SL-W Vs BAN-W Asia Cup T20 2024 Live Score: Gunaratne's Crafty 51, Prabodhani-Fernando Efforts Take Sri Lanka Over The Line

SLW vs BANW: Goodbye! 🌙

What a thrilling match! The Sri Lankan women showcased stellar performances in their Women's Asia Cup opener. With the game ending on a high note for the hosts, Bangladesh will be looking to bounce back. 

It's time to say goodbye. I, Arjun, on behalf of the Onecricket family, bid you farewell. See you in our next live blog!

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Sri Lanka win by 7 wickets

That's it! Dilhari with the winning runs as Sri Lanka gets the win in 17.1 overs winning by 7 wickets.

Twist in the tale? It better should be hindrance in the climax. Nahida Akter gets her second wicket, Samarawickrama departs.

Three boundaries off the Akter over. Sri Lanka just a blink away from victory, they need 4 runs off 24 balls remaining.

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Harshita taking Lanka towards victory

Loopy ball from Akter, Harshitha goes for a sweep and he aerially plays it to the right of square leg for a boundary. And another one from the number 3 batter's blade. The 100 comes up for the home side in 15.4 overs. 

Sri Lanka need 25 runs from the final 6 overs. 

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Nahida breaks Gunaratne

Bowled her!!! Gunaratne makes room and go over covers and yorks herself. Gunaratne departs after making a breezy knock. 2 down now are the Lankan Women Team. 

SLW vs BANW Live Score: 50 for Gunaratne

The Lankan opener brings out another reverse and this time she completes her 50-run milestone with that. The fielder at short third man fumbles as they scalp a couple. 3rd T20I fifty for Vishmi Gunaratne, who gets to her fifty in 43 balls and is holding this innings together. 

Two boundaries coming in the last two overs. Now, equation is 32 runs required from 8 overs at 4 runs per over.

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Loud appeal from Nigar Sultana Joty

The keeper has removed the bails. TV umpire is summoned to check the run-out. The ball hit Sultana's pads after Harshiths mistimed her sweep. It then deflected to the right of the leg stump and Harshitha lifted her back leg and Sultana uprooted the stumps. TV umpire's replay confirms that Harshitha's bat was inside the crease at that moment. Not out!

Time for a drinks break. The equation for Sri Lankan women has come down to 48 runs in 60 balls, with nine wickets in hands. It's their game to lose from here.

10 runs from the 9th over and the equation comes down to 51 from 11 overs.

Arjun: Choke? It doesn't look so... Gunaratne slams another couple of boundaries. Uses the reverse sweep this time versus Sultana Khatun after smoking a four past long-off. 9 runs off the 8th over.

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Quick boundaries for Gunaratne

Two boundaries in a single for the Sri Lankan opener. Gunaratne goes after Rabeya Khan in her first over, 10 runs off her over. Sri Lanka Women - 42/1 after 7 overs, they need 70 more runs to win. Can the Bangladesh side choke the hosts using their spinners?

A steady start for Sri Lanka in the chase of 112. They are 32/1 after 6 overs having just lost Chamari Athapaththu to Nahida Akter. Vishmi Gunaratne is still there on 16* and Harshitha Madavi Samarawickrama has just joined her. Important middle phase comes our way now. 

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Athapaththu's gone

Pressure was building on from the other end as Gunaratne played dot after dots, and Akter eventually gets rids of the Sri Lankan captain. Tossed up delivery at the off stump. Chamari clears her front leg to hit this one over long-on but finds the fielder there. Chamari departs for 12.

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Sri Lanka put foot on gas

Two consecutive boundaries for the Lankan openers. First, Athapaththu gets off the mark as he smacks a maximum against Khatun. Then, Gunaratne comes out of her crease and she hits Marufa Akter over mid-off for a boundary. Sri Lanka are at 15 for no loss after first three overs.

