🔗 Share this article Sri Lanka beats Bangladesh to keep their World Cup campaign ongoing The Lankan team will confront Pakistan in their decisive final group match ICC Women's World Cup, Navi Mumbai The Lankan team 202 (48.4 overs): Hasini Perera 85 (99); Shorna 3-27 The Bangladeshi team 195-9 (50 overs): Joty 77 (98); Chamari Athapaththu 4-42 Sri Lanka emerge victorious by seven runs The Lankan cricket team took four crucial dismissals in the final innings segment to achieve a thrilling triumph over their opponents and keep their faint aspirations of making it for the World Cup semi-finals ongoing. Chasing a modest total of 203 on a good batting surface in Navi Mumbai, Bangladesh required nine additional runs from the last six deliveries. Yet, Sri Lanka captain Athapaththu secured three wickets in four deliveries and Nilakshi de Silva ran out Nahida to secure a exciting win for Sri Lanka. The win – the Lankan team's initial of the World Cup after three unsuccessful matches and two no-results against the Australian team and the Kiwi side – pushes them level on four match points with the Indian team and the New Zealand side, who face each other on the coming Thursday. The Bangladeshi team, however, experienced a fifth consecutive loss since securing victory in their first match against the Pakistani team and have been knocked out. Although Bangladesh got off to the excellent commencement, with Marufa striking with the opening bowl of the match to dismiss Vishmi Gunaratne, they were appropriately made to pay for a poor fielding performance. They provided reprieves to Perera, who was missed on three occasions, and Athapaththu. Although Athapaththu was unable to take advantage, removed leg before wicket for 46 one ball after being missed by Rabeya, Perera made the opposition suffer. She achieved a first international 50-run score, making 85 from 99 deliveries and contributing to an crucial 74-run stand fifth-wicket with De Silva. Bangladesh, guided by Shorna Akter's impressive bowling figures, pulled themselves back into the game, with Nilakshi's dismissal in the 34th over initiating a Sri Lanka downfall from 174 for four to 202 total. While batting second, Sri Lanka's starting bowlers Madara and Udeshika Prabodhani restricted Bangladesh to 23 for one in a lacklustre initial phase and they were afterwards diminished to 44 for three. Sharmin Akter and Nigar Sultana Joty rebuilt their score, contributing 82 runs for the fourth wicket before Sharmin withdrew due to injury for a stubborn 64 in the 36th over. It was in favor of Bangladesh approaching the remaining two innings segments, with just 12 more runs necessary. Yet, Sugandika Dasanayaka sent back Ritu and conceded just three scoring runs before the captain's chaos, with Rabeya, Nahida Akter, captain Joty and Marufa all dismissed as Sri Lanka snatched the win at the final moment. The Bangladeshi team fail to maintain composure - and catches Ultimately, it was a game of composure. The seasoned Athapaththu, who moved aside a few of team-mates as she prepared to bowl the decisive over, held her nerve. Bangladesh did not. There will be many doubts about the team's batting performance. They possibly have been pursuing 270 to 280 with the Lankan team seeming comfortable on 159 for four in the 30th over, but rather the required total was considerably smaller. Nevertheless, Bangladesh showed little aggression from ball one, accumulating runs at under 2.5 runs per over during the opening overs, undergoing a top-order collapse, and finally forcing themselves overwhelming to achieve. But no matter what difficulties there are with their batting, if they had accepted their catches in the field, that 203-run objective would have been considerably lower. It required them three attempts to end the 72-run partnership second-wicket collaboration, with wicketkeeper Joty failing to hold a challenging chance as wicketkeeper to dismiss Hasini Perera on her score of 23 before the captain was spared from a caught and bowled chance chance against Rabeya Khan. The batter was spilled further on 55 and her score of 63, the last attempt going straight to Jhilik at cover field, before eventually being given out leg before wicket by Shorna Akter as she attempted to up the ante with teammates falling beside her. Afterwards in the innings, there was additionally a failed stumping and a missed run-out, even though the second one was a somewhat unfortunate, with Jhilik deputising with the gloves following an physical problem to the regular keeper. Sadly for Bangladesh, such fielding problems are far from a single occurrence. They've dropped 14 chances from a potential 27 at this tournament and have the poorest catching success rate (less than 50%) of the eight teams. They are a side who are generally heading in the proper way – they are playing in only their second ODI World Cup after all – but inadequate fielding is a glaring issue which demands attention.