That's it from us for this game. India finish unbeaten at the top of Group A and now await the results from other games to find out who will be their opponent in the semifinals. Join us again tomorrow as we bring you all the live action from England vs West Indies which starts at 1:30 PM IST. Till then it's goodbye.
(India Captain): It's really important to keep the momentum when you are winning games. You really work hard, so you can't afford to lose that momentum. You can't bowl same pace and lengths on these wickets, so you need to keep rotating the bowlers. Today I tried to be positive and got a few boundaries. In the upcoming games I'll try to give my best. Shafali is someone who loves to play big shots, and we don't want to stop her. She should continue doing the same and she should continue enjoying her game.
(Sri Lanka Captain): I think it wasn't enough to defend on this wicket. We dropped a few chances, especially that of Shafali. I gave a good start, but unfortunately I got out. If I would have stayed there, we might have scored 150-plus. We'll try to play positive cricket and play to our potential against Bangladesh.
Here's a look at what the Group A table looks like after this victory.
(Player of the Match): I was just thinking to bowl stump-to-stump, keep it simple. As a bowling unit we did well and we need to keep this momentum going forward. (On competition with Pooam Yadav) Yeah, she's a legend.
The win helps India maintain their unblemished record in the group stages.
- beat Australia by 17 runs
- beat Bangladesh by 18 runs
- beat New Zealand by 3 runs
- beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets
Umesha Thimashini enters the attack. Sri Lanka just looking for something different as Thimashini comes in for her first International over in women’s cricket. Both batters pick up easy singles off the first 2 balls. Rodrigues steps out and flicks the 3rd ball to long-on for a run. Deepti slog-sweeps on the 4th ball to wrap up the victory with a FOUR. India win by 7 wickets.
Deepti gets down on one knee and slog-sweeps to wrap up another convincing victory.
Rodrigues drills the 1st ball from Dilhari to long-on for a single. Deepti sweeps hard on the 2nd ball and rotates strike. DROPPED! Rodrigues flicks the 3rd ball straight to the Sri Lankan captain Athapaththu who leaps at midwicket and gets both hands behind the ball but puts down a sitter. Both batters pick up singles off the last 3 balls. 5 runs come off the over. Just 5 more needed now for victory.
Shashikala Siriwardene returns to the attack. Both batters take easy singles off the first 2 balls. Rodrigues plays a classy expansive drive on the 3rd ball through covers for FOUR. She whips the 4th delivery through square leg for a single. They pick up singles off the last 2 balls. 9 runs come off the over. India need just 10 from 42 balls to win.
Rodrigues reaches out and plays a beautifully timed drive through covers.
Kavisha Dilhari returns to the attack. Deepti chips the 1st ball back to the bowler. They pick up easy singles on the next 2 balls. Deepti looks to sweep on the 4th delivery but gets beaten. She then slogs at the 5th ball and finds the gap over midwicket for FOUR. Dilhari gets some good turn on the last delivery as it takes an edge but lands safely at fine leg. India need just 19 from 48 balls to win.
Full onto the stumps and Deepti slogs, sending the ball flying over midwicket.
