On Wednesday in Dambulla, hosts Sri Lanka and Bangladesh easily defeated Thailand and Malaysia to advance to the women’s Asia Cup T20 semifinals.
On Wednesday in Dambulla, hosts Sri Lanka and Bangladesh easily defeated Thailand and Malaysia to advance to the women’s Asia Cup T20 semifinals. In the tournament’s last group encounter, Bangladesh destroyed Malaysia by 114 runs at the same location, while Sri Lanka crushed Thailand by 10 wickets. Bangladesh scored a dominant 191 for 2 in the first match of the day, riding on the 59-ball 80 of opener Murshida Khatun and the 37-ball 62 of captain Nigar Sultana.Before Khatun teamed up with Sultana to sew 89 runs for the second wicket, laying the groundwork for the large score, the 33-year-old wicket-keeper and Khatun shared 65 runs for the first wicket.After that, Bangladesh easily defeated Malaysia by restricting them to 77 for 8 in 20 overs, securing their spot in the semifinals.
Thailand chose to bat first in the tournament’s last group encounter, however they were only able to generate 93 for 7.
Thailand’s top scorer with a 53-ball 47 was wicket-keeper Nannapat Koncharoenkai.
Of the bowlers for Sri Lanka, off-spinner Kavisha Dilhari (2/13) was the best.
As captain Chamari Athapaththu (49 not out) and vice captain Vishmi Gunaratne (39 not out) led the island nation home with a resounding victory, the chase was a piece of cake for Sri Lanka.As the Sri Lankan openers cruised to victory, not a single bowler from Thailand was able to have any sort of effect.
On Friday, Pakistan will play Sri Lanka in the semifinals, and the reigning champions, India, will play Bangladesh.
