Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu said a fearless approach was key to her team's upset three-run win against hosts South Africa in the opening match of the Women's T20 World Cup at Newlands in Cape Town on Friday.

Sri Lanka will join the T20 World Cup hoping to improve on their modest record of eight wins in 27 matches.

IND W vs SL W: India face Sri Lanka in the Women's Asia Cup final at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar produced solid all-round performances as Indian women cantered to a 39-run victory over a clueless Sri Lanka in the final ODI on Thursday to complete a 3-0 rout

IND-W vs SL-W, 3rd ODI: A confident India will look to complete the formalities and assert their supremacy by completing a whitewash of Sri Lanka in the third and final women's ODI on Thursday in Pallekele

Having taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, the Indian women's team will now look to pull off a clean sweep when they take on Sri Lanka in the third ODI at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday

After winning the T20I series 2-1, the Indian women's team will now take on Sri Lanka women for a three-match ODI series, starting with the first game in Pallekele on Friday

Skipper Chamari Athapaththu struck a counter-attacking 48-ball 80 as Sri Lanka outplayed India by seven wickets in the third and final T20I to avoid a whitewash on Monday

The Indian bowlers choked the Sri Lankan women's team after Jemimah Rodrigues's vital knock on return to secure a convincing 34-run victory in the first T20 International on Thursday

Women's T20 Challenge 2020 Final: Smriti Mandhana's 68 and Salma Khatun's 3 for 18 helped Trailblazers beat Supernovas by 16 runs to win their maiden title.