Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Match Preview & Prediction
Sri Lanka take on Bangladesh in the 2nd game of this 3 match ODI series. This will be the 3rd H2H meeting between the 2 teams, with the previous one ending in a No Result due to rain, while Sri Lanka had emerged victorious in the only completed game. Bangladesh will take in a lot of confidence from the previous game, where their bowlers managed to put SL in sorts of trouble by reducing them to 117/6 at one stage. Whereas, the Sri Lankan batters will be eager to rectify the mistakes, as they look to go up & running in the series
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Match Details:
Match: Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh (SL Vs BAN) Match 2, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2023
Venue: P Sara Oval, Colombo
Date & Time: Tuesday, May 02, 2023, 09:30 AM IST
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Pitch Report:
Spinners picked 5 out of the 6 wickets to fall in the previous game, before rain intervened. Expect the spinners to have a great time again on this used deck. The average total at this venue across the last 5 ODIs has been just the 151 runs
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Weather Forecast:
Rain is expected to make its presence felt yet again, with heavy showers predicted throughout the day
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Top Performers H2H:
Chamari Atapattu (SL), All Rounder- LHB/OS:
Inns- 2 | Runs- 131 | Avg- 66
Hasini Perera (SL), Batter- LHB:
Inn- 1 | Runs- 32 | Avg- 32
Nigar Sultana (BAN), Batter- RHB:
Inn- 1 | Runs- 24 | Avg- 24
Nahida Akter (BAN), Bowler- LAO:
Inn- 1 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 8 | SR- 14
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Top Picks:
Fargana Hoque (BAN), Batter- RHB:
- She’s Bangladesh’s 2nd highest run-getter since the start of last year: Inns- 9 | Runs- 194 | Avg- 22
- She’s Bangladesh’s all-time leading run-getter: Inns- 49 | Runs- 1035 | Avg- 24
- She was Bangladesh’s leading run-getter during the WC last year: Inns- 7 | Runs- 173 | Avg- 25
Ritu Moni (BAN), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
- Her 8 wickets since the start of last year are the joint 2nd most by a Bangladeshi bowler
- She was Bangladesh’s 2nd highest wicket-taker during the WC last year: Inns- 7 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 27 | SR- 29
- She top scored with 32 runs in her last ODI outing
Inoka Ranaweera (SL), Bowler- LAO:
- She’s SL’s joint highest wicket-taker since the start of last year: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 30 | SR- 45
- She was brilliant with the ball in her last ODI outing: 10-0-22-2
- Amongst active players, she’s SL’s highest wicket-taker in ODIs: Inns- 64| Wkts- 70 | Avg- 31 | SR- 43
Nilakshi de Silva (SL), Batter- RHB:
- She was SL’s highest scorer in their last ODI series: Inns- 3 | Runs- 123 | Avg- 62
- She’s been brilliant with the bat since the start of last year: Inns- 7 | Runs- 182 | Avg- 36
- She was the top scorer in SL’s last completed ODI with 48* runs
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Differential Picks:
Fahima Khatun (BAN), All Rounder- RHB/RALB:
- She’s picked 5 wickets at an average of 27 since the start of last year
- She had a good outing in the previous game: 8-0-25-1
- She had the best bowling figures in the practice match vs SLC President’s XI last week: 7.4-0-22-4
Sultana Khatun (BAN), Bowler- OS:
- She made her debut in the previous game and returned with good figures of 10-1-46-1
- She had a good all-round outing in the practice game vs SLC President’s XI: 32 runs & 4-0-8-1
Kavisha Dilhari (SL), Batter- LHB:
- She was batting on 30* before rain abandoned play in the previous game
- She registered impressive figures of 8-0-30-1 in her last ODI outing with the ball
- She has a very good batting record in ODIs: Inns- 11 | Runs- 214 | Avg- 31
Prasadani Weerakkody (SL), Batter- RHB:
- She looked good with the bat in the previous game scoring 24 runs
- She’s scored 74 runs at an average of 25 across her last 3 outings
- She had some very good outings in club cricket which has helped her make a comeback in the side
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Safe Captaincy Pick:
Chamari Atapattu (SL), All Rounder- LHB/OS:
- She’s scores 131 runs at an average of 65.5 in H2H games
- She’s SL’s leading run-getter since the start of last year: Inns- 7 | Runs- 262 | Avg- 37
- She’s the 2nd highest run-getter at this venue: Inns- 6 | Runs- 229 | Avg- 38
Oshadi Ranasinghe (SL), All Rounder- LHB/OS:
- She’s SL’s joint leading wicket-taker since the start of last year: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 31 | SR- 41
- She’s gone wicketless just once across her last 6 outings
- She had the best bowling figures when she took on Bangladesh during the T20 WC earlier this year: 4-0-23-3
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Differential Captaincy Pick:
Nigar Sultana (BAN), Batter- RHB:
- She was Bangladesh’s leading run-getter during their last ODI series: Inns- 2 | Runs- 92 | Avg- 46
- She’s Bangladesh’s leading run-getter since the start of last year: Inns- 6 | Runs- 235 | Avg- 26
- She was Bangladesh’s top scorer in the 1st H2H game with 24 runs
Nahida Akter (BAN), Bowler- LAO:
- She was outstanding with the ball in the previous game, registering figures of 7-2-24-3
- She has a terrific ODI record: Inns- 28 | Wkts- 34 | Avg- 22 | SR- 37
- She returned with excellent figures of 10-0-18-2 in the practice game vs SLC President’s XI
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Base Team:
WK: Nigar Sultana
BAT: Fargana Hoque, Nilakshi de Silva
AR: Chamari Atapattu, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Kavisha Dilhari
BOWL: Inoka Ranaweera, Nahida Akter, Fahima Khatun
