December 21, 2025. ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam. 1st T20I. Sri Lanka Women post 121/6 in 20 overs. India begin their chase. Jemimah Rodrigues walks in at number 3. By over 14.4, she’s at 69 not out off 44 balls. India reach 122/2.
India win by 8 wickets. 31 balls remaining. Four more matches follow. Four more India wins. The final result: India Women 5-0 Sri Lanka Women. India’s most comprehensive T20I bilateral series victory over Sri Lanka in history.
Five months earlier, Sri Lanka had beaten India in the 2024 Women’s Asia Cup Final by 8 wickets at Dambulla Sri Lanka’s most dominant win over India in any final. India came into December 2025 with that result unresolved. They resolved it across five straight T20I matches, winning every single one, posting their highest-ever T20I total against Sri Lanka (221/2 in the 4th T20I), and producing 241 runs from one batter Shafali Verma across the series.
H2H Snapshot: India Women vs Sri Lanka Women (2026 Updated)
India lead T20Is 31-5 an 84% win rate across 37 matches. In ODIs, India lead 17-4 (77% win rate).
Why This Rivalry Matters: India’s 5-0 Response to the 2024 Asia Cup Final
July 28, 2024. Dambulla. Women’s Asia Cup Final.
India posted 165/6 in 20 overs. Sri Lanka chased it down in 18.4 overs for the loss of 2 wickets Chamari Athapaththu leading the way. Sri Lanka won the 2024 Women’s Asia Cup title. India’s biggest women’s cricket final loss in recent memory. Five months later, India and Sri Lanka met again. This time across 5 T20Is in India.
India won every single match.
The 5-0 T20I whitewash in December 2025 came directly after the Asia Cup Final loss. The scoreline is too clean to be coincidental. India posted 221/2 in the 4th T20I against the exact bowling attack that had restricted them to 165/6 in the Asia Cup Final just 5 months earlier. The 56-run gap between those two India totals, on subcontinental surfaces in both cases, signals prepared, targeted correction not just good form.
Sri Lanka’s 5 all-time T20I wins against India include the 2024 Asia Cup Final. In bilateral T20I series, Sri Lanka has never won a series against India. Every bilateral T20I series result between India and Sri Lanka has gone to India without exception. The Asia Cup Final win was a one-match knockout; the bilateral record is India’s completely.
December 2025 T20I Series: India’s 5-0 Whitewash: All Match Scorecards
1st T20I (Dec 21, ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam): India Won by 8 Wickets
| Innings | Score | Top Performers |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka Women | 121/6 (20 ov) | Vishmi Gunaratne 39(43) |
| India Women | 122/2 (14.4 ov) | Jemimah Rodrigues 69*(44) |
| Result | India won by 8 wkts (31 balls rem) |
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Sri Lanka’s 121/6 was set on a flat Visakhapatnam surface a below-par total that India’s bowlers earned through disciplined 4-over spells. Deepti Sharma conceded only 20 runs in 4 overs. Rodrigues’ 69* off 44 balls was the first of four outstanding India batting performances across the series. She didn’t just win the match she set the template for India’s aggressive chase approach throughout.
The 1st T20I result is misleading as a standalone number (8 wkts). The more important metric: Sri Lanka’s best batter Vishmi Gunaratne could only score 39 off 43 in a 121-total. Their batting depth numbers 4-7 contributed 22 combined. India’s bowling controlled Sri Lanka’s middle order before Rodrigues made the chase effortless.
2nd T20I (Dec 23, ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam): India Won by 7 Wickets
| Innings | Score | Top Performers |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka Women | 128/9 (20 ov) | Samarawickrama 33 |
| India Women | 129/3 (11.5 ov) | Shafali Verma 69*(34) |
| Result | India won by 7 wkts (49 balls rem) |
Shafali Verma scored 69* off 34 balls one of her fastest-ever T20I half-centuries. India chased 129 in 11.5 overs.
Pundits framed Sri Lanka’s 128/9 as “competitive.” It wasn’t 128/9 on a Visakhapatnam surface means Sri Lanka lost 9 wickets. India’s bowling, not a difficult pitch, caused that. Shree Charani took 2/23 (4 overs), Renuka restricted the opening stand, and India’s spin-pace variety left Sri Lanka unable to accelerate past over 10.
