India Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 1st Match, ICC Womens World Cup 2025 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, tries the yorker again with her final ball and Kulasuriya manages to squeeze it down the pitch. Deepti bowls out with 3/54

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, another gentle forward defence

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, fired in full on off, defended to midwicket

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, tossed up and drifting in on off and middle, Kulasuriya knocks it to cover

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, yorker on off, varying it up nicely, Kulasuriya squeezes it down the pitch

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, 74kph, trying to entice her into a big shot, but Kulasuriya resists and defends

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, looks to sweep a delivery that's in the blockhole and is beaten outside off

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, now takes the pace right off. 69kph, tossed up on leg, defended

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, full on middle, 85kph, Kulasuriya defends

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, FOUR, she nailed a couple of sweep shots in the previous over off Deepti, now finds the boundary with the reverse-sweep. Gets it away past short third

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, fired into the blockhole outside off, Kulasuriya looks to drive but misses

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, on the pads, length ball, Kulasuriya defends

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, turning away off a good length, Kulasuriya hangs back and defends

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, FOUR, again finds the boundary with the sweep shot! It's on the pads and Kulasuriya nails it through square leg

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, tossed up, dips on a length on leg, Kulasuriya defends forward

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, FOUR, swept hard and finds the gap too! Tossed up on leg, she gets low and smashes it through midwicket

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, defended forward

Deepti Sharma to Achini Kulasuriya, no run, leading edge falls short of point! Very slow through the air, tossed up on leg, Kulasuriya looks to work against the turn into the on-side and gets the edge. It loops in the air but doesn't carry far

Deepti Sharma to Sugandika Kumari, 1 run, floated up outside off, Sugandika mistimes the flat-batted hit to long-off

Deepti Sharma to Nilakshi de Silva, 1 run, 72.5ks nice and slow, Nilakshi drags the sweep to deep square leg

Deepti Sharma to Sugandika Kumari, 1 run, 70.5ks flighted around leg, Sugandika sweeps to deep backward square

Deepti Sharma to Sugandika Kumari, no run, turn and bounce, Sugandika hangs back and pops it uppishly in front of cover-point

Deepti Sharma to Nilakshi de Silva, 1 run, in the air and safe. 73.3ks fraction short and spinning in, Nilakshi is half-hearted with her attempted pull and the top-edge lands safely near square leg

Deepti Sharma to Sugandika Kumari, 1 run, tossed up on middle, Sugandika sits down to sweep and the top-edge lobs over the vacant slip region. In fact, it was off the toe-end. But why isn't there a slip?

Deepti Sharma to Anushka Sanjeewani, out Caught by Kaur!! Another one departs! Sanjeewani cannot believe and stands there for some time before starting the walk back. Very full delivery and she couldn't quite get under the sweep, no elevation and she picks out Harmanpreet at mid-wicket. Good catch over the head by the India skipper. Anushka Sanjeewani c Kaur b Deepti Sharma 6(10) [4s-1]

Deepti Sharma to Nilakshi de Silva, 1 run, too straight - on middle and leg, Nilakshi nurdles it backward of square

Deepti Sharma to Anushka Sanjeewani, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Sanjeewani swipes it to deep mid-wicket

Deepti Sharma to Anushka Sanjeewani, FOUR, poor delivery. Sanjeewani takes a couple of steps out and gets a freebie down leg, Sanjeewani sweeps it behind square and the ball races away

Deepti Sharma to Anushka Sanjeewani, no run, 82.3ks nice and full on off, Sanjeewani defends it back to Deepti

Deepti Sharma to Nilakshi de Silva, 1 run, 73.3ks flighted delivery, Nilakshi sweeps to deep backward square

Deepti Sharma to Anushka Sanjeewani, no run, now slows it up outside off, Sanjeewani is happy to defend

Deepti Sharma to Anushka Sanjeewani, no run, 85.2ks quicker and at the stumps, Sanjeewani manages to keep it out

Deepti Sharma to Anushka Sanjeewani, no run, nice and slow, Sanjeewani blocks it back down the pitch

