India vs Sri Lanka Highlights, Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Harmanpreet, Mandhana guide IND to thumping 82-run win

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Sri Lanka end the powerplay on 28/3. The required rate has risen to 10.36 rpo already, and India are in the drivers seat.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Take a look at Radha Yadav's incredible running catch which earned India a first-over breakthrough.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: With a mammoth first innings score in these conditions, kinder numbers for the NRR boost if India want to jump ahead. Courtesy ESPNcricinfo: 127 or less to overtake the Kiwis, 124 or less to go into the positives, and 91 or less to overtake Pakistan.

Looking increasingly doable after a fast start. Sri Lanka at 15/3 after 4 overs.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: It's all happening for India and a massive win could be on the cards! Renuka Thakur finds the outside edge of Samarawickrama, and Richa Ghosh completes a simple catch with the gloves. Incredible start, 6/3!

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Huge moment in the match! Athapaththu, Sri Lanka's finest batter, is dismissed by Shreyanka Patil as the offie finds her outside edge. Deepti Sharma completes the catch at slip. India on the way!

Sri Lanka 5/2 after 2 overs.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: A pearler of a catch on just the second ball of the innings from substitute fielder Radha Yadav, who runs away from the pitch at cover and takes an absolutely incredible diving catch over her shoulder to dismiss Vishmi Gunaratne!

Incredible effort by Radha to track the ball over her shoulder and complete the catch for an early early wicket. Sri Lanka 0/1! Samarawickrama in.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: The Lankans will have to track down a big total to get a result here. Renuka Singh Thakur to open the bowling for India, Gunarathne and Athapaththu to open.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: “Not a good flat wicket to bat on, you need to know which shots to play. You need to get set with 6-7 balls,” says half-centurion Smriti Mandhana in the innings break.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: A late flurry from captain Harmanpreet, as her quickest T20I half-century takes India to 172/3, the highest in the tournament so far.

Harman scored eight boundaries and one six, as India heaped on 59 runs in the last 5 overs. 173 to win for Sri Lanka!

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Harmanpreet is on the receiving end of a gift on this occasion. She succeeds in clearing Ranawara at short cover for four, but the next ball flies hard and fast right at the fielder. It's too hot to handle for Ranawara, who drops one off her captain's bowling.

13 off that over, India at 146/3 with two overs to go. Harmanpreet looking good at the crease, batting 30*(19).

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Sigh of relief for Dilhari! Soft dismissal as Jemimah tries to guide it past short third, but it's straight at Prabodani who hangs on.

Richa Ghosh is in, and India are at 133-3 after 17 overs. Eyeing 170?

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Big moment as Jemimah gets a reprieve! She hits one off Sugandika right to Kavisha Dilhari at deep midwicket, and it's as routine a chance as you can imagine. Unfortunately, the Sri Lankan player shells it. She will hope Rodrigues doesn't make the extra chance count!

Harman with a boundary and a slog-sweep maximum to get herself moving. India at 126/2 after 16 overs.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Crunch time for India as they enter the death overs at 113/2. Jemimah Rodrigues has timed two boundaries beautifully, but Harmanpreet hasn't quite gotten going early in her innings.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Two wickets in two balls for Sri Lanka as Shafali Verma chips one into the air right after Mandhana's dismissal, and India are suddenly two down out of nowhere! Skipper Athapaththu the partnership breaker.

Jemimah Rodrigues joins Harmanpreet. 98/2 after 13.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Smriti Mandhana brings up her 50 with a boundary and looks in great touch, but a mix-up in the middle sees her narrowly run-out! Unfortunate for Smriti, two runs short of the century partnership, but finally a break for Sri Lanka.

India 98/1 after 12.4, and Harmanpreet Kaur is in for India.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: India can only go run-a-ball for two overs either side of the halfways mark as Sri Lanka generate some pressure on the openers. 83/0 after 11 overs, but Sri Lanka will need this partnership to be broken soon.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu brings herself on to bowl. Mandhana chips her over extra-cover twice in a row to collect twos. Athapaththu brings in long-off to cover that boundary, and cool as can be, Mandhana goes straight to collect a boundary to the area the fielder just vacated.

Brilliant from Smriti as she moves on to 38*(27), India at 71/0 after 9 overs, the run-rate ticking along nicely.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Smriti looking in better touch as she makes room to check a drive over the off-side ring fielders. A touch of classic Mandhana and good signs for Team India!

61/0 at the end of 8. Time to motor on for the pair?

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Smriti Mandhana ends the 7th over against Inoka Ranaweera with a six over mid-wicket, which is remarkably India's first maximum all tournament. Positive signs for the vice-captain! That's the 50-run partnership as well.

India 51/0 after 7.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Pressure builds as Inoshi bowls three consecutive dots at Shafali, but she breaks the shackles by sweetly timing one to the long-off boundary for a one-bounce four.

Smriti continues to struggle to pierce the field, but finds her first boundary straight down the ground against Sugandika.

India end the powerplay with an 11-run over as Shafali finds the gap behind square leg.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Kavisha Dilhari, who was the star with the ball in the Asia Cup final, in to bowl now. The spinners offering no pace to India's batters, who like the ball coming onto their bat.

