Cape Town:
The 8th Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup is underway in South Africa.
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh clashed in the second match in Cape Town. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Accordingly, Bangladesh, who batted first, scored 126 runs for 8 wickets at the end of 20 overs.
On behalf of the Sri Lankan team, Ranasinghe took 3 wickets and Atapatu took 2 wickets.
Subsequently, the Sri Lankan team entered the field with the target of winning if they score 127 runs. The team lost 3 wickets within 25 runs.
Neelakshi De Silva paired with opener Harshita Madhavi and played a responsible game.
In the end, Sri Lanka scored 129 runs for 3 wickets in 18.2 overs to win the match. Harshita Madhavi scored a half-century. He scored 69 runs and contributed to the team’s victory. Neelakshi de Silva remains unbeaten on 41.