Deepti Sharma to Anushka Sanjeewani, no run, defended to the off-side

Deepti Sharma to Kavisha Dilhari, out Caught by Richa Ghosh!! Excellent catch by Richa Ghosh! Her anticipation was what made that catch. Spinning in, Kavisha stays rooted to the crease and gets glances it fine, Richa had stuck her left leg out, the ball hits her around the knee and lobs into the body, she tumbles over and manages to cling on using the help of her body. An innocuous delivery has produced a wicket and Sri Lanka are five down. Kavisha Dilhari c Richa Ghosh b Deepti Sharma 15(12) [4s-2]

Deepti Sharma to Nilakshi de Silva, 2 wides, spinning down leg, beats everyone but Charani moves across from short fine to make the stop

Deepti Sharma to Kavisha Dilhari, 1 run, 73.4ks flighted but short in length, Kavisha tucks it backward of square

Deepti Sharma to Vishmi Gunaratne, no run, 75.8ks tossed up around off, Vishmi defends to mid-wicket

Deepti Sharma to Harshitha Madavi, 1 run, too full and down leg, Harshitha sits down and jams the sweep through Richa's legs, just a single

Deepti Sharma to Vishmi Gunaratne, 1 run, 84ks fired into leg, Vishmi glances it to fine leg and Charani tidies up

Deepti Sharma to Vishmi Gunaratne, no run, 77.4ks flatter but not short enough, Vishmi mistimes the pull to mid-on

Deepti Sharma to Vishmi Gunaratne, no run, 73.1ks flighted on a fullish length, Vishmi pushes it to mid-on

Deepti Sharma to Vishmi Gunaratne, no run, spinning into leg, Vishmi works it gently to square leg

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, out Bowled!! India's persistence pays off. Eventually one yorker sneaks through and crashes into the stumps. It was a barrage of attempted yorkers from the two offies to Athapaththu. Some were not properly executed and went to the boundary, but that didn't deter them. They kept firing it in looking for the blockhole and Deepti gets this one spot on from round the wicket. She now has dismissed the Lankan captain for the fifth time in ODIs, extending her good record over her. Chamari Athapaththu b Deepti Sharma 43(47) [4s-4 6s-3]

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, no run, fired into the blockhole, Athapaththu squeezes it down the pitch

Deepti Sharma to Harshitha Madavi, 1 run, tossed up on leg, Harshitha gets low and paddles it behind square

Deepti Sharma to Harshitha Madavi, no run, desperate dive from Jemimah at mid-off to save the boundary! Tossed up on off, driven firmly down the ground and she throws herself to her left

Deepti Sharma to Harshitha Madavi, no run, tossed up, slow through the air on middle, driven to mid-on

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, 1 run, again the yorker to Athapaththu, it's on middle and she squeezes it to long-on

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, 1 run, fired in full, close to the blockhole, Athapaththu drives to long-off

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, no run, driven to extra cover

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, SIX, second six for Athapaththu off Deepti! Puts on the dancing shoes to get close to the pitch and lofts it clean over long-off

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, no run, pushed to extra cover

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, FOUR, low full toss on middle as they continue to go for the yorker plan to Athapaththu. This time it's driven firmly down the ground and a misfield from Jemimah ends up giving the boundary

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, wide, even Deepti trying to fire it into the blockhole to Athapaththu. MIsses the line and errs down leg with this one

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, no run, fired in full just outside off, pushed to cover-point

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, 1 run, tossed up on off, Athapaththu gets forward and pushes to long-off

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, no run, round the wicket now, tossed up and drifting in on off, Athapaththu defends forward

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, FOUR, oh that's such good manipulation of length. This ball isn't short at all, but Athapaththu still goes back and cuts it through backward point

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, no run, tossed up outside off, turns away slightly and Athapaththu is beaten as she plays loosely away from the body

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, no run, tossed up on leg, Athapaththu nudges it to midwicket

Deepti Sharma to Chamari Athapaththu, SIX, Deepti is hammered for six off her very first ball! Down the track comes the Lankan captain, gets right to the pitch and smokes it over mid-off. Pressure on the spinner straightaway!