India whitewash Sri Lanka for 4th consecutive ODI bilateral series victory

Pallekele, July 7

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar produced impressive all-round performances as India cantered to a 39-run victory over a clueless Sri Lanka in the final ODI today to complete a 3-0 rout.

Kaur (75 off 88 balls) and Vastrakar (56 not out off 65 balls) bailed the team out with a 97-run seventh wicket stand that ensured a decent total of 255/9 for the visitors. The bowlers then executed the plan perfectly to take out the hosts for 216 in 47.3 overs, with both Kaur (1/21) and Vastrakar (2/32) chipping in with crucial breakthroughs.

With this series win, India clinched their fourth consecutive bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka, after wins in 2013, 2015 and 2018.

Brief scores: India: 255/9 (Kaur 75, Vastrakar 56; Ranaweera 2/22, Athapaththu 2/45) vs Sri Lanka: 216 (Nilakshi 48*, Athapaththu 44; Gayakwad 3/36, Vastrakar 2/33) — PTI

3 more SL players test positive

Galle: Sri Lanka suffered a blow ahead of the second Test against Australia when three more players were ruled out today after contracting Covid. Sri Lanka are trailing 1-0 in the two-Test series after their 10-wicket defeat in the first Test in Galle. All-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva, pace bowler Asitha Fernando and spinner Jeffrey Vandersay are the latest players to test positive, taking the total number of cases in the Sri Lankan camp during the series to five. Reuters

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