Bangladesh Progresses in T20 Series With a Great Victory
Bangladesh Women 'A' team won the ODI series against Sri Lanka. The Tigresses won the series by 1-0. That consistency has been maintained in the T20 series as well. They got a big win by 7 wickets in the first match of the five-match T20 series. Joty-Rabeya is leading 1-0 in the T20 series.
After losing the toss and batting, hosts Bangladesh set a target of 113 runs on Thursday (September 12). Bangladesh took the victory with 7 balls and 7 wickets in hand.
Although it is an 'A' team series on the document, Bangladesh has lined up the team with almost all the cricketers of the national team as part of the preparations for the upcoming Women's World Cup.
So, the Lankan girls could not take advantage of the established bowlers like Jahanara-Fahima. Kaushini Nuthyangana played the highest innings of 43 runs off 35 balls in the first T20.
In the end, Nethmi Poorna scored 27 runs off 40 balls and Nilakshana Sandamini scored 14 runs off 14 balls in an innings that lost 7 wickets and the hosts got a fighting capital of 112 runs.
Fahima Khatun took maximum 3 wickets for Bangladesh. Besides, Sultana Khatun and Ritu Moni took 1 wicket each.
In response, Bangladesh reached the target losing only 3 wickets in 18.5 overs.
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