India, Dec. 28 -- On a pleasant Sunday evening at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, India's batters delivered a brutal reminder of their batting firepower, registering a 30-run win over Sri Lanka in the fourth T20I for a 4-0 series lead.

India's most impactful batters all came to the party - Shafali Verma set the tone, Smriti Mandhana elevated it and Richa Ghosh finished it off as India piled up 221/2 - their highest-ever total in T20Is.

Batting first, India were ruthless from the outset. Shafali and Smriti stitched together a 162-run opening stand, the highest partnership ever for India in the format, leaving Sri Lanka's bowlers searching for answers.

Sri Lanka had waited all series to bowl first after postin...