The Sri Lanka women's cricket team toured India in December 2025 to play the India women's cricket team.[1][2] The tour consisted of five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[3] In November 2025, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2025–26 home international season.[4]
| Sri Lanka women's cricket team in India in 2025–26 | |||
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| India | Sri Lanka | ||
| Dates | 21 – 30 December 2025 | ||
| Captains | Harmanpreet Kaur | Chamari Athapaththu | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | India won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
| Most runs | Shafali Verma (241) | Hasini Perera (165) | |
| Most wickets |
Shree Charani (5) Deepti Sharma (5) Vaishnavi Sharma (5) | Kavisha Dilhari (5) | |
| Player of the series | Shafali Verma (Ind) | ||
The first two matches were played at the ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam while the final three matches were played at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.[5]
Squads
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T20I series
edit1st T20I
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Vaishnavi Sharma (Ind) made her T20I debut.[8]
- Harmanpreet Kaur (Ind) played in her 350th international match.[9]
- Smriti Mandhana (Ind) scored her 4,000th run in T20Is.[10]
2nd T20I
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
3rd T20I
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Nimasha Meepage (SL) made her T20I debut.
- This was the first women's T20I to be played at this venue.[11]
- Deepti Sharma (Ind) took her 150th wicket in T20Is.[12]
4th T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Chamari Athapaththu (SL) played in her 150th T20I match.[13]
- Smriti Mandhana (Ind) scored her 10,000th run in international cricket.[14][15]
- Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana's 162-run partnership was the highest for any wicket for India in women's T20Is.[16]
- This was India's highest total in women's T20Is.[17]
5th T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Gunalan Kamalini (Ind) made her T20I debut.
- Deepti Sharma (Ind) became the leading wicket-taker in women's T20Is.[18][19]
References
edit- ↑ "India turn attention to T20 World Cup with Sri Lanka series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ "India To Host Sri Lanka For Five-Match Women T20I Series From December 21 To 30". NDTV. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ "India to host Sri Lanka for five women's T20Is in December". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ "Schedule for IDFC First Bank T20I series against Sri Lanka Women announced". BCCI. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ "Vizag, Trivandrum to host India's T20I series against Sri Lanka". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ "India's squad for IDFC First Bank T20I series against Sri Lanka Women announced". BCCI. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka announce squad for T20I series against India". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ↑ "IND-W vs SL-W: Vaishnavi Sharma makes T20I debut during India vs Sri Lanka series opener". Sportstar. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ↑ "Harmanpreet Kaur creates history, becomes first Indian to achieve massive international milestone". India TV News. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ↑ "Smriti Mandhana becomes first Indian to score 4000 runs in women's T20Is". Sportstar. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ↑ "After two years, Kerala to host international cricket; TVM venue for three Women's T20Is". Onmanorama. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
- ↑ "IND vs SL, 3rd W-T20I: Deepti Sharma becomes the second bowler to take 150 T20I wickets". Sportstar. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
- ↑ "Chamari Athapaththu scripts history, becomes first Sri Lankan women's player to play 150 T20Is". The Tribune. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
- ↑ "Smriti Mandhana becomes second Indian to complete 10,000 runs in women's internationals". Sportstar. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
- ↑ "Mandhana becomes fourth woman to 10,000 international runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
- ↑ "IND-W vs SL-W: Smriti, Shafali record highest partnership for India in T20Is". Sportstar. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
- ↑ "India highest totals in Women's T20I: IND-W scores 221 against SL-W". Sportstar. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
- ↑ "Deepti Sharma becomes the highest wicket taker in WT20Is". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ "Stats - Deepti Sharma becomes leading wicket-taker in T20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2025.