Unsatisfactory training for the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup? Indian batting yet to be tested against Sri Lanka
After four matches against Sri Lanka, India have lost only 9 wickets batting in the series.
4-0 sounds good, but is it? The India cricket team has comprehensively outplayed Sri Lanka at home. The hosts have chased targets down before the 15th over ended in the first 3 matches. In the fourth, they recorded their highest-ever T20I total, 221.
Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur were out of form in the first 3 matches. Jemimah Rodrigues was scratchy in the third game. Yet, India lost just 7 wickets in these games combined. Just 2 wickets lost while posting 221 in the fourth one. They are averaging a whopping 65.22 per wicket.
It has been a dream for Indian batters. Sri Lanka hasn’t troubled them at all. Richa Ghosh, perhaps the most destructive batter India has, has faced just 17 deliveries. The wicketkeeper showed what she could have done, scoring 40 of 16 in the India vs Sri Lanka 4th T20I.
The conditions in England, hosts of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, will be completely different. One understands that. But the competition will be intense. That’s something that India hasn’t faced. Sri Lanka has basically rolled over.
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