Vishmi Gunaratne's 51 followed by Udeshika Prabodhini and Inoshi Priyadarshini's two-two fer helped Sri Lanka to defeat Bangladesh by seven wickets in their first match of the ongoing Asia Cup 2024 at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on July 20, Saturday. After opting to bat, Bangladesh Women managed to score only 111 runs. In response, opener Vishmi Gunaratne (51) played a half-century innings for Sri Lanka and the hosts easily scored 114 runs for three wickets in 17.1 overs and started with a seven-wicket win. In the other match of the ongoing marquee event, Thailand's women's team defeated Malaysia by 22 runs.
Bangladesh's batting
After opting to bat, Bangladesh were unable to get a good start as they lost their five wickets on just 48 runs. Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana was the only batter who scored more then 40 runs. She scored 48 runs with 6 fours in 59 balls. This helped Bangladesh to score 11 runs by losing eight wickets.
Sri Lanka registered an easy win
Chasing the target of 112 runs, Sri Lanka's opening batter Vishmi Gunaratne displayed a brilliant batting display. While the other opener and captain Chamari Athapattu managed to score only 12 runs. After this, Harshita Samarawickrama, who came at number three, scored 33 runs with 4 fours in 31 balls. While Vishmi Gunaratne scored 51 runs with 7 fours and a six in 48 balls. Due to this Sri Lanka easily won the match by scoring 114 runs in 17.1 overs at the loss of three wickets. Now Sri Lanka's team has come to the second position after Thailand in Group B with one win in one match.
Vishmi Gunaratne on her match-winning knock against Bangladesh
This is more special as my family was there to watch it. I want to thank my parents and my sister. The pitch is really good and our team did a great job on the field, we restricted them to 111. That's why it was easy to chase it down. [on her reverse sweeps] I have to work on that as moving forward I need to have more shots.
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