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‘Shifting to T20 from ODI wasn’t easy’: Harmanpreet Kaur after India clean sweep Sri Lanka 5-0 | Cricket News

‘Shifting to T20 from ODI wasn’t easy’: Harmanpreet Kaur after India clean sweep Sri Lanka 5-0 | Cricket News

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India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur who played a captain’s knock of 68 off 43 to drag her team out of a fix in the 5th T20I vs Sri Lanka, said that shifting from ODIs to T20Is was tough, adding that 5-0 series win has given her side the motivation to raise its standards ahead of next year’s T20 World Cup. “2025 has been great for us. All the hard work we have done, this year we have got the credit. Now, it’s about repeating these habits. Going forward, we want to look at this series and think of what we can do ahead. Shifting to T20 from ODI wasn’t easy but everyone was excited to play. We fought for this and were happy how all things came together. Next is WPL which is important for all of us. Hopefully, we play our best cricket and enjoy ourselves. Next six months are important, we want to keep working hard and raising the bar,” Harmanpreet said during the post-match presentation. “All of us have played a lot of …

IND vs SL 5th T20I: How captain Harmanpreet Kaur guided India to 5-0 series win over Sri Lanka | Cricket News

IND vs SL 5th T20I: How captain Harmanpreet Kaur guided India to 5-0 series win over Sri Lanka | Cricket News

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Dominant top-order batting had set up India’s wins in four of the five T20Is against Sri Lanka. On Tuesday, in the fifth and final match at Thiruvananthapuram, other heroes emerged to help the hosts beat Sri Lanka by 15 runs and complete a 5–0 whitewash. Chasing 176 runs to avoid a clean sweep, Sri Lanka lost captain Chamari Athapaththu cheaply for two runs, caught by Deepti Sharma at cover off Arundhati Reddy. It ended a difficult series for the southpaw, who amassed only 103 runs in five matches. Hasini Perera and Imesha Dulani then laid the foundation, starting briskly but prioritising strike rotation over boundary-hitting. Their approach allowed India’s spinners to settle into a rhythm without needing to take undue risks. The pair paced the partnership smartly, choosing their moments to attack, and took Sri Lanka to 75 for 1 at the halfway stage. With a platform in place, Sri Lanka needed quick runs to stay in touch with the required rate. Dulani provided the impetus by taking 11 runs off the 11th over from …

‘Don’t know why we are dropping catches’: Harmanpreet Kaur on India’s missed chances while fielding vs Sri Lanka | Cricket News

‘Don’t know why we are dropping catches’: Harmanpreet Kaur on India’s missed chances while fielding vs Sri Lanka | Cricket News

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The India women’s team made their triumphant return to the field, almost 50 days after winning the ODI World Cup, when they fired both with the bat and the ball to defeat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the first match to take a 1-0 lead in the 5-match T20I series. But their fielding left a lot to be desired as they dropped as many as 4 catches against the Lankans which was a point of concern for skipper Harmanpreet Kaur. “With bat and ball – yes. With fielding we are really working hard but I don’t know why we are dropping catches,” Harmanpreet said when asked on if she was satisfied with her team’s performance. “It’s wet – no doubt about it, but no excuse. We know these conditions are there, in crucial matches these can cost us. We are also playing after almost a month, whatever the conditions are, think what we want to do. Today we wanted to bowl first and that was the plan,” she added talking about the conditions. Jemimah …