My people, chai! If you never hear how India Women take dey show their strength for T20, you dey miss well well! Na so dem carry their bat and pepper Sri Lanka for the second T20I wey happen for Visakhapatnam on Tuesday night.
As dem enter field, India na dem wey win toss, and straight away, Harmanpreet Kaur choose to bowl first again. Na like that dem start, and before you know am, Sri Lanka struggle reach 128 runs for 9 overs. Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama try small, but e no be enough. Sneh Rana dey shine like star, finish am with 1 wicket for just 11 runs!
But na who sabi say the real gist dey come from Shafali Verma! This babe no wan dey hear word, as she start dey scatter boundary left and right. She come dey hammer 69 runs off just 34 balls. You fit imagine say she dey chop runs like say na gala wey dey for jollof rice party! Jemimah Rodrigues join am too, contribute her 26 runs to run chase.
With all these skills, India just finish the chasing in 11.5 overs, wey give dem 7 wickets victory, and now dem dey lead the series 2-0! Who dey stop dem? Na this women wey just win World Cup last month, dem no wan relax at all!
For the match, Sri Lanka try adjust, but dem just dey run like tortoise, with wicked breakdown in the middle of their innings. Even though dem try make small runs, dem still lose 3 of their players to run outs! Na so dem put unnecessary pressure on demself.
Harmanpreet, the captain, dey pondo ground. She express her happiness for the way the team dey perform. But she still talk say dem need to tighten their fielding and avoid those dropped catches wey wey don turn dem into small small dramas! E be like say dem need extra work for training.
As e be, the third T20 dey come after dem finish the first two. We dey expect say Sri Lanka go arrange themselves well make dem no allow this India team chop dem like ‘bitter leaf soup’ again. All eyes go dey for that next match! Make we see wetin go happen, as India dey chop points like say slippery stones no dey.
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