Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Match Preview & Prediction
Sri Lanka take on Bangladesh in the 2nd game of this 3-match T20I series. This will be the 11th H2H meeting between the 2 teams, with SL emerging victorious on 7 occasions and Bangladesh emerging thrice. Bangladesh broke a 7 game-losing streak in H2H games during the 1st T20I, and will now head into this game in search of a series win. Whereas, Sri Lanka will be eager to bounce back after a shocking defeat and will hope for a more disciplined showing from their bowlers
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Match Details:
Match: Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh (SL Vs BAN) Match 2, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka T20I Series, 2023
Venue: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Date & Time: Thursday, May 11, 2023, 10:00 AM IST
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Pitch Report:
Spinners were amongst the wickets here in the 1st T20I, and it is likely to assist them a lot more in this game. Average 1st innings total here across the last 4 T20Is is only 111 runs
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Weather Forecast:
Rain is expected to make its presence felt yet again, with constant showers predicted throughout the day
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Top Performers H2H:
Chamari Atapattu (SL), All Rounder- LHB/OS:
Inns- 9 | Runs- 206 | Avg- 23 | Wkts- 10 | Avg- 12
Inoka Ranaweera (SL), Bowler- LAO:
Inn- 7 | Wkts- 10 | Avg- 11 | SR- 15
Nigar Sultana (BAN), Batter- RHB:
Inns- 7 | Runs- 204 | Avg- 34
Oshadi Ranasinghe (SL), All Rounder- LHB/OS:
Inns- 5 | Wkts- 8 | Avg- 12 | SR- 13
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Top Picks:
Fahima Khatun (BAN), All Rounder- RHB/RALB:
- She’s been good with the ball since the start of last year: Inns- 9 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 22 | SR- 23
- She hasn’t gone wicketless in any of the 3 games played on this tour so far
- She had the best bowling figures in the previous game: 4-0-20-2
Nahida Akter (BAN), Bowler- LAO:
- She’s Bangladesh’s leading wicket-taker since the start of last year: Inns- 21 | Wkts- 23 | Avg- 21 | SR- 18
- She’s just 3 wickets away from becoming Bangladesh’s 2nd highest wicket-taker in T20Is
- She registered figures of 4-0-35-1 in the previous game
Harshitha Samarawickrama (SL), Batter- LHB:
- She was SL’s top scorer in the previous game with 45 runs
- She’s SL’s 2nd highest run-getter since the start of last year: Inns- 24 | Runs- 553 | Avg- 25
- She’s the 3rd highest run-getter in H2H games: Inns- 4 | Runs- 151 | Avg- 50
Nilakshi de Silva (SL), Batter- RHB:
- She has the highest batting average in H2H games: Inns- 6 | Runs- 140 | Avg- 70
- She’s SL’s 3rd highest run-getter since the start of last year: Inns- 25 | Runs- 474 | Avg- 26
- She’s scored 98 runs without being dismissed across her last 3 H2H outings
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Differential Picks:
Rabeya Khan (BAN), Bowler- RALB:
- She bowled with great discipline in the previous game with her conceding below 6 runs in 3 of her 4 overs
- She registered the 2nd best bowling figures for Bangladesh in the previous game: 4-0-23-1
- She’s picked 6 wickets at an average of 9.83 in her short T20I career so far
Sultana Khatun (BAN), Bowler- OS:
- She made her T20I debut in the previous game
- She hasn’t gone wicketless in any of the 3 games on this tour
- She registered figures of 4-0-30-1 in the previous game, getting rid of SL’s top scorer
Vishmi Rajapaksha Gunarathne (SL), Batter- RHB:
- She’ll continue opening the batting for SL
- She batted with good intent in her brief stay in the previous game, but was unlucky to be out dismissed via a spectacular catch
- She was SLU19’s leading run-getter during the U19 WC
Kawya Kavindi (SL), Bowler- RAM:
- She’s the fastest bowler featuring in this series across both sides
- She made her T20I debut in the previous game and went on to strike in her very 1st over
- Her bowling figures on debut being 2-0-14-1
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Safe Captaincy Picks:
Chamari Atapattu (SL), All Rounder- LHB/OS:
- She’s the leading run-getter in H2H games: Inns- 9 | Runs- 206 | Avg- 23
- She’s also the joint leading wicket-taker in H2H games: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 10 | Avg- 12 | SR- 13
- She was SL’s 2nd highest scorer in the previous game with 38 runs
Nigar Sultana (BAN), Batter- RHB:
- She was the top scorer in the previous game with 75* runs
- She’s Bangladesh’s highest run-getter since the start of last year: Inns- 21 | Runs- 565 | Avg- 33
- She’s the 2nd highest run-getter in H2H games: Inns- 7 | Runs- 204 | Avg- 34
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Differential Captaincy Picks:
Inoka Ranaweera (SL), Bowler- LAO:
- She’s the joint leading wicket-taker in H2H games: Inns- 7 | Wkts- 10 | Avg- 11 | SR- 15
- She’s SL’s leading wicket-taker since the start of last year: Inns- 24 | Wkts- 32 | Avg- 15 | SR- 15
- She’s gone wicketless just twice across her last 12 T20Is
Oshadi Ranasinghe (SL), All Rounder- LHB/OS:
- She’s SL’s 2nd highest wicket-taker since the start of last year: Inns- 22 | Wkts- 29 | Avg- 17 | SR- 15
- She has never gone wicketless in H2H games
- She has a brilliant record in H2H games: Inns- 5 | Wkts- 8 | Avg- 12 | SR- 13
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Base Team:
WK: Nigar Sultana
BAT: Harshitha Samarwickrama, Nilakshi de Silva
AR: Chamari Atapattu, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan
BOWL: Inoka Ranaweera, Fahima Khatun