Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|20-10-2025
The Sri Lankan batter Hasini Perera went on to smash an 85-run knock during the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 clash against Bangladesh, played on October 20 at Navi Mumbai.
Along with Chamari Athapaththu, Hasini Perera made a solid knock, helping the side to post 202 runs in Monday’s clash.
Batting first, Vishmi Gunaratne and Chamari Athapaththu went on to open the innings while Marufa Akter opened the bowling attack.
Akter went on to bag the wicket of Vishmi for a duck on a lbw. However, Athapaththu and Hasini Perera went on make a 72-run partnership for the second wicket.
With Athapaththu’s dismissal for 46 runs, Samarawickrama got dismissed for 4 runs on a run out.
Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani, Sugandika Kumari, and Udeshika Prabodhani got dismissed cheaply, Nilakshi de Silva went on to post 37 runs helping the side to post 202 runs.
Shorna Akter bagged three wickets while Rabeya Khan bagged two wickets each. Marufa Akter, Nishita and Nahida Akter bagged one wicket each.
Speaking at the toss, Chamari Athapaththu said, “We willl bat first, surface looks good for batting. After 3-4 games, feel good because we see sunshine finally, hopefully we can play some good cricket today. We have to execute our plans. We have one change. Udeshika Prabodhani comes in for Piumi Wathsala.”
Meanwhile, Nigar Sultana said, “Our bowlers have been doing well consistently, hoping to restrict them to a total that we can chase. We have good spinners and we just want to give our 100 percent. We have 2 changes. Marufa Akter and Nahida Akter are back in the side.”
Sri Lanka Women Playing 11: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandika Kumari, Malki Madara, Inoka Ranaweera
Bangladesh Women Playing 11: Fargana Hoque, Rubya Haider Jhelik, Sharmin Akhter, Nigar Sultana(w/c), Sobhana Mostary, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan, Nishita Akter Nishi, Marufa Akter