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Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu said it would beryllium a "miracle" if her squad is capable to seal a semifinal berth successful the Women's World Cup despite notching a thrilling seven-run triumph against Bangladesh, successful Navi Mumbai connected Monday (October 20, 2025).
Sri Lanka mightiness person earned 2 important points to instrumentality their tally to 4 — the aforesaid arsenic India and New Zealand — but their highly dismal nett tally complaint (NRR) puts them successful a disadvantage arsenic they vie with the different 2 teams to unafraid a last-four berth.
Australia, England and South Africa person already made it to the knockouts.
"One much crippled left, we'll effort our champion to triumph and (it) volition beryllium a occurrence if we tin marque the semis," said Athapaththu, who produced a imagination past implicit successful which she took 3 wickets and besides effected a tally retired to crook the tables connected Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka were capable to support 202, thing which looked hard erstwhile Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana (77) and Sharmin Akhter (64 retired hurt) were astatine the crease.
Athapaththu said it came down to handling unit and her players lived up to expectations.
"We handled the unit till the past over. Knew we had to support warring till the end. Did galore mistakes arsenic a batting unit, not our champion crippled but we were fortunate capable to win.
"We played 4 games successful Sri Lanka but unluckily 2 games (were) washed out. Too hard to foretell the weather. As a nonrecreational team, we can't blasted those things.
"Hasini (Perera, 85 runs) and myself (46 runs) had a bully partnership, and past I got out. Have to larn from the Bangladesh squad however they batted successful the mediate overs. We made truthful galore mistakes arsenic a batting unit." Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana was near heartbroken pursuing the loss, saying the squad volition person to truly enactment hard connected handling unit connected the large stage.
"From the opening I deliberation it was our game. Me and Sharmin (Akter, 64 not out) were batting well. Momentum shifted erstwhile she went disconnected (the ground) with cramp.
" We kept losing wickets astatine important moments. We've been playing 3 games similar this. Heartbreaking definitely. We kept losing wickets and couldn't clasp our nerves. We can't instrumentality this unit and we request to deliberation astir it," the skipper added.
"We really person a precise bully fielding broadside but someway we dropped catches successful important moments. It's a intelligence thing. Need to enactment connected that. Have 1 much crippled and request to rectify those mistakes to decorativeness connected a bully note," said Sultana.
