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The Girls’s T20 World Cup 2023 could not have requested for a greater begin as hosts South Africa and Sri Lanka engaged in an exhilarating curtain raiser in Cape City to kick off the worldwide match. The Asian outfit prevailed in an exhilarating encounter to upend the hosts by three runs. Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu led from the entrance within the first innings, and her bowlers held their nerve to make the headlines after a memorable evening on the Newlands.
After good work by the Proteas bowlers, it was the flip of the batters to safe their first win of the match. The house facet bought off to a good begin within the chase earlier than the introduction of Inoka Ranaweera into the assault. The veteran left-arm spinner accounted for Laura Wolvaardt and Marizanne Kapp to maintain her facet into the competition.
Regardless of a seemingly low complete on the board, the South African batters had been put below great stress by the Sri Lankans, particularly the slower bowlers, who by no means let the batters a second’s respite. South African skipper Sune Luus held the innings collectively together with her preventing innings as wickets saved tumbling from the opposite finish.
Nonetheless, her departure within the penultimate over of the match proved to be the decisive issue within the contest as Sri Lanka bought over the road in a tense finale. Ranaweera was the decide of the bowlers, returning with good figures of three/18 in her 4 overs. Sugandika Kumari and Oshadi Ranasinghe additionally made valiant contributions, scalping two wickets every to maintain the hosts in verify.
Athapaththu leads the cost for Sri Lanka
Earlier within the match, the Asian outfit, led by Chamari Athapaththu, had been put into bat first by the hosts. Despite the fact that they misplaced Harshitha Madavi cheaply, their skipper dug deep from one finish, receiving ready assist from the younger Vishmi Gunaratne. The duo added 86 runs for the second wicket however failed to offer the specified end to the innings as each the set batters had been dismissed on consecutive deliveries of the 18th over.
South African bowlers tightened issues on the loss of life, conceading simply 15 runs within the closing three overs to limit their Asian counterparts to a modest complete of 129 runs of their 20 overs. Athapaththu was the star of the present, amassing 68 runs off simply 50 deliveries to silence her critics.
Right here is how Twitter reacted to Sri Lanka’s thrilling victory towards hosts South Africa:
What an evening! What a sport!
Sri Lanka have upset the chances to beat the hosts 🙌
📝: https://t.co/B3deUDFN5W#SAvSL | #T20WorldCup | #TurnItUp pic.twitter.com/ZfH0vvpD41
— ICC (@ICC) February 10, 2023
There may be little doubt as to the star of the opening sport!
The @aramco Participant of the Match is Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu 🙌#SAvSL | #T20WorldCup | #POTM pic.twitter.com/v1ayTkAB5u
— ICC (@ICC) February 10, 2023
#SL win towards #SA within the opening sport of the @T20WorldCup in Newlands. Cannot overlook the best way the Sri Lankan facet gave the jitters to fancied sides in 2020, however their fielding allow them to down then. However they’ve achieved higher on the sphere in 2023.#SAvSL#CricketTwitter
— W V Raman (@wvraman) February 10, 2023
🚨 RESULT | SRI LANKA WIN BY 3 RUNS
The opening match of the #T20WorldCup went right down to the wire as we come agonisingly wanting the goal#SAvSL #MyHero #AlwaysRising pic.twitter.com/sBPUUD7zrS
— Proteas Girls (@ProteasWomenCSA) February 10, 2023
The @T20WorldCup following on from final years @cricketworldcup. Nail biters are frequent place with extra to come back I feel. #SAvSL https://t.co/vZFSPU7TVS
— Mel Jones (@meljones_33) February 10, 2023
Sri Lanka 🤝🏼 beginning a #T20WorldCup with a shock outcome.
Males began #T20WorldCup2022 with a shock loss to Namibia.Girls begin #T20WorldCup2023 with a shock win over South Africa.
Each outcomes opposite to expectations. #SAvSL https://t.co/Dx6Cd0VQ8D
— S. Sudarshanan (@Sudarshanan7) February 10, 2023
Groups to lose their consecutive matches by single-digit runs margin in Girls’s T20 WC:
England🏴Misplaced by 4 runs v AUS, 2012Lost by 9 runs v WI, 2014
South Africa🇿🇦Misplaced by 5 runs v AUS, 2020Lost by 3 runs v SL, 2023#SAvSL #T20WorldCup
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) February 10, 2023
The smile says all of it. #T20WorldCup #SAvSL pic.twitter.com/vHP33RavS7
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) February 10, 2023
Most wickets vs prime 10 opposition in T20Is since 2022
32 @Deepti_Sharma0624 Inoka Ranaweera 22 Oshadi Ranasinghe#T20WorldCup2023 #T20WorldCup #SAvSL
— Mohit Shah (@mohit_shah17) February 10, 2023
