🏏India Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 5th T20I 🏏

🏏India Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 5th T20I 🏏

India Women will aim to complete a clean sweep against Sri Lanka Women when the two teams face off in the fifth and final T20I on Tuesday, capping a dominant series for the hosts.

Sri Lanka, meanwhile, will look to avoid a 5-0 loss by exploiting India’s lapses in the field as both sides continue preparations for the T20 World Cup, now less than six months away.

India have sealed the series 4-0 with consistent performances, restricting Sri Lanka to low totals in the first three matches and chasing targets with ease.

The fourth T20I saw Sri Lanka show improved intent while chasing, pushing India harder than before, but the hosts still came out on top to post their highest T20I total of the series. Despite their control, India’s fielding has been an area of concern, with several catches dropped across matches.

Sri Lanka enter the final game with some confidence after contributions from batters beyond Chamari Athapaththu in the previous match. Openers showed intent early, and late-order runs helped narrow the margin. The visitors will hope to convert starts into bigger scores and capitalise on any chances offered in the field.

India Women vs Sri Lanka Women: Predicted Playing 11

India (possible): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain) Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Vaishnavi Sharma, Shree Charani.

Sri Lanka (possible): Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Imesha Dulani, Nilakshika Silva, Kaushini Nuthyangana (wicketkeeper), Kavisha Dilhari, Malki Madara, Inoka Ranaweera, Malsha Shehani, Nimasha Meepage.

Pitch Report and Weather Forecast Update

The Thiruvananthapuram pitch is expected to favour batters again after a high-scoring fourth T20I. Dew played a role in the evening, making chasing easier, and teams winning the toss may opt to bowl. Conditions are likely to be humid, with temperatures expected to be in the early 20s.

Head-to-Head Record Between India Women and Sri Lanka Women

India have held a clear edge over Sri Lanka in T20Is, including the ongoing series where they have won four matches in a row. Sri Lanka have never lost a five-match T20I series 5-0 and will look to avoid that outcome.

India start as clear favourites given their form, depth, and strong opening pair. Sri Lanka may challenge if they bat with intent and take advantage of India’s fielding errors, but India are expected to maintain control and complete a clean sweep.

Smriti Mandhana is on the verge of another milestone as India prepare to face Sri Lanka in the fifth and final women’s T20I on Tuesday. The Indian opener is closing in on the overall run-scoring record for 2025 across international cricket, placing her within touching distance of surpassing Shubman Gill’s tally.

Mandhana has already piled up 1,703 international runs in 2025 across formats, the most ever by a woman in a single calendar year. She now requires just 62 more runs to overtake Shubman Gill’s 1,764 runs, which currently stands as the highest aggregate by an Indian cricketer – men or women – this year.

The 27-year-old Smriti recently crossed another major career landmark, becoming the second Indian and fourth woman overall to reach 10,000 international runs. She achieved the feat during the fourth T20I at the Greenfield International Stadium, joining an elite club featuring Mithali Raj, Suzie Bates, and Charlotte Edwards.

Her impact was particularly evident in the fourth T20I against Sri Lanka, where she produced a commanding 80 off 48 balls, striking 11 fours and three sixes. The innings powered India to their highest-ever women’s T20I total of 221/2, before the hosts sealed a 30-run victory.

Superb Numbers Across Formats

Mandhana’s dominance across formats places her among the game’s elite. In Test cricket, she has scored 629 runs in seven matches at an average of 57.18, with two centuries and three half-centuries.

In ODIs, she has amassed 5,322 runs from 117 matches at an average of 48.38, including 14 hundreds and 34 fifties, placing her sixth on the all-time women’s ODI run-scoring list.

In T20Is, Mandhana has accumulated 4,102 runs from 157 matches, striking at 124.22, making her the second-highest run-scorer in the format.

Meanwhile, while Mandhana continues her surge towards another historic record, Shubman Gill finds himself at the opposite end of the spectrum, enduring a downturn in fortunes that has resulted in his omission from India’s T20 World Cup 2026 squad.

Thanks for the tag Madhu.

Will it be a clean sweep or 4-1 win?

I am happy with either.

Cheers..

18:00 Local Time, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST: 2025 has been a dream year for the Indian Women and they'll look to finish it on a high tonight in Thiruvananthapuram. After the near miss in 2017, they went that step ahead and clinched a maiden World Cup title at home and have now run a 4-0 lead in the 5-match T20I series against Sri Lanka. To be honest, India have sauntered through in the first three games and only faced a challenge in Match 4 of the series. With dew playing a role, the captain winning the toss has invariably chosen to bowl and the same might happen tonight as well. India have rarely completed whitewashes and today gives them an excellent opportunity to inflict more wounds on an already demorolized Lankan camp.