Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

S Mandhana
80(48) 11x4 - 3x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 16 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
8 0 0 19 6 24 8 15
Shafali Verma
Shafali Verma
79(46) 12x4 - 1x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 23 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
5 0 8 0 27 17 6 16

Best performances - Bowlers

Vaishnavi Sharma
O4
M0
R24
W2
Eco6
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W
A Reddy
A Reddy
O4
M0
R42
W2
Eco10.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka Women , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

India Women led the 5-match series 4-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20

Match days

28 December 2025 - night match (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Chetan Kumar | Commentator: Ashish Pant

END OF OVER:
20 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | SL-W: 191/6 (31 runs required, RR: 9.55)

  • Nilakshika Silva23 (11b)
  • Kaushini Nuthyangana5 (2b)
  • Shree Charani4-0-46-1
  • Arundhati Reddy4-0-42-2

Righto! A solid game of T20 cricket which went India's way but Sri Lanka can be proud of how they went about in a monstrous chase. India go 4-0 up and will certainly want to work on their fielding going into the fifth T20I and beyond. In case you missed any action, Srinidhi Ramanujam's report has you covered. That's it from the fourth T20I. Until next time, this is me Ashish Pant, signing off on behalf of Chetan and Raghav. Ciao!

Cal Sri: "Love Smriti but the player of the match for me was definitely the one who suffered with a few dropped catches was Vaishnavi Sharma. She bowled at 120, while most other were at 200-220 rate except for Deepti. . We need a fielding coach. I have watched highlights of several India matches and the ones in the air are our biggest problem. "

Smriti Mandhana is the player of the match: [Getting back in the groove] After playing a lot of ODI cricket this year, it was tough get into T20 cricket. It was mentally a little different. Happy that I contributed better today. [Change in plans after the three T20Is] The plan was similar today as well, no major changes. I had some game plans against them and I practiced a lot. [On Shafali] To watch Shafali bat at the other end is always a treat to the eyes. She does the majority of the hitting in the powerplay. We know each other's strengths and weaknesses. She has matured a lot. [Team atmosphere] In the last one year, there is a different kind of team building, everyone is celebrating everyone's success.

India captain, Harmanpreet Kaur: [Getting angry at the end] We were getting short in time and I wanted everyone be on time. I didn't want three fielders outside the infield. I try to improve from my mistakes. [On batting ] Should give credit to Shafali and Smriti and then me and Richa finished well. [More hits for batters] We thought we will give chance to Harleen, but today how it went, we sent Richa early. Smriti and Shafali didn't let Harleen bat :D

Chamari Athapaththu: At least we have improved in our batting. But still we need to improve especially in power-hitting. [On India's batting] They batted really well. Our bowlers didn't bowl well, but there are lots of youngsters in our team. They have learnt a lot of things because they are playing the best team in the world. [On Vaishnavi] She is bowling very well. I feel she has improved a lot. She bowls accordingly to plan, especially in the middle.

Do hang around for the presentation

10.13pm A spirited chase from Sri Lanka who have displayed great courage and quality in their hunt for 222. A target of that magnitude that has never been achieved in women's T20I but SL gave it a go, testing the Indian bowlers all the way through. Hasini Perera and Chamari Athapaththu were off the blocks in a jiffy as SL reached 50 inside four overs. Vaishnavi Sharma was hugely impressive, picking 2 for 24 in her four overs, and should have had a few more if not for some dropped chances. The other bowlers were expensive but India never let SL get a whiff of the chase. Lots of chances went a begging for India again, and fielding is one area they will definitely want to improve. For SL, Athapaththu scored 52 while Perera, Nilakshika Silva chipped in nicely. The end result though is, India win by 30 runs and take a 4-0 lead.

md: "Very poor fielding from India throughout this series. Well fought by SL to the very end"

Shadow-Shell: "Even though Sri Lanka lost this one, this was the most competitive of the 4 matches this series. They might even take this confidence and win next match"

Zamshah: "Comprehensive in at the end but Harman's face anger between overs shows how poor we are in field drop more than they caught "

19.6
1
Shree Charani to Silva, 1 run, SL have reached their highest ever T20I score, but it won't matter as India win by 30 runs. Fuller well outside off, she digs this to the offside. India take a 4-0 lead but even they would know that this was far from a clinical show as SL have managed to rack up 191 for 6.
19.5
1
Shree Charani to Kaushini Nuthyangana, 1 run, Fuller well outside off, she drives to sweeper cover
19.4
4
Shree Charani to Kaushini Nuthyangana, FOUR, Gets a four first ball. Length ball outside off, she gets right across and slogs that to the deep midwicket fence

Kaushini next in

19.3
W
Shree Charani to Sewwandi, OUT, Cleans her up with a full toss. Flatter knee-high full bunger on leg stump. Rashmika looks to hammer that away, misses and sees her leg pole pegged back

R Sewwandi b Shree Charani 5 (5m 4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 125

19.2
1
Shree Charani to Silva, 1 run, Low full toss well outside off, she shuffles right across and hacks that to deep midwicket on the bounce
19.1
1lb
Shree Charani to Sewwandi, 1 leg bye, Flatter on leg stump, she misses the flick and is rapped on the pad. But the ball was heading down leg

Charani to bowl the 20th. SL need 39

SL Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st59AMCJK AthapaththuGWHM Perera
2nd57AMCJK AthapaththuI Dulani
3rd24H SamarawickramaI Dulani
4th7H SamarawickramaWK Dilhari
5th23NND SilvaWK Dilhari
6th15NND SilvaR Sewwandi
7th6NND SilvaKaushini Nuthyangana