Toss Bangladesh opted to bat vs Sri Lanka
Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana won the toss and elected to bat in their opening game of the women’s Asia Cup against hosts Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu said that she was looking to bowl first so she wasn’t too unhappy with the decision at the toss.
“We don’t want to take too much pressure, one match at a time. Hope my team will be doing well. We have a good bunch of youngsters and experienced players in our team,” she said at the toss.
This is the fourth game on this Dambulla surface and the pitch is expected to be good for batting. With the square boundaries fairly long, the running between the wickets becomes important here.
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.