Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu in action during India vs Sri Lanka’s 4th Women’s T20I cricket match at Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on December 28, 2025
| Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN
Sri Lanka women’s captain Chamari Athapaththu scripted history as she became the first player to play 150 T20I matches for her country, according to ESPNcricinfo.
The veteran cricketer achieved this historic feat during the fourth T20I of the five-match series against the Harmanpreet Kaur-led India Women in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday (December 28, 2025).
In Women’s T20I cricket, Athapaththu has notched up 3507 runs at an average of 25.23 and a strike rate of 109.97, including three centuries and 13 half-centuries.
With the ball, the 35-year-old has scalped 63 wickets at an average of 25.73 and an economy of 6.62. She has one four-wicket haul to her name.
India Women and Sri Lanka Women have faced each other 29 times in T20I cricket. Out of these, the Women in Blue have secured 23 victories and suffered five defeats. One match between the two countries ended in a no-result.
In the ongoing five-match T20I series, India have an unbeaten 4-0 lead after clinching the opening game by eight wickets, the second by seven wickets and the third by eight wickets.
Published – December 29, 2025 01:15 am IST
