Pakistan Begin ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 with Dominant Win Over Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Batting Struggles

Nilakshi de Silva top-scored for Sri Lanka with 22 runs. Opener Vishmi Gunaratne contributed 20 runs. Apart from these two none could score more than 8 runs. The Sri Lankan batsmen were ineffective against the Pakistani bowlers. It would not be an understatement to say that the target of 117 runs for Sri Lanka was not challenging. But Pakistan’s bowlers did their best. Pakistan’s bowlers kept Sri Lanka four hands away from a winning challenge by striking at regular intervals and secured victory.

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Fatima Sana Shines for Pakistan

Captain Fatima Sana contributed a lot to this victory of Pakistan. Fatima exploded with batting and then bowling. Fatima first scored the highest 30 runs for Pakistan. Fatima’s innings included 1 six and 3 fours. Fatima then took 2 wickets for 10 runs in 2.5 overs. For this performance of Fatima, she was honored with the ‘Man of the Match’ award

Playing XI

• Pakistan Women: Fatima Sana (captain), Muniba Ali (wicketkeeper), Gul Feroja, Sidra Amin, Nida Dar, Alia Riaz, Omama Sohail, Tuba Hasan, Nashra Sandhu, Diana Baig and Sadia Iqbal.
• Sri Lanka Women: Chamari Athapathu (captain), Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshita Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeevani (wicketkeeper), Nilakshi de Silva, Hasini Perera, Sugandhika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadarshini, Sachin Nisansala and Prabhika Prabodhini.