3rd T20I (Dec 26, Greenfield Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram): India Won by 8 Wickets; Renuka 4/21
| Innings | Score | Top Performers |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka Women | 112/7 (20 ov) | Imesha Dulani 27(32) |
| India Women | 115/2 (13.2 ov) | Shafali Verma 79*(42) |
| Result | India won by 8 wkts — Renuka Singh 4/21 |
Renuka Singh: 4 wickets for 21 runs in 4 overs. Sri Lanka restricted to 112/7. India chased it in 13.2 overs.
Performance breakdown: Renuka’s 4/21 is the best individual bowling performance in this entire 5-match series. She dismissed Sri Lanka’s top-3 bating order and a crucial middle-order wicket in a single spell — pace-swing at Thiruvananthapuram’s Greenfield Stadium, where the pitch traditionally supports seam movement in the evening. Shafali’s 79* off 42 balls in the chase was her best individual innings of the series.
India took an unassailable 3-0 lead.
4th T20I (Dec 28, Greenfield Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram): India Won by 30 Runs: India’s Highest T20I Total vs SL
| Innings | Score | Top Performers |
|---|---|---|
| India Women | 221/2 (20 ov) | Mandhana 80(48), Shafali 79 |
| Sri Lanka Women | 191/6 (20 ov) | Chamari Athapaththu 52(37) |
| Result | India won by 30 runs |
India’s 221/2 is their highest-ever T20I total against Sri Lanka Women.
Smriti Mandhana (80 off 48) and Shafali Verma (79) built a 160+ opening partnership in the first 13 overs the highest opening stand India Women have produced against Sri Lanka in T20Is.
Sri Lanka replied with 191/6 their best batting performance of the series. Chamari Athapaththu’s 52 off 37 balls was the single best individual innings Sri Lanka produced across all 5 matches.
When your best batter scores 52 and you still lose by 30 runs chasing 222, the batting depth gap is structural. India’s 221/2 came from a 160+ partnership plus lower-order contributions from Harmanpreet and Deepti. Sri Lanka’s 191/6 came almost entirely from Athapaththu and 2 others. The depth isn’t close.
5th T20I (Dec 30, Greenfield Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram): India Won by 15 Runs: Whitewash Sealed
| Innings | Score | Top Performers |
|---|---|---|
| India Women | 175/7 (20 ov) | Harmanpreet Kaur 68(43) |
| Sri Lanka Women | 160/7 (20 ov) | Hasini Perera 65(42) |
| Result | India won by 15 runs — series 5-0 |
The closest match of the series. Hasini Perera’s 65 off 42 balls gave Sri Lanka their most competitive chase pushing them to 160/7 before India’s bowlers held the final overs.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s 68 off 43 balls was the captain’s knock that anchored India’s 175/7 crucial on a surface where 175 was a far tighter target than 221 had been two days earlier.
India won the T20I series 5-0.
Shafali Verma’s 241-Run Series: Best Individual Performance vs SL
Shafali Verma scored 241 runs across the 5-match T20I series the highest aggregate by any batter in a bilateral T20I series against Sri Lanka Women in cricket history.
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Three innings of 69+, 79+, and 79 across 4 days at Thiruvananthapuram. 241 runs at a strike rate above 155 is a performance that ranks among the top individual series batting aggregates in women’s T20I cricket history.
2025 Context: Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup Win, WC Loss, and the Bilateral Record
Three key results in 2025 between India and Sri Lanka Women:
- July 2024: SL beat India in Women’s Asia Cup Final by 8 wkts (Dambulla)
- Oct 2025: India beat SL in Women’s ODI WC by 59 runs (DLS) (Guwahati)
- Dec 2025: India beat SL 5-0 in T20I series (Vizag + Trivandrum)
Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup Final win created headlines. But the 2025 cycle that followed India won the ODI WC match and then the T20I series 5-0 shows that the single-match knockout result didn’t shift the bilateral balance.
Sri Lanka Women have beaten India Women in exactly two high-profile tournament contexts: the 2013 Women’s World Cup (won by 138 runs, bowled India out for 144) and the 2024 Women’s Asia Cup Final (won by 8 wickets). Both were single-match knockouts. In every bilateral ODI series between these teams from 2000 onwards India have never lost a series to Sri Lanka.
The bilateral record and the tournament upset record exist in parallel. Sri Lanka can win one match in a knockout tournament. India win the multi-match series. Every single time.
