Asia Cup 2024, SL-W vs BAN-W 4th Match, Group B Match Report, July 20, 2024

Toss Bangladesh opted to bat vs Sri Lanka

Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana received the toss and elected to bat of their opening recreation of the ladies’s Asia Cup towards hosts Sri Lanka.

“Seeing the situations it appears to be like good. The ball is approaching to the bat very properly and we need to put a rating on the board. We make this event equally essential because the T20 World Cup. We need to proceed the identical approach now we have performed within the final six months,” Sultana mentioned on the toss whereas additionally informing that opener Ishma Tanjim was handed her debut.

Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu mentioned that she was seeking to bowl first so she wasn’t too sad with the choice on the toss.

“We do not need to take an excessive amount of strain, one match at a time. Hope my crew might be doing nicely. Now we have a very good bunch of children and skilled gamers in our crew,” she mentioned on the toss.

That is the fourth recreation on this Dambulla floor and the pitch is anticipated to be good for batting. With the sq. boundaries pretty lengthy, the operating between the wickets turns into essential right here.

Bangladesh, the one different crew aside from India to win the ladies’s Asia are coming into the event on the again of a 0-5 sweep towards India at residence. In truth, they’re but to win a single T20I in 2024.

Sri Lanka, alternatively, have been faring nicely within the format this 12 months. They’ve received 9 of their 12 matches in 2024, which features a 2-1 sequence win over South Africa in March. They now not simply rely on captain Athapaththu to ship with the likes of Vishmi Gunaratne and Kavisha Dilhari stepping up.

Sri Lanka: 1 Vishmi Gunaratne, 2 Chamari Athapaththu (capt), 3 Harshitha Samarawickrama, 4 Hasini Perera, 5 Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), 6 Nilakshika Silva, 7 Kavisha Dilhari, 8 Sugandika Kumari, 9 Udeshika Prabodhani, 10 Achini Kulasuriya, 11 Inoshi Priyadharshani.

Bangladesh: 1 Dilara Akter, 2 Ishma Tanjim, 3 Rubya Haider, 4 Nigar Sultana (capt & wk), 5 Ritu Moni, 6 Shorna Akter, 7 Rabeya Khan, 8 Nahida Akter, 9 Shorifa Khatun, 10 Marufa Akter, 11 Sultana Khatun.