Currently, Sri Lanka is hosting the ninth edition of the Women’s Asia Cup, which started on 19th July and will conclude on 28th July. On the 20th, Sri Lanka played their first match against Bangladesh and registered a comfortable 7-wicket victory in the fourth match of the Women’s Asia Cup.
Highlights from the match:
Inoshi Priyadarshini 2/17 (Sri Lanka):
Inoshi provided crucial breakthroughs for the Lankan side with the ball against Bangladesh. Her first wicket came in the form of the debutant Ishma Tanjim for a golden duck. She followed this with the wicket of Ritu Moni, taken with a stunning one-handed return catch off her own bowling. She finished with figures of 2 for 17 in four overs, helping Sri Lanka restrict Bangladesh to a score of 111.
Udeshika Prabodhani starts with a dream spell, bagging two wickets in the first over! 👏🏻
Bangladesh: 6/2 (1) #CricketTwitter #SLvBAN pic.twitter.com/ksI2DseaQQ
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Nigar Sultana 48* (Bangladesh):
The Bangladesh skipper came into bat when her team had lost their second wicket in the first over with just 6 on the board. The right-handed batter didn’t receive much support from the other batters apart from a 48-run partnership with Shorna Akter, who was dismissed for 25. Nigar Sultana smashed six boundaries in her unbeaten knock of 48, providing the finishing touch for Bangladesh by scoring 2 boundaries in the last over, helping them post a fighting total of 111.
Nigar Sultana’s valiant knock rescues Bangladesh, but Inoshi Priyadharshani and Udeshika Prabodhani strike back with crucial wickets.
Sri Lanka needs 112 runs to win.#CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/4PVdz7MAJK
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Vishmi Gunaratne 51 (Sri Lanka):
The Lankan opener scored her third T20I fifty, making 51 against Bangladesh in Sri Lanka’s first Women’s Asia Cup match this season. Chasing a total of 112, the right-handed batter attacked the Bangladeshi spinners effectively. Her classy reverse sweeps contributed to the majority of her boundaries. Her innings, which included seven boundaries and one six, helped the Islanders chase down the target of 112 comfortably.
18-year-old Vishmi Gunaratne is adjudged POTM for her brilliant fifty. 👏#CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/qME8H2URMV
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Nahida Akter 3/10 (Bangladesh):
The left-arm off-spinner displayed an outstanding bowling performance while defending 112 against Sri Lanka, though Bangladesh ultimately lost the match. Nonetheless, Nahida scalped three wickets, including the first wicket of Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu for 12. She later dismissed Gunaratne for 51 and Harshita Samarawickrama. All three Sri Lankan wickets were taken by Nahida Akter.
