Sri Lanka and Bangladesh confirmed their spots within the semifinals of Girls’s Asia Cup 2024 after beating Thailand and Malaysia respectively on Wednesday.
Host nation defeated Thailand comfortably by 10 wickets, chasing a 94-run goal whereas Bangladesh beat Malaysia by a margin of 114 runs. Each matches have been performed at Rangiri Dambulla Worldwide Stadium in Dambulla.
Within the day recreation, Murshida Khatun (80 off 59) and Nigar Sultana (62* off 37) starred for Bangladesh and helped the staff rating 191/2 within the first innings after opting to bat.
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In reply, Malaysia discovered itself nowhere close to the goal as a mixed effort by Bangladeshi bowlers restricted it to 77/8. Elsa Hunter high scored with 20 off 23 balls.
Later within the day, Thailand wanted an enormous win over Sri Lanka to offer itself an outdoor likelihood of qualifying for the highest 4. It began effectively because it received the toss and opted to bat.
Nevertheless, Sri Lankan bowlers have been proper on the cash from ball one and restricted Malaysia to a paltry complete of 93/7. N Koncharoenkai was the lone scorer as she remained unbeaten on 47 in 53 balls.
Openers Chamari Athapaththu and Vishmi Gunaratne then eased previous the opposition bowlers as they helped Sri Lanka end chase in 11.3 overs. Athapaththu remained unbeaten on 49 whereas Gunaratne was 39 not out.
Bangladesh will now face India within the first semifinal on July 26 and Sri Lanka will tackle Pakistan within the second semifinal later that day. Each matches shall be performed in Dambulla.