
The Bangladesh women’s cricket team will begin its white-ball tour of Sri Lanka with a three-match One-Day International (ODI) series starting on Saturday, April 29 followed by a T20 International (T20I) series consisting of just as many matches.
The ODI series will be played at P Sara Oval while the T20I series will be hosted at Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground. Both venues are located in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.
It will be the first international assignment for Sri Lanka as well as Bangladesh since playing in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa, where both teams failed to progress past the group stages.
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were in the same group at the World Cup. Harshitha Samarawickrama’s unbeaten 69 off 50 powered Sri Lanka to a seven-wicket win with 10 balls to spare after Bangladesh had posted 126/8.
While Sri Lanka is ranked eighth in the ICC Women’s T20I Team Rankings, Bangladesh is one place below at ninth. In ODIs, Bangladesh is ranked three places above Sri Lanka at seventh.
Bangladesh will be led by Nigar Sultana while Chamari Athapaththu will captain the hosts. The three-match ODI series will conclude on May 4 followed by a three-match T20I series that will end on May 12.
Sri Lanka women vs Bangladesh women 2023 cricket series schedule and live India match times
As per Indian Standard Times (IST)
Date |
Match |
Venue |
Time |
April 29, Saturday |
Sri Lanka Women vs Bangladesh Women's first ODI |
P Sara Oval, Colombo |
10:00 AM |
May 2, Tuesday |
Sri Lanka Women vs Bangladesh Women's second ODI |
P Sara Oval, Colombo |
9:30 AM |
May 4, Thursday |
Sri Lanka Women vs Bangladesh Women's third ODI |
P Sara Oval, Colombo |
9:30 AM |
May 9, Tuesday |
Sri Lanka Women vs Bangladesh Women's first T20I |
Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground |
10:00 AM |
May 11, Thursday |
Sri Lanka Women vs Bangladesh Women's second T20I |
Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground |
10:00 AM |
May 12, Friday |
Sri Lanka Women vs Bangladesh Women's third T20I |
Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground |
1:00 PM |
Sri Lanka women vs Bangladesh women 2023 series squads
Sri Lanka: Hansima Karunaratne, Harshitha Madavi, Hasini Perera, Imesha Dulani, Nilakshi de Silva, Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Kavisha Dilhari, Kawya Kavindi, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Rashmi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wicket-keeper), Kaushani Nuthyangana (wicket-keeper), Prasadani Weerakkody (wicket-keeper), Inoka Ranaweera, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Malsha Shehani, Sathya Sandeepani, Sugandika Kumari, Tharika Sewwandi, Udeshika Prabodhani.
Bangladesh: Fargana Hoque, Murshida Khatun, Sobhana Mostary, Lata Mondal, Ritu Moni, Shorna Akter, Sultana Khatun, Nigar Sultana(captain and wicket-keeper), Shamima Sultana(wicket-keeper), Disha Biswas, Fahima Khatun, Fariha Trisna, Jahanara Alam, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan, Sanjida Akter.
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