Jemimah Rodrigues carried her stunning World Cup form into the T20I arena, smashing an unbeaten 69 off 44 balls to power India Women to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Visakhapatnam.
Chasing 122, Jemimah anchored the innings with fluent stroke play, adding key partnerships with Smriti Mandhana (25) and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (15*). Earlier, disciplined spells from Deepti Sharma, Kranti Gaud and N Shree Charani restricted Sri Lanka to 121/6 despite Vishmi Gunaratne’s fighting 39.
India overcame early nerves and dew challenges to seal victory with 32 balls remaining and take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.