India maintain winning streak with 16-run victory over Sri Lanka in 2017 Women's World Cup

[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“940”] India Women defeated Sri Lanka Women by 16 runs to record their fourth consecutive victory in Women’s World Cup 2017. Reuters[/caption] [caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“940”] India’s Smriti Mandhana departed for a paltry 8 as Sri Lanka’s Chandima Gunaratne got rid of the former and bowled a terrific opening spell. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3780375” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Punam Raut sees her end up and close before Chamari Atapattu caught her at covers off Sripali Weerakkody’s bowling. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3780397” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Mithali Raj did what she does — bail India out of trouble. In the process, she slammed her 48th half-century. Image courtesy: Twitter/@ICC[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3780401” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Deepti Sharma celebrates her 6th fifty and captain Mithali Raj acknowledges her contribution. She also stitched a 100-run stand with Mithali Raj. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3780409” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] As India looked to up the ante, Inoka Ranaweera struck twice in two balls, sending Sharma and Raj back to the hut. Reuters[/caption] [caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Sripali Weerakkody followed her captain a few overs later and dismissed Harmanpreet Kaur and Veda Krishnamurthy off consecutive balls. India posted 232/8. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3780439” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Poonam Yadav starred with the ball as she snared two wickets at an economy of 2.30. Reuters[/caption]