Lanka Women’s team beat BD to win T20I series

BSS, Dhaka :
Sri Lanka Women’s team secured a 44-run victory against Bangladesh in the third and final T20 International (T20I) to claim the series 2-1 at Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Colombo on Friday.
Bangladesh stunned Sri Lanka by six wickets in the first match before the hosts bounced back with seven-wicket victory in the second match, making the third and final match a decider one.
Electing to bat first, Sri Lanka put up a respectable 158-3, riding on half-century of Nilakshi de Silva and Harshitha Samarawickrama.
Captain Chamari Athapaththu gave the side a quick start, making 23 ball-32 with three fours and two sixes. But Sri Lanka were reduced to 56-3 before Samarawickra and de Silva pulled the side out off danger with 102 runs in an undefeated fourth wicket stand.