Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Match Preview & Prediction
Sri Lanka take on Bangladesh in the 1st game of the 3 match ODI series. This will be the 2nd H2H meeting between the 2 teams, with Sri Lanka emerging victorious on the only previous occasion. Though Bangladesh (7) are ranked higher than Sri Lanka (10) on the ODI team rankings, it’ll be Sri Lanka who’ll head in as favourites in this series. It has a lot to do with them playing at home and also with Bangladesh missing some of their key experienced players
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Match Details:
Match: Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh (SL Vs BAN) Match 1, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2023
Venue: P Sara Oval, Colombo
Date & Time: Saturday, April 29, 2023, 09:30 AM IST
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Pitch Report:
As one expects with sub-continent conditions, this deck will be no different in terms of favouring the spinners massively. The average total at this venue across the last 5 ODIs has been just the 151 runs, though the last Women’s ODI here was played 6 years back in 2017
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Weather Forecast:
Heavy showers are predicted throughout the day, which could result in this game being a stop-start affair
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Top Performers H2H:
Chamari Atapattu (SL), All Rounder- LHB/OS:
84 runs
Hasini Perera (SL), Batter- LHB:
32 runs
Nigar Sultana (BAN), Batter- RHB:
24 runs
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
Fahima Khatun (BAN), All Rounder- RHB/RALB:
- She’s picked 4 wickets at an average of 27.5 since the start of last year
- In the absence of Rumana Ahmed, she’ll be the frontline leggie in the side
- She adds pretty good batting value lower down the order
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
Harshitha Samarwickrama (SL), Batter- LHB:
- She’s been brilliant with the bat since the start of last year: Inns- 5 | Runs- 166 | Avg- 33
- She open the batting in T20Is, but is likely to slot in the middle order in ODIs
- This will be her 1st H2H outing in ODIs, but she had top scored with 69* runs when she took on Bangladesh during the T20 WC earlier this year
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Differential Picks:
Fariha Islam (BAN), Bowler- LAM:
- She’ll possess quite a threat to the SL batting line-up with her left arm angle aided by her ability to swing the ball big
- Her career best figures came during the WC last year vs SA: 10-0-35-3
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
Hasini Perera (SL), Batter- LHB:
- She was the 2nd highest scorer in the previous H2H game with 32 runs
- She scored 39 runs in her previous outing
Nilakshi de Silva (SL), Batter- RHB:
- She was SL’s highest scorer in their last ODI series: Inns- 3 | Runs- 123 | Avg- 62
- Amongst all the players featuring in this game, she has the best batting average since the start of last year: 45
- She was the top scorer in SL’s last ODI with 48* runs
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Safe Captaincy Pick:
Chamari Atapattu (SL), All Rounder- LHB/OS:
- She was the POTM in the previous H2H game with 84 runs
- She’s SL’s leading run-getter since the start of last year: Inns- 6 | Runs- 215 | Avg- 36
- She’s the 2nd highest run-getter at this venue: Inns- 5 | Runs- 182 | Avg- 36
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 previous H2H game with 24 runs
Nahida Akter (BAN), Bowler- LAO:
- She’s the most experienced spinner in this Bangladesh side and is likely to operate during the death overs as well
- She has a terrific ODI record: Inns- 27 | Wkts- 31 | Avg- 24 | SR- 39
- She is yet to play an ODI vs SL, but has picked 3 wickets at an average of 26.66 in T20Is vs them
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Women Base Team:
WK: Nigar Sultana
BAT: Fargana Hoque, Harshitha Samarwickrama
AR: Chamari Atapattu, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Ritu Moni
BOWL: Inoka Ranaweera, Nahida Akter, Fariha Islam
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