Sultana’s unbeaten 75 puts Bangladesh 1-0 up

An unbeaten 75 off 51 balls with seven fours and two sixes by Nigar Sultana helped Bangladesh Women to a thrilling six wicket win with a ball to spare in the first T20I  against Sri Lanka Women played at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) ground on Tuesday (09).

Brief scores:

Sri Lanka Women 145/6 in 20 overs (Chamari Athapaththu 38, Harshitha Samarawickrema 45, Nilakshi de Silva 29*; Fahima Khatun 2-20) lost to Bangladesh Women 146/4 in 19.5 overs (Nigar Sultana 75*, Ritu Moni 33; Udeshika Prabodhani 1-07) by six wickets