All-Time Head-to-Head Records (2026 Updated)
Three Original Observations
- India’s 221/2 in the 4th T20I posted against the same Sri Lanka bowling attack that had restricted India to 165/6 in the 2024 Asia Cup Final represents the sharpest batting upgrade India Women have produced against any single opponent in a 5-month window. The 56-run gap (165 → 221) is not just form improvement. The Mandhana-Shafali opening stand of 160+ specifically targeted Sri Lanka’s spin-first bowling strategy the same strategy that worked in Dambulla by hitting through the line rather than rotating.
- Renuka Singh’s 4/21 in the 3rd T20I, and India’s combined 8-wicket wins in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd T20Is, expose Sri Lanka’s most consistent structural weakness: their middle-order batting (positions 3-7) averages below 18 per batter against India’s pace-swing attack in Indian conditions. Sri Lanka’s top 2 (Athapaththu, Gunaratne) can bat. Below them, collapse is rapid when India’s bowlers find any movement. The 3rd T20I total of 112/7 with Renuka taking 4 of the 7 wickets illustrates this perfectly.
- Shafali Verma’s 241 runs across 5 T20Is (averaging 48+ per innings at SR 155+) came in a series where India simultaneously won 3 matches by 7-8 wickets. The combination Shafali’s run-scoring dominance AND series margins of 31 balls remaining, 49 balls remaining, 40 balls remaining shows that India never needed to push their batting to their limit in this series. Shafali scored 241 in matches India were winning comfortably. This is the depth marker for this rivalry: India’s batting ceiling against Sri Lanka is well above what bilateral results require.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q1: What is India Women vs Sri Lanka Women head-to-head in T20Is?
Ans. India Women lead Sri Lanka Women 31-5 in T20Is (37+ matches). India won the most recent bilateral T20I series 5-0 in December 2025 (Visakhapatnam and Thiruvananthapuram). Sri Lanka’s most recent T20I win over India: 2024 Women’s Asia Cup Final by 8 wickets (Dambulla, Jul 28, 2024).
Q2: What were all 5 match results in the India vs Sri Lanka Women’s T20I series December 2025?
Ans. 1st T20I (Dec 21, Visakhapatnam): SL 121/6 — IND 122/2 (14.4 ov), India won 8 wkts (Rodrigues 69*). 2nd T20I (Dec 23, Visakhapatnam): SL 128/9 — IND 129/3 (11.5 ov), India won 7 wkts (Shafali 69*). 3rd T20I (Dec 26, Thiruvananthapuram): SL 112/7 — IND 115/2 (13.2 ov), India won 8 wkts (Renuka 4/21, Shafali 79*). 4th T20I (Dec 28, Thiruvananthapuram): IND 221/2 — SL 191/6, India won 30 runs (Mandhana 80, Shafali 79). 5th T20I (Dec 30, Thiruvananthapuram): IND 175/7 — SL 160/7, India won 15 runs (Harmanpreet 68, Hasini Perera 65). India won 5-0.
Q3: Who scored the most runs in the India vs Sri Lanka Women’s T20I series December 2025?
Ans. Shafali Verma was the top scorer with 241 runs across the 5-match T20I series — the most runs by any batter in a bilateral 5-match T20I series against Sri Lanka Women. Her key scores: 69* (2nd T20I), 79* (3rd T20I), 79 (4th T20I).
Q4: What was India Women’s highest T20I total against Sri Lanka Women?
Ans. India Women’s highest T20I total against Sri Lanka Women is 221/2 in 20 overs, scored in the 4th T20I at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram on December 28, 2025. Smriti Mandhana scored 80 off 48 and Shafali Verma scored 79 — their opening stand was 160+. India won by 30 runs (SL 191/6).
Q5: Did Sri Lanka Women ever beat India Women in a final?
Ans. Yes — Sri Lanka beat India in the 2024 Women’s Asia Cup Final by 8 wickets at Dambulla (India 165/6, SL 167/2 in 18.4 overs). India won the 2022 Women’s Asia Cup Final over Sri Lanka by 8 wickets (at Sylhet).
Q6: What is India Women vs Sri Lanka Women ODI head-to-head record?
Ans. India Women lead ODIs 17-4 in 22 matches (1 no result). India have won every bilateral ODI series against Sri Lanka. In the 2025 ODI Tri-Series Final at Colombo, India scored 342/7 and beat Sri Lanka by 97 runs — India’s highest ODI total against Sri Lanka.