We are back with the chase. Gunaratne and Athapaththu to open the innings against Marufa Akter. 

That's the end of the first innings and Bangladesh have recovered well to get to 111/8 in 20 overs after they were 17/4 at one stage. 

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Sultana has start exploding in 20th over

The Bangladesh captain starts off the last over with two back to back fours. She races away to 47, with two ball remaining in the innings. Can she make the most of it? Oh, oh! She remains unbeaten on 48 as Bangladesh finish on 111 for the loss of 8 wickets.

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Another dismissal for Bangladesh

Umpire referral for a run out. The batter looks to be short of the ground but has the keeper broken it with the ball or without the ball? The batter is nowhere in the frame but whether the keeper's gloves knocked off the bails or is it by the ball? OUT is the call on the big screen. 

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Dilhari gets rid of Akter

Akter gets the room to free her hands and she tries to clear the long-on but fails to get the timing correctly. She finds Nilakshi de Silva at long-on, who takes a good catch. Shorna has played her role, she contributed with 25 runs.

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Hattrick of boundaries

Shorna Akter is playing a perfect hand for Bangladesh at this stage of the game. She smashes three back to back boundaries against Dilhari in the 18th over, Athapaththu isn't happy with her bowler at all. She asks the bowler to use her brains. Wait, what!! She does lays the ploy as Akter departs eyeing for the fourth successive boundary. 

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Sultana needs to start firing

8 runs coming from Athapaththu's third over. Akter smashes a boundary in the over, but it should be Nigar Sultana who puts her aggressive gear now. We are into the final 3 overs now. BAN - 82-6.

Shorna Akter comes in at number 8. Final five overs to go, BAN is at 67/6. Can they to get at least past 100? 

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Things get worse from bad for Bangladesh

Appeal and up goes the finger. Good length delivery angling in straight, Rabeya looks to work it leg side across the line and gets hit on the pads. Looks OUT and the finger went up. Rabeya departs as the 6th wicket goes down for 65 in 14.3 overs. 

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Chamari strikes in her first over

Shorifa Khatun gives it away. Athapaththu tosses the ball up. Khatun gets down on one knee and tries to go for a slog sweep, but gets early on her shot and gets beaten. The ball turns in to beat her and crash on to the woods.

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Sultana, Khatun fighting it out

A 10-run over and we are halfway mark of the innings, the scorecard isn't looking pretty for the Bangladesh fans. But, Nigar Sultana and Salma Khatun are fighting it out for the Tigresses after been pinned down to 17/4. At 10 over mark, BAN's score reads 46-4. However, they would need 70-80 runs in the back 10, which looks like a huge mountain to climb. 

Prabodhani gets her third over. Can she provide with another breakthrough to her captain here?

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Finally, a counterattack

Kulasuriya has been taken down by the Bangladesh captain. Nigar Sultana has smacked two boundaries in a single over - first a pull through square leg and then flick off her pads to fine leg. And, we can call that some counter-attack from the Bangladeshi side.

Sri Lanka Women have completely dominated the powerplay. The Bangladesh side, who won the toss and elected to bat first, has struggled thus far in the game, losing four wickets with just 18 runs on the board. Sultana and Khatun are in the middle with a huge job on their shoulders.

SLW vs BANW Live Score: One more wicket added

Fernando takes her second of the day. Moni departs for a 10-ball3. She hits it hard back to the bowler. Fernando dives to her fight and takes it one-handed and holds on. Moni departs as Bangladesh are falling apart here. 4 down inside the powerplay. 

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Beautiful start for the Lankans

Fernando gets one in her first over. A three-ball duck for Tanjim, who looks to drive and gets a leading edge to the point fielder. Kumari makes no mistake as another one bites the dust. 3 down now inside 2 overs. 

SLW vs BANW Live Score: 2 in 2 for Prabodhani

Taken at point and Prabodhani will be on a hattrick now. Slower ball, Haider checks her shot and hits it towards the point region. The fielder makes good ground and plucks the catch out of thin air. Haider departs for a golden duck. 

