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Sri Lanka have announced their 15 member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in South Africa from from February 10 to 26 2023.
The team will be captained by Chamari Athapaththu. Sri Lanka Women are in Group A alongside New Zealand, Bangladesh, South Africa and Australia. They will open their campaign against South Africa at Newlands on February 10.
Here are the list of players and teams that will feature in the eighth edition of the Women’s Asia Cup to be played in Bangladesh from October 1 to 16.
The seven teams featuring in this competition are India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia and UAE.
Women’s Asia Cup Squads 2022
India
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Radha Yadav & K.P. Navgire
Reserve players: Taniya Sapna Bhatia & Simran Dil Bahadur
Pakistan
Bismah Maroof (c), Aimen Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Diana Baig, Kainat Imtiaz, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz (wk) and Tuba Hasan.
Reserve players: Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Pervaiz, Umme Hani and Waheeda Akhtar
Sri Lanka
Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kaveesha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeevani (wk), Kaushini Nuthyanga, Oshadhi Ranasinghe, Malsha Shehani, Madushika Meththananda, Inoka Ranaweera, Rashmi Silva, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasooriya & Tharika Sewwandi
Malaysia
Winifred Duraisingam (c), Mas Elysa (vc), Sasha Azmi, Aisya Eleesa, Ainna Hamizah Hashim, Elsa Hunter, Jamahidaya Intan, Mahirah Izzati Ismail, Wan Julia (wk), Dhanusri Muhunan, Aina Najwa (wk), Nurilyaa Natasya, Nur Arianna Natsya, Nur Dania Syuhada & Noor Hayati Zakaria.
Bangladesh
Nigar Sultana (c), Shamima Sultana, Fargana Hoque Pinky, Rumana Ahmed, Ritu Moni, Lata Mondal, Salma Khatun, Sobhana Mostary, Nahida Akter, Murshida Khatun, Jahanara Alam, Fahima Khatun, Sanjida Akter, Fariha Trisna & Shohaly Akhter.
Reserve players: Marufa Akther, Sharmin Akter Supta, Nuzhat Tasnia & Rabeya Khan
Thailand
Sornnarin Tippoch, Nattaya Boochatham, Naruemol Chaiwai (c), Nannapat Koncharoenkai (wk), Nattakan Chantam, Rosenan Kanoh, Onnicha Kamchomphu, Phannita Maya, Thipatcha Putthawong, Nanthita Boonsukham, Suwanan Khiaoto, Suleeporn Laomi, Chanida Sutthiruang, Aphisara Suwanchonrathi & Sunida Chaturongrattana
UAE
Chaya Mughal (c), Esha Rohit Oza, Kavisha Egodage, Theertha Satish (wk), Khushi Sharma, Samaira Dharnidharka, Siya Gokhale, Vaishnave Mahesh, Natasha Cherriath, Indhuja Nandakumar, Rithika Rajith, Lavanya Keny, Suraksha Kotte, Priyanjali Jain & Rinitha Rajith
Skipper Chamari Athapaththu led from the front by scoring a sizzling unbeaten 80, as Sri Lanka Women defeated India Women by 7 wickets in the third and the final T20 international at Dambulla on Monday. Continue reading “India Women vs Sri Lanka Women Third T20I Dambulla June 27 Match Report 2022”
Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur lead from the front by scoring an unbeaten 31 as India Women defeated Sri Lanka Women by 5 wickets in the second T20I to take an unassailable 2-0 lead the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Saturday.
After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Sri Lanka women opening pair of Vishmi Gunaratne and skipper Chamari Athapaththu got their side off to a fantastic start. The duo added 87 runs for the opening stand before the latter perished to Pooja Vastrakar for 43.
Kaur then got into the act by dismissing Gunaratne, caught and bowled for 45. The dismissal of Harshitha Samarawickrama opened the flood gates as the hosts ended up with 125/7 in their allotted 20 overs.
Deepti Sharma was the pick of the bowlers for India Women with figures of 2/34.
Chasing 126, Smriti Mandhana along with Shafali Verma got India Women off to a steady start. The duo added 30 runs for the opening wicket before the latter fell to Oshadi Ranasinghe for 17.
Inoka Ranaweera struck a vital blow by dismissing the well set Mandhana stumped by wicket keeper Sanjeewani for a 34 ball-39.
Jemimah Rodrigues (3) departed cheaply as the visitors slumped to 91/4. However Harmanpreet held her nerves by scoring a valuable unbeaten 31, as India Women overhauled the target of 126 with 5 balls to spare.
For Sri Lanka Women Oshadi Ranasinghe and Inoka Ranaweera bagged two wickets each.
Jemimah Rodrigues scored a valuable unbeaten 27 ball-36 as India Women defeated Sri Lanka Women by 34 runs at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Thursday. Continue reading “India Women vs Sri Lanka Women First T20I Dambulla June 23 Match Report 2022”
After being sent into bat by the Indian skipper, Sri Lankan women started their innings badly in the second T-20 at Colombo as they lost the wickets of BYA Mendis, AC Jayangani and WK Dilhari, before rain delayed the start of play by half and hour.
The Lankans were reeling at 49/3 with the opposition skipper Chamari Atapattu back in the pavilion.
Atapattu looked set for a big score before she was bowled by Deepti Sharma for 21 runs. Her innings consisted of 2 fours and 1 six.
Her opening partner Mendis fell cheaply for 1 run off the bowling of Arundhati Reddy.
Kavisha Dilhari who was promoted up the order after her magnificent performances in the previous games failed to get going as she fell to Poonam Yadav caught by Reddy.
Play was eventually called off with only 7.5 overs being bowled.
