IND-W vs SL-W Tri-series Final Live Score: India clinch tri-series, defeat Sri Lanka by 97 runs

India women have registered an exceptional win against Sri Lanka women! They defeat the side by 97 runs by putting in a brilliant show and clinching the tri-series.

Sneh Raha is on fire! Yet another wicket for the star player, India are now on the brink of a win. Sri Lanka now 244-9.

India women have maintained a strong grasp on the game. After 44 overs, the score reads 228-7. Deepti Sharma bowls the 45th over.

Wathsala departs on a score of eight runs in 12 deliveries. Sri Lanka now 191-7.

Yet another wicket for Sri Lanka! 6 down now, India running away with the win. Silva the only hope for the side now.

Amanjot Kaur has taken yet another wicket! Sri Lanka lose their fourth wicket on a score of 173. Samarawickrama departs on a score of 26.

Sri Lanka are 150/3 after 29 overs. Samarawickrama and Silva hold key.

Sneh Rana has taken the crucial breakthrough, Sri Lankan skipper departs on a score of 51 runs. Sri Lanka now 121-3 after 23.2 overs.

Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu is approaching her half century, the star batter is on a score 45 runs in 60 deliveries. After 22 overs, Sri Lanka reads 113-2.

Sri Lanka women have lost two wickets to their name on a score of 78 runs after 16 overs. India women will hope to continue their stellar show in the final here.

Indian bowlers have begun well but Vishmi Gunaratne hasn't shied away from playing her shots. The Sri Lankan opener is playing a run-ball 29 with five boundaries already and the visitors' powerplay score has gone above India's 45, with an over still remaining.

India women are off to a stellar start here. After two overs, the score reads 3-1. The side will hope to maintain the same level of performance as the game continues. 

India women have posted a total of 342 runs in the first innings of the game. Some exceptional batting performance in the back end of the game sees the side post a big total on the board. Sri Lanka women will have to give it their all in hopes of chasing this down. 

India women lose their 7th wicket on a score of 341 runs. Amanjot Kaur departs after adding 18 runs on the board. One ball left in the innings.

India women are six down now. Jemimah Rodrigues falls as well. India needed her to stay until the very end, but she departs on a score of 44 runs in 29 deliveries. 

Richa Ghosh has departed, handing a catch as the boundary rope. The star batter walks on a score of eight runs in nine deliveries. India now 294-5.

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur has fallen, agonisingly short of her half-century by nine runs. A top-edge has brought Harmanpreet's downfall as she couldn't keep her shot down after Sugandhika Kumari pulled her length back. The 48-run partnership between Harmanpreet and Jemimah has come to an end but the Women in Blue are on course of a score in excess of 300.

Another set batter gets out! Just when it looked like that, Harleen Deol was trying to up the ante, she has perished, hitting straight into the hands of Dewmi Vihanga on her follow-through.

Harleen Deol, after an excessively slow start, covered up a bit with a few back-to-back boundaries in the latter half of the innings and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur began her innings without wasting many deliveries as the Women in Blue know that they have to sustain the approach while continuing to take the aggressive route.

Smriti Mandhana has departed after a brilliant knock of 116 runs! Vihanga takes her first wicket of the game. India women now 190-2 after 32.3 overs here. 

Smriti Mandhana has completed her century, an exceptional knock by the star player here in the final! The star batter completes her ton in 92 deliveries, her 11th in ODI cricket. India women now 168-1 after 30.3 overs.

Smriti Mandhana and Harleen Deol have completed a partnership of 50 runs! Both batters are looking to stay on the crease as long as possible. India women now 122-1 after 25.2 overs

Smriti Mandhana smashed her second consecutive fifty in the ongoing tri-series and much crucial one today in the final. After Rawal's dismissal, Mandhana needs to stick to the crease and take the innings forward and make it a big one.

Pratika Rawal after a slow start, has perished as she tried to chip one in the air but ended up hitting straight to the mid-on fielder's throat. India have lost a wicket. Rawal did well, but 30 off 49 in the end looks a bit too cautious as she had to build on after getting a good start. India - 70/1 in 14.5 overs.

Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal were cautious and watchful at the start but have built a good opening partnership but can't relax as they have to build on this and lay the foundation for probably a 300-plus score. 

The final five overs of the powerplay saw 31 runs scored as both Mandhana and Rawal put foot on the accelerator and got some important boundaries to end the field restrictions on a high. With the powerplay being wicketless, the opening pair would want to kick on now and get big ones.

The first five overs yielded just 14 runs as both the openers, Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal, began cautiously. They wanted to get used to the pace of the pitch and then go for their shots, which started doing from the sixth over onwards.

Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal will be keen to get their side off to a good start after India opted to bat first. The pitches at the R Premadasa Stadium have played well in the ongoing tri-series and India would definitely eye a score close to 300, if not more.

Hasini Perera, Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Piumi Badalge, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Dewmi Vihanga, Sugandika Kumari, Malki Madara, Inoka Ranaweera

Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur has decided to bat first. Kaur was admittedly glad with the team's performance in the last game and was confident that if the Women in Blue put on a good score, they will be able to defend it. On the other hand, Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu was happy to bowl first.

It is hot and muggy in Colombo and the conditions will only get worse for all the players. The pitch has a good cover of grass on it. It may not aid much movement but it will keep the pitch together for 100 overs and batting first might not be a bad options, suggests Farveez Maharoof. "275-300 should be a good total," he says.

In four matches, Sri Lanka let India chase down 149 in less than 30 overs, score 275 in the second game and then concede 315 against South Africa after restricting them to 237 in the previous meeting. Their bowlers have been under pressure in the ongoing tri-series while the batters have sustained their prowess, winning a couple on their own. A good bowling performance will be crucial for the hosts if they have to challenge India to the title.

It was refreshing to see all the batters giving in to India's aggressive approach after the reality check they got against Sri Lanka. Despite losing wickets, every single batter came out playing their shots and the result? India ended up amassing their highest team score against the Proteas and fifth-highest overall. The challenge for this Indian team will be to sustain the approach, given they will be facing teams like Australia, England and New Zealand in the World Cup.

It will be India taking on the hosts, Sri Lanka, in the final of the Women's tri-nations series in Colombo. India deserved their spot after winning three out of their four matches, while Sri Lanka started and ended poorly but pulled off a couple of sizeable chases in between to earn valuable four points, as South Africa could only earn a consolation win. Can India get through the knockout jinx and increase much-needed confidence in the World Cup year.