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Prabodhani provides Lankans the start

Dilara Akter tried to be over-aggressive and she perishes!!! The ball coms back in a tad to crash on to her off stump. And one more for the pacer. 2 in 2 for Prabodhani. 

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Aggression from word go

Dilara Akter and Bangladesh Women are off the mark with a boundary. Akter takes it on and goes over the bowler's head. The ball goes straight as an arrow and beats the fielders in the deep for a boundary to get off the mark. 

Arjun: In a pre-recorded interview, the Bangladesh skipper talked about her current favourite song - Tauba Tauba, from Vicky Kaushal's latest Bad Newz. Mithali Raj, on air, has mentioned that she would love a few Bangladesh players to perform on that song if they beat Sri Lanka tonight. Quite a banter that was.  

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Pitch Report

Pitch Report by Isobel Joyce: "The weather conditions are perfect. This is the fourth game in this wicket and it is getting better and better with every passing game. Huge thanks to the ground staff. I think i this wicket, ball will come nicely on to the bat and batters would prefer to play on front foot. This looks a good batting track."

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Playing XIs

Bangladesh Playing XI: Dilara Akter, Ishma Tanjim, Rabeya Khan, Nigar Sultana (c/wk), Ritu Moni, Shorna Akter, Rubya Haider, Shorifa Khatun, Nahida Akter (vc), Marufa Akter, Sultana Khatun

Sri Lanka Playing XI: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Madavi Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Kavisha Dilhari, Sugandika Kumari, Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya, Inoshi Priyadharshani Fernando

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Captains speak at toss

Nigar Sultana: " We will bat first. The wicket looks good and the ball is coming onto the bat and want to put the runs on the board. This is an important tournament for us and we are taking it seriously and want to perform well in this tournament. I think it's a mix of seniors and youngsters in our side and we have got a debutant as well. Looking forward to the game today."  

Chamari Athapaththu: "We would have elected to bowl first so I am happy with losing the toss. We don't want to take too much pressure on our shoulders, we want to take one match at a time.

We have Harshitha Madavi, Vishmi Gunaratne and Kavisha Dilhari who are performing good. We have some quality senior cricketers."

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Toss update

BAN wins the toss and opts to bat first against Sri Lanka.

DEBUT ALERT: Ishma Tanjim is set to make her debut for Bangladesh as an opener.  

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Recent form

In the last five T20I encounters between these two teams, Sri Lanka women have won 4 games while Bangladesh women have won 1 match.

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SLW vs BANW Live Score: Head to head records

In the 12 T20Is played between them, Sri Lanka have won nine games while Bangladesh women have won three matches. 

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Stories so far for the two sides

The hosts, Sri Lanka, will be up against Bangladesh Women in today's enthralling clash.

The two favourites from Group B will square off against each other, and it promises to be a close contest. 

Sri Lanka is in form heading into this Asia Cup. The Chamari Athapaththu-led side has won nine out of its last 12 matches and is one of the contenders for the title. 

Bangladesh, on the other hand, have a story similar to Sri Lanka's. Their bowlers have done a fine job, but the batting department has repeatedly let them down.

SLW vs BANW Live Score: Probable XIs

Bangladesh Women (Probable XI): Dilara Akter, Rubya Haider, Murshida Khatun, Nigar Sultana (wk & c), Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Shorifa Khatun, Rabeya Khan, Nahida Akter, Sultana Khatun, Ishma Tanjim

Sri Lanka Women (Probable XI): Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera (wk), Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Sugandika Kumari, Sachini Nisansala, Ama Kanchana, Kawya Kavindi, Shashini Gimhani

Hello and welcome to OneCricket's Live Blog for today's Women's Asia Cup 2024 match between hosts Sri Lanka (SL-W) and Bangladesh (BAN-W), scheduled to be played at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla.