ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023
As soon as the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 started, the first match took place between South Africa vs Sri Lanka, in which South Africa was defeated by Sri Lanka by 3 runs and got its first win, but still Sri Lanka showed its stamina and defeated South Africa by 3 runs. Defeated by runs and won the match South Africa had set a target of 130 runs In front of the score, South Africa’s team could also score 126 runs by taking 9 wickets, and on the other hand, the Sri Lankan team won the match by 3 runs.
Captain Chamari Athapaththu got the Player of the Match award for Sri Lanka. It is not the first time that when the host team had to start with a defeat in the women’s T20 World Cup, the host team had lost the open match of the tournament twice before, but Australia started with a loss in 2020 and New Zealand in 2023. had to.
South Africa Won The First Toss And Decided to Bowl, Sri Lankan Team Came to Bat for First T20 World Cup
South Africa won the first toss and after winning the toss, South Africa decided to bowl the Sri Lankan team that came to bat first was not looking good initially. Still, Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu and Vishmi Gunaratne shared an 86-run partnership. The Sri Lankan team could not score big, the Sri Lankan team was able to score 129 runs and captain Chamari Athapaththu scored 68 runs in 50 balls with the help of 12 fours on the other hand, Vishmi Gunaratne contributed 35 runs,
due to which the team reached the score of 129. No best man could cross the figure of two and a half, initially, it seemed that the Sri Lankan team would not be able to win this match and South Africa would win this match easily but it was not possible.
The South Africa Team Came to Bat
The South Africa team decided to bowl first after winning the toss and in front of them, the Sri Lankan team batted first the Sri Lankan team set a target of 130 runs in front of South Africa, chasing the target the South African team could not do anything special. And succumbed to the Sri Lankan spinners, South Africa’s wickets were falling continuously, and Sri Lanka strengthened its grip, due to which the match was turned towards Sri Lanka and South African players were stopped for 126 runs and the match was named after them. Nadine de Klerk trapped Harshita Samarawickrama at midwicket. From the other end,
Atapattu hit five fours in nine balls on this bowler and won his team. Seventeen-year-old Vishmi Gunaratne took time to settle but supported the captain well, scoring 35 off 34 balls. The duo added 86 runs for the second wicket, which is Sri Lanka’s This has become the biggest partnership for any wicket in the T20 World Cup. The wickets of both, however, kept Sri Lanka’s run rate in check as they fell on consecutive balls. Shabnam Ismail got Nilakshi in the 19th over. D’Silva was dismissed while Marianne Kapp conceded only five runs in the last over.
This is Sri Lanka’s First Win Over South Africa in T20 Cricket Since 2016.
This was Sri Lanka’s first T20 win over South Africa since 2016. Sri Lanka got off to a slow start, scoring just four runs in the first three overs, but Atapattu took the pressure off Nokululeko Emalaba by hitting successive fours. opening batsman In response, South Africa got off to a good start. Opener Tajmin Brits were hit on the helmet by the fifth ball after which she had to undergo a concussion test twice. Off-spinner Oshadi Ranasinghe of the Sri Lankan team put pressure on the South African team by putting four dot balls in the last over of the powerplay and then took the wicket of tazmin brits.
Kaap also fell victim to Inoka Ranveera after scoring 11 runs in the eighth over. Ranveera also sent Laura Wolvaardt (18) to the pavilion. Half of South Africa’s team was returned to the pavilion with a score of 72. South Africa held the ground till the last minute when Sinalo Jafta and Ismail were run out and came in last to lose the match by 3 runs.
The Team Won Thanks to Captain Chamari Atapattu
With the help of Sri Lankan team captain Chamari Atapattu’s superb batting, Sri Lanka recorded a thrilling three-run win over hosts South Africa in the first match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup and also won their first match. Atapattu brought up her half-century in 50 balls, studded with 12 fours, for a total of 68 runs, the highest score by a batsman for Sri Lanka in the Women’s World Cup. South Africa got a target of 130 runs to win but Sri Lankan spinners stopped them for 126 runs for nine wickets.
