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Sri Lanka Women edge past Bangladesh in rain-hit World Cup 2025 clash – Match 21 Recap

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Sri Lanka Women kept their semi-final hopes alive with a nail-biting seven-run win over Bangladesh Women in Match 21 of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 on Monday, October 20. The clash at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai turned into a low-scoring thriller that went down to the final over, leaving fans on the edge of their seats.

Sri Lanka survive late scare to seal narrow win

Opting to bat first, Sri Lanka posted 202/9 in their 50 overs, thanks to a solid knock from Hasini Perera, who anchored the innings with a composed 85 off 99 balls. Captain Chamari Athapaththu gave her side a flying start, scoring a quick 46 off 43 deliveries before being dismissed.

Bangladesh looked on course to chase down the total as Sharmin Akhter and Nigar Sultana both struck fighting half-centuries. However, the Tigers collapsed dramatically in the final two overs, losing five wickets for just four runs to fall short by seven.

β€œπ‘Ύπ’† π’ƒπ’†π’π’Šπ’†π’—π’†π’… π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’”π’β€™π’• π’†π’‚π’”π’š, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’Šπ’“π’π’” π’”π’‰π’π’˜π’†π’… π’ˆπ’“π’†π’‚π’• π’‡π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•,” π’”π’‚π’Šπ’… π‘Ίπ’“π’Š π‘³π’‚π’π’Œπ’‚ π’„π’‚π’‘π’•π’‚π’Šπ’ π‘ͺπ’‰π’‚π’Žπ’‚π’“π’Š 𝑨𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒕𝒉𝒖 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’‚π’Žπ’†.

Hasini Perera’s career-best knock rescues Sri Lanka

Hasini Perera played a pivotal role in steering her side out of trouble after an early wicket. Coming to the crease in the very first over, she held her ground while others struggled, hitting 13 boundaries and a six in her career-best innings.

β€œπ‘° 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 π’˜π’‚π’π’•π’†π’… 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’ƒπ’–π’Šπ’π’… π’‘π’‚π’“π’•π’π’†π’“π’”π’‰π’Šπ’‘π’”. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’• π’˜π’‚π’” π’”π’π’π’˜, 𝒔𝒐 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’˜π’‚π’” π’…π’Šπ’‡π’‡π’Šπ’„π’–π’π’•,” π’”π’‚π’Šπ’… 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒓𝒂, π’˜π’‰π’ π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 π’π’‚π’Žπ’†π’… π‘·π’π’‚π’šπ’†π’“ 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉.

Athapaththu’s magical over seals the victory

With Bangladesh needing nine runs off the last over and five wickets in hand, captain Chamari Athapaththu took matters into her own hands. In an incredible display of composure and skill, she picked up three wickets in the over, conceding just one run to finish with figures of 4/42.

Records and milestones

Chamari Athapaththu became the first Sri Lankan woman to score 4,000 ODI runs, achieving the feat during her innings.

Hasini Perera registered her maiden international half-century and her highest score across formats.

What’s next?

The next match in the Women’s World Cup 2025 will see South Africa take on Pakistan at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday, October 21.

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