India Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 1st T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Jemimah Rodrigues | Player of the Match: That was my mindset. When you have good form don't waste it. I will still find the gap (smiles). For me it was important to understand the conditions, it was sticky and not as flat as we thought. My mindset was simple - watch the ball and play according to the merit. We have been doing really well, what's happened in the past is past. Every day is a new day. The 2026 World Cup is our goal, we are playing towards that. Our video analyst Ani sir told us go and watch her videos - she is a mystery spinner. She is a rising star for Sri Lanka and a few game more, she will do well. I just found it easy as I watched her videos and reacted to the ball and played according to it.

Harmanpreet Kaur | India captain: With bat and ball - yes. With fielding we are really working hard but I don't know why we are dropping catches. It's wet - no doubt about it, but no excuse. We know these conditions are there, in crucial matches these can cost us. We are also playing after almost a month, whatever the conditions are, think what we want to do. Today we wanted to bowl first and that was the plan.

Chamari Athapaththu | Sri Lanka captain: 120 is not good enough to defend. We have to bounce back in next game. We have done so many mistakes in the middle. We have to adjust to the conditions, we can't blame the conditions. Hopefully we can play our best cricket in the next couple of games. We need to improve few areas, especially batting and play positive cricket in the middle. As a batting unit, we are playing defensive cricket, which doesn't work in T20 cricket. As a captain, I always try to lead from the front, unfortunately I got out but I trust my youngsters and hope they play their best cricket in the coming games.

Jemimah attempted six cut shots against the pace/spin and scored 16 runs (SR: 266.7) with the help of four boundaries.

Jemimah Rodrigues today
vs pace: 17 off 13, two fours, SR: 130.76
vs spin: 52 off 31, eight fours, SR: 167.74

Rodrigues scored 45 runs (20 balls, SR: 225.0) on the off side and just 23 runs (20 balls, SR: 115.0) towards the on side today.

Jemimah Rodrigues’s innings (by footwork)
Back foot: 31(15), SR: 206.66
Front foot: 34(26), SR: 130.76
Down the track: 2(1), SR: 200.0
Backs away: 2(2), SR: 100.0

This is the first time that India Women has registered 50-plus stands for the 2nd and 3rd wickets in a Women's T20I innings.

22:01 Local Time, 16:31 GMT, 22:01 IST: A comprehensive win this for India. The bowlers did the job and then the batters had it easy. Smriti played a few lovely shots but Rodrigues stole the show with her deft glides and innovation. Sri Lanka were never in the game with the ball and the chinaman of Gimhani was taken for plenty. The dew didn't make their task any easier but there was hardly any firepower in their bowling and that should worry them for the rest of the series. India with an easy win as they go 1-0 up. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff...