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Vishmi Gunaratne and Harshitha Samarawickrama made a partnership of 54 runs in 48 balls.
In the second match of the Women’s Asia Cup today, Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets. Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana won the toss and decided to bat. Bangladesh Women batted first and scored 111 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.
Captain Nigar Sultana scored the highest 48 runs. Udeshika Prabhudani and Inoshi Priyadarshini got 2-2 wickets for Sri Lanka. In the reply innings, Sri Lanka’s team achieved the target by scoring 114 runs in 17.1 overs losing 3 wickets. Opener Vishmi Gunaratne scored 51 runs for Sri Lanka. Nahida Akhtar took 3 wickets for Bangladesh.
Udeshika Prabhudani took wickets on consecutive balls
Udeshika Prabhudani took 2 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs. During this, she also bowled one maiden over.
Udeshika Prabhudani, who was bowling the first over of Bangladesh’s innings, took 2 wickets in 2 balls. She sent Dilara Akhtar and Rubaya Haider to the pavilion. After this, Isha Tanjim, who came to bat, also got out on zero. Bangladesh was at 6 runs after losing 3 wickets at this time.
Nigar Sultana’s captaincy innings
Nigar Sultana scored a brilliant 48 runs.
Bangladesh’s top-3 batsmen were out on 6 runs. After this, Sultana came to bat and handled the innings. She stood firm at one end. Sultana scored 48 runs in 59 balls. During this, she hit 6 fours. Apart from this, Shorna Akhtar scored 25 runs in 14 balls in the last over. She hit 5 fours in her innings.
Vishmi Gunaratne’s Fifty
Vishami Gunaratne played an innings of 51 runs.
Sri Lankan opener Vishmi Gunaratne gave a great start. She played an innings of 51 runs in 48 balls. During this, she hit 7 fours and 1 six. Sri Lanka’s first wicket fell at 32 runs, but Vishmi and Harshita Samarawickrama added 54 runs in 48 balls. From here on, Sri Lanka made the match one-sided.
3 wickets for Naheeda
Naheeda took 3 wickets for 12 runs in 4 overs.
Bangladeshi left arm spinner Nahida Akhtar took 3 wickets. She kept Bangladesh in the match till the last moment. She got Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu caught by Nigar. After this she dismissed Vishmi Gunaratne. But by then the match had gone out of Bangladesh’s hands. She took 3 out of 3 wickets that fell for Sri Lanka in the match. In the last wicket, she dismissed Harshita Samarawickrama.
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