Wed Oct 09 18:17:32 UTC 2024: **Match Summary: India Women vs Sri Lanka Women – T20 World Cup 2024**

– **Date and Context**: The 12th match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 held on October 9, featuring India and Sri Lanka.
– **Result**: India won the match by 82 runs, keeping their hopes alive for a semifinal spot.
– **Performances**:
– **India’s Batting**:
– Scored 172 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.
– **Harmanpreet Kaur**: Not out at 52 off 27 balls.
– **Smriti Mandhana**: Scored 50 runs off 38 balls.
– **Shefali Verma**: Added 43 runs off 40 balls.
– Jeminia Rodrigues contributed 16 runs, while Richa Ghosh scored 6.
– **Sri Lanka’s Batting**:
– Bowled out for 90 runs.
– The top Sri Lankan bowlers were skipper **Chamari Athapaththu** and **Ama Kanchana**, each taking 1 wicket.
– **Points Table Impact**:
– India improved to second place in Group A with 2 wins and 1 loss, increasing their net run rate to +0.576.
– Sri Lanka is currently in fifth place, without any wins in the tournament.
– **Top Teams**: Australia leads the points table with 2 wins and a high net run rate of +2.524.
– **Playing XI**:
– **India**: Shefali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Richa Ghosh (Wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Sajjivan Sajna, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh.
– **Sri Lanka**: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (Captain), Harshitha Samareekrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (Wicketkeeper), Ama Kanchana, Sugandhika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadarshani, Udeshika Prabodhini, Inoka Ranawira.

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