Shafali-Smriti Record Partnership Powers India Women to 30-Run Victory Over SL, Lead Series 4-0

• India Women defeated Sri Lanka Women by 30 runs in the 4th T20I, taking a 4-0 lead in the five-match series.
• Shafali Verma (79) and Smriti Mandhana (80) forged a record 162-run opening partnership.
• India posted their highest T20I total of 221/2, with both openers scoring stroke-filled fifties.
• Shafali Verma achieved her third consecutive fifty in the series.
• The match took place in Trivandrum on Sunday, December 28.

Why It Matters: Shafali-Smriti's record stand and dominant batting secured India's 4-0 series lead.