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With five consecutive wins under their belt Sri Lanka led by 17-year-old left-arm spinner Chamudi Praboda will be looking to put the final icing on the cake when they take on Bangladesh in the final of the Pakistan Women’s Under19s T20 Tri-Series at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad today.
It was a last ball win over Bangladesh in their second match of the tournament that sparked off a successful run of five victories for Sri Lanka who have been the most dominant team in the tournament so far.
The only loss they suffered was in their opening match which they lost to host Pakistan by five wickets. After that it has been all Sri Lanka as they beat Bangladesh thrice and Pakistan twice in the league round to top the table with 10 points, 4 points clear of second placed Bangladesh with 6. Pakistan brought up the rear with 2 points.
17-year-old left-handed opener from Galle, Sanjana Kavindi has been the bulwark of the Sri Lankan batting being the leading run-getter of the tournament with 252 runs (avg. 63.00) and a strike rate of 136.21. She has twice surpassed fifty and her knock of 90* against Bangladesh is the highest individual score so far.
Another left-hander Vimoksha Balasuriya is the other run scorer for Sri Lanka with 123 and a top score of 43*.
Sri Lanka’s batting has not been really tested because their bowlers have been getting the opposition out for low totals. Their highest run chase has been 127 against Bangladesh in a game which they won by six wickets.
It has been their spinners who have delivered for Sri Lanka. Limansa Thilakarathna has captured 8 wickets at an economy rate of 5.46 and has been supported by Chamodi Herath and skipper Chamudi Praboda who share 12 wickets between them.
Bangladesh will rely heavily on the batting of Sadia Akter (134 runs, strike rate 110), skipper Sadia Islam (130, st rt 134) and Nishitha Akter (106, st rt 83). Islam’s innings of 44 is their highest individual score. Their right-arm fast-medium bowler Farjana Easmin is the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, her 10 wickets coming at an economy rate of 4.90. Off-spinner Nishitha Akter has also been among the wickets picking up 8 at an economy rate of 5.73.
Having suffered three straight defeats at the hands of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh will be looking to reverse that trend and what better occasion than a final. To do that, they will need to pull something special out of the box. (ST)
