Having put to bat first at the ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, Sri Lanka's opening batswoman, Vishmi Gunaratne, scored 39 runs off 43 deliveries, including a boundary and a maximum (Pic: AFP)
Later, Harshita Samarawickrama scored 21 runs in 23 balls, including two boundaries. With this, India's distant rivals posted 121 runs on board for the loss of six wickets (Pic: X/@ICC)
Kranti Gaud, Deepti Sharma, and Nallapureddy Charani bagged one wicket each. Arundhati Reddy, Vaishnavi Sharma, and Amanjot Kaur went wicketless in the series opener against Sri Lanka (Pic: X/@BCCIWomen)
With an aim of chasing a target of 122 runs, Team India's star batswoman, Smriti Mandhana, accumulated 25 runs off 25 deliveries, which was laced with four boundaries (Pic: File Pic)
Jemimah Rodrigues delivered a match-winning knock of an unbeaten 69 runs. Facing 44 balls, she smashed 10 boundaries. Along with her skipper, Harmanpreet Kaur stayed unbeaten on 15 runs in 16 balls (Pic: File Pic)
Sri Lanka's Kawya Kavindi and Inoka Ranaweera claimed one wicket each, but fell short in guiding their team to victory. With this, the "Women in Blue" sealed a victory by eight wickets in the first T20I (Pic: X/@ICC)
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