. Anushka Sanjeewani tucks this towards deep square for one more.

LEG BYE! Repeat of the previous delivery but just a single this time as the fielder from the deep was quickly onto it.

TWO LEG BYES ! on a length around the pads, Kaveesha Dilhari goes for the flicks and misses. The ball clips the pads for a couple to fine leg.

On a length around middle and leg, Kaveesha Dilhari pushes this towards mid on for no run. A bit of yes-no between the batter but the right decision taken at the end.

Fuller, on off, Anushka Sanjeewani pushes this away on off for no run.

Comes round the wicket, floats one on leg, Anushka Sanjeewani goes for  the sweep and manages a top edge wide of Renuka Singh Thakur towards her left at short fine leg for a couple.

Tossed up on leg, Anushka Sanjeewani blocks it out.

FOUR! Tossed up but down the leg this time. Anushka Sanjeewani goes for the sweep and manages a bit of glove onto this as the ball flies past Richa to her left and into the fence towards the fine leg region for four.

Fuller on off, Anushka Sanjeewani punches this through cover for a couple this time.

Flighted on off, beats Kaveesha Dilhari in the flight as she goes for the drive. Gets it off the inside towards deep square for one.

Just one off the over and a wicket as well for Renuka. Good length, angling in onto the batter. Anushka Sanjeewani defends this off her front foot.

On a length outside off, Anushka Sanjeewani edges this dropping on short third for a dot.

Pitched up on off, Anushka Sanjeewani pushes this away to cover-point for another dot.

Good length on middle and leg, nipping back in. Anushka Sanjeewani defends this on leg.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Full enough to induce the batter to go for the drive, Harshitha Samarawickrama falls in the trap and goes for the expensive drive. Gets a faint edge off the outside and into the gloves of Richa Ghosh behind the stumps. Excellent start from India Women and they are well on track to fix that mess they created in the NRR column with a heavy defeat against the White Ferns.

On a length around off, Kaveesha Dilhari dabs this in front of Radha Yadav at point and steals a single.

Short of a length on leg, Kaveesha Dilhari rocks back and nudges this away on leg for one.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE AT FIRST SLIP! Tossed up, just outside off and turns this away a fraction after pitching. Teases Chamari Athapaththu into a push with hard hands, the Sri Lankan skipper gets trapped and pokes at it with hard hands only to edge this off the outside off her bat into the arms of Deepti Sharma.

Short of a length on off, Chamari Athapaththu goes deep and punches this to cover-point for nothing.

Fuller on the pads, Harshitha Samarawickrama sweeps this through square leg for a single.

Tossed up around the pads, Harshitha Samarawickrama tucks this away towards Asha Sobhana at short fine leg for no run.

Flighted on off, drifts in and turns away after pitching. Perfect channel with slip in place. Harshitha Samarawickrama pokes at it and gets beaten.

On a length around off, Harshitha Samarawickrama drives this towards Jemimah Rodrigues at cover and a fumble from her allows the single.

On a length around off, shaping further away after pitching. Harshitha Samarawickrama goes for the cover drive only to connect with thin air.

Full toss on off, Chamari Athapaththu drives this trough cover for one.

On a length around the pads, Harshitha Samarawickrama flicks this through square leg for one.

OUT! STUNNER FROM Radha Yadav! The substitute fielder has done good to the side. On a length around off, Vishmi Gunarathne looks to slog this on leg but gets it away off the outside edge off her bat. The ball lobs swirling int he dark sky above Radha Yadav at point but the fielder has her eyes set on the ball and she did well moving to her right and touching it with a diving effort.

Almost a picture-perfect start for India Women. Back of a length, shaping in, Vishmi Gunarathne goes with the slog and gets it away off the cue end, on the bounce to mid on.