Nigar Sultana Jyoti’s team lost to Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in Cape Town on Sunday. The Sri Lankans reached the target of 127 runs given by Bangladesh with 10 balls in hand.

Marufa Akhter put the Sri Lankans in great danger in the run chase. Three Sri Lankan batsmen returned to the dressing room for 25 runs. Chamari Athapathathu (15), Vishami Gunaratne (1), and Anushka Sanjewani (0) were dismissed. However, such great bowling by Bangladesh was not seen in the rest of the match. Harshitha Madhavi and Nilakshi de Silva left the field after winning the team with an unbroken partnership of 104 runs. Harshitha remained unbeaten on 69 off 50 balls. Nilakshi played an unbeaten inning of 41 runs in 38 balls. Marufa took 3 wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs.

Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and batted first, and scored 126 runs for 8 wickets. Bangladesh’s innings started by defeating Murshida Khatun (0). After that, Shamima Sultana made 28 partnerships with Sobhana Mostari. Shamima departed for 20 runs. Sobhana and Nigar Sultana Jyoti scored 35 runs from the pair. Sobhana returned to the dressing room for 29 runs.

Jyoti could not last long. The captain returned with 28 runs. Bangladesh’s innings were stopped at 126 runs due to the failure of the batsmen in the end. Ranasinghe took 3 wickets for Sri Lanka. Harshitha Madhavi was the man of the match.