NAVI MUMBAI: Chamari Athapaththu received the toss as Sri Lanka opted to bat towards Bangladesh within the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup.
Both groups have two factors every, and the winner will keep in competition for a spot within the semifinals. Bangladesh has by no means overwhelmed Sri Lanka in ladies’s ODIs.
Defending champions Australia, England and South Africa have already sealed their semifinal spots, with the ultimate place up for grabs.
Bangladesh has two factors from one win in 5 video games — it beat Pakistan early on within the match. The Tigresses have made two modifications — medium pacer Marufa Akter and left-arm spinner Nahida Akter are again within the enjoying eleven.
Sri Lanka is winless, and its two factors are from no-results towards Australia and New Zealand. Both matches had been deserted on account of rain in Colombo. It has made one change — left-arm medium pacer Udeshika Prabodhani is available in for all-rounder Piumi Wathsala.
This is co-hosts Sri Lanka’s second recreation away from house turf — it had performed India in Guwahati within the opening fixture.
It can also be DY Patil Sports Academy’s first fixture within the match, and in addition the primary ODI — males’s or ladies’s — ever to be performed right here.
The Navi Mumbai pitch is normally batter pleasant however it is going to additionally help spin, very like different wickets on this World Cup. Evening dew ought to help the chasing facet.
Teams:
Bangladesh: Fargana Hoque, Rubya Haider Jhelik, Sharmin Akhter, Nigar Sultana (captain/wk), Sobhana Mostary, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan, Nishita Akter Nishi, Marufa Akter
Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandika Kumari, Malki Madara, Inoka Ranaweera
