Visit of Sri Lankan women’s cricket team to India -2016

Question: On February 19, 2016, the Indian women’s team won the ODI series by-
(a) 2-1
(b) 2-0
(c) 3-0
(d) None of theses
Ans (c)
Related facts:

  • Srilankan women’s cricket team was on a visit to India from 15 to 19 February 2016.
  • During this visit a three-match ODI series was palyed between Indian women’s cricket team of Sri Lankan women’s cricket team.
  • On 19 february the Indian team completed 3-0 clean sweep after posting a comfortable seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the third and final ODI at Ranchi.
  • Indian women team manged to win the first and the second match of the series by 107 runs and by 6 wickets respectively.
  • The Indian women’s cricket team was led by Mithali Raj while the Srilankan Women’s Cricket team was led by Shashikala Siriwardena.

Reference:
http://www.bcci.tv/news/2016/news/13046/all-round-india-women-register-3-0-series-win
http://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/deepti-scalps-620-india-womens-whitewash-lanka-/20160219.htm
http://www.bcci.tv/india-womens-vs-srilanka-womens-odi-series-2015-16/news/2016/press-releases/12859/india-mens-and-womens-teams-announced-for-sri-lanka-series