Sri Lanka women’s team took an unassailable 2-0 lead by defeating Bangladesh by 21 runs in the second T20 match played in Sylhet. After losing the toss and opting to bat first, Sri Lanka scored 154 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs, in reply Bangladesh could only score 5 wickets in the stipulated overs. Harshitha Samarawickrama scored 49 runs in 29 balls. Sri Lanka had a bad start. The team lost the wicket of Hasini Perera on just 22 runs. She was out after scoring 9 runs on 11 balls. There was a 44-run partnership between captain Chamari Atapattu and Imisha Dulani for the second wicket. Imisha scored 27 runs on 25 balls, while Atapattu scored 42 runs on 37 balls. Sri Lanka scored 60 runs in the last 4 overs. During this, Harshita Samarawickrama played an inning of 49 runs in 29 balls. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. Nilakshika Silva scored 22 not out. For Bangladesh, Fariha, Sultana, Nahida and Ritu took 1 wicket each. Bangladesh succumbed to the Sri Lankan spinners. For Bangladesh, the opening pair of Dilara Akhtar and Zuaria Fardos added 46 runs. After the powerplay, Sri Lanka’s spinners kept the run rate slow. From 7 to 14 overs, Bangladesh could add only 39 runs and lost 4 wickets. After this the required run rate kept increasing and Bangladesh lost the match. Sharmin Akhtar played a slow inning of 44 not out off 47 balls and was the top scorer of Bangladesh. Sri Lankan spinner Kavisha Dilhari took 2 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs. He was chosen player of the match. Only 50 runs were scored in 12 overs by the spinners. In the first match, Sri Lanka had won by 25 runs. The third and last match of the series will be played on 2 May. Sports Also read this news… Ryan Parag fined 25% of match fee: Was seen smoking e-cigarette in the dressing room, also got one demerit point Rajasthan Royals captain Ryan Parag has been found guilty of violating the IPL Code of Conduct during the match against Punjab Kings. The match referee took strict action and imposed a fine and penalty point on him. Read the full news…
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