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India, 269-8, beat Sri Lanka, 211, by 59 runs (DLS)
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Sharma scores 53 and takes three wickets in Guwahati
Deepti Sharma impressed with bat and ball as India defeat fellow co-hosts Sri Lanka by 59 runs (Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method) in the rain-affected opening match of the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup.
Sharma (53) and Amanjot Kaur (57) shared a seventh-wicket stand of 103 to help India to post 269 for eight during an innings reduced from 50 to 47 overs by wet weather. India had slipped to 124 for six after losing four wickets for four runs in the space of 11 balls in a middle-order collapse.
Written by Guardian sport and PA Media
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/30/womens-cricket-world-cup-india-sri-lanka-match-report under the title “Deepti Sharma leads India rally to deny Sri Lanka in Cricket World Cup opener”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