Shafali with another boundary as she steps out and flicks a shot over square leg. India will want more fearlessness from their opener. That boundary brings up 2000 runs for her in T20Is, and at 20 becomes the youngest player to reach that mark in the women's game.

India run-a-ball, 24-0 after 4 overs.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Another quiet 5-run over, but Shafali Verma takes advantage of the introduction of Prabodani by scoring the first boundary of the innings with a loft over the off-side ring. No further damage, India at 18/0 after 3 overs.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Watchful start from India's openers as they play out the over for five singles. Sugandika Kumari in to bowl, spin from both ends.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: India's opening duo are out on the pitch, looking to improve the numbers their partnership has put together in this tournament so far. Off-spinner Inoshi Fernando opens the bowling for Sri Lanka, and India are underway as Shafali knocks one to cover for a single.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: As the start of the match approaches, here is a reminder of the playing XIs for the two teams:

India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (WK), Arundhati Reddy, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan

Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Ama Kanchana, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Inoka Ranaweera, Udeshika Prabodhani

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: South Africa put on 166 against Scotland in Dubai in the afternoon match, which might be an indication of the pitch playing slightly better. India will look to emulate the effort made by the Proteas, with the batters adding runs at the top and taking advantage of the powerplay. India's batters were boundary-less in the powerplay vs Pakistan, and won't want to repeat that.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: “Slow and low, not much pace on the wicket,” thinks Chamari Athapaththu at the toss, placing an importance on rotating strike. India enter the match unchanged, with Pooja Vastrakar still not fit. Sri Lanka will have Ama Kanchana entering the team in place of Hasini Perera.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Harmanpreet Kaur wins the toss and chooses to bat! She explains the team wants to bat first and put runs on the board. She claims she will feel even better if India can get the win today.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Although Harmanpreet Kaur was the understood one-down batter entering the tournament, the interesting decision to promote Jemimah Rodrigues to that position was made against Pakistan. Speaking to the press ahead of the match, Smriti Mandhana revealed that the decision isn't set in stone and will depend on match condition.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: A big performance will be demanded from India across the board, with the NRR disadvantage making it a difficult scenario if this is a tight match. India will be looking at the very least to match Pakistan's result against the same opponents, Sri Lanka, earlier in this tournament.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: India will want the likes of Shreyanka Patil and Arundhati Reddy to maintain their form with ball. More significant will be the top order in batting, with Smriti Mandhana hungry for runs in this tournament. Even more will be expected of Richa Ghosh, who was dismissed for a golden duck, as well as Deepti Sharma. These are crucial batters if India intend to pile on the runs.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: A reminder of what the table looks like following Australia's big win against New Zealand on Tuesday. If India bat first, a win by 45 runs or more should see their NRR overtake New Zealand, and if they chase, the target will need to be hauled down in roughly 17 overs or fewer.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Broadcasters Star Sports shared a clip of Harmanpreet Kaur reflecting on the loss to today's opponents in the crucial Asia Cup final. “Cricket is a sport you can't take any match lightly because your opponents can always come in on any day and change the game, and that day was an example, how Sri Lanka's batters played,” said the skipper.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Toss is an hour away, with South Africa on their way to routing Scotland in their Group B match in Dubai. South Africa put on 166-5, which is the highest score at the DCIS so far, and will give reason for optimism for batters on both sides.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Sri Lanka have massively struggled in their two matches so far, particularly on the batting front. However, they have two bowlers on four wickets in these two matches, with Udeshika Prabodhani and Sugandika Kumari. Skipper Athapaththu also has taken three wickets so far.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: India will have the confidence boost of heaving a significant hold over the head-to-head against their southern neighbours. In 25 matches, India have won 19 times, while Sri Lanka have only won on 5 occasions, with one no-result. At World Cups, the record stands at 4 wins for India and one for Sri Lanka.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: While the bowling was top-notch against Pakistan, the batting still let something to be desired. India seemingly never took the front-foot approach despite having attacking batters Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana opening the batting, and the chase took a disappointingly long time to reach its conclusion. Beyond NRR concerns, fans will want India's batters to show the aggression and verve with which they are capable of batting.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: India's happiest takeaway from the victory against Pakistan will be the quality shown by the bowling attack in restricting Pakistan to 105/8. Arundhati Reddy was pumped up and led the pace attack, taking three wickets, while Shreyanka Patil put the bind on Pakistan with her spin. Every bowler India used contributed with a wicket, and Harmanpreet Kaur will want her troops to match that effort in the field.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Sri Lanka have the quality players to put India in a spot of bother, similar to the Asia Cup final earlier this year. Captain Chamari Athapaththu is one of the finest all-rounders in the world, while Harshitha Samarawickrama has plenty of experience in T20 cricket. Kavisha Dilhari is the leader with the ball, with Inoshi Priyadharshani having given her able support in that department as well.

India vs Sri Lanka Live Score Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Chamari Athapaththu spoke glowingly about Harmanpreet Kaur as a captain in her press conference ahead of the India vs Sri Lanka match, in particular speaking about her work in helping India's group of youngsters.