India women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur expressed her concerns about the spate of injuries that her pacers' have encountered and said that the support staff are looking to address it with the ODI World Cup on the horizon.

Speaking after India's title triumph in the Tri-Nation ODI series, Kaur said, "Proud of the entire team, especially the batters, we wanted to play good cricket, were looking to bat first if we win the toss and pretty happy with how we played."

"We can never stop improving, lots of areas where we can keep doing better, be it batting, bowling or fielding. Our pacers keep getting injured, that's something we need to keep care of, the coaches are working on it," she added while speaking at the presentation ceremony.

"The way the other batters apart from Smriti and me, the way they batted was a big positive. The way Sneh Rana bowled was also a big positive. There are a lot of positives to talk about, but just want the enjoy the moment right now.

"Enjoyed the conditions here in Sri Lanka, we did struggle to get accustomed to the heat, but we then got used to it and nice to win this trophy," she concluded.

Meanwhile, Smriti Mandhana scored a sublime century as India defeated Sri Lanka by 97 runs on Sunday to clinch the Women's Tri-Nation ODI Series title.

Mandhana's majestic 116 off 101 balls, laced with 15 fours and two sixes, and vital contributions from India's top and middle-order batters, especially Harleen Deol (47), Harmanpreet Kaur (41) and Jemimah Rodrigues (44), helped India post an imposing 342/7 in 50 overs.

In reply, Sri Lanka were dismissed for 245 runs in 48.2 overs with Amanjot returning figures of 3 for 54, while Rana took four wickets for 38 runs.

For Sri Lanka, captain Chamari Athapaththu (51) and Nilakshika Silva (48) were the highest run-getters. Both were dismissed by Rana.

(With PTI Inputs)

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