Sri Lanka Wins Toss And Opts to Bat Against Bangladesh in Women’s Cricket World Cup

NAVI MUMBAI: Chamari Athapaththu won the toss as Sri Lanka opted to bat against Bangladesh in the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup.

Both teams have two points and the winner will compete for a place in the semi-finals. Bangladesh has never been able to beat Sri Lanka in women’s ODIs.

Reigning champions Australia, England and South Africa have already secured their semi-final berths and are up for grabs for the final spot.

Bangladesh have two points from one win in five matches; beat Pakistan at the start of the tournament. The Tigers made two changes; medium-pacer Marufa Akter and left-arm spinner Nahida Akter returned in the eleventh game.

Sri Lanka are winless and their two points come from inconclusive matches against Australia and New Zealand. In Colombo, both matches were abandoned due to rain. He made one change; All-rounder Piumi Wathsala was replaced by left-arm medium-pacer Udeshika Prabodhani.

This is Sri Lanka’s second home game away from home; He had played the opening match against India in Guwahati.

This is also DY Patil Sports Academy’s first fixture in the tournament and also the first ODI (men’s or women’s) tournament played here.

The Navi Mumbai pitch is generally batting friendly but will also aid spin like other wickets in this World Cup. Evening dew will help the chasing side.

Teams:

Bangladesh: Fargana Hoque, Rubya Haider Jhelik, Sharmin Akhter, Nigar Sultana (captain/week), Sobhana Mostary, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan, Nishita Akter Nishi, Marufa Akter

Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (week), Udeshika Prabodhani, Sugandika Kumari, Malki Madara, Inoka Ranaweera