Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh Live Score, ICC Women’s World Cup 2025: Follow Scorecard And Match Action From Navi Mumbai

Qualification for Bangladesh isn’t impossible mathematically. Win this. Win the next. Get to six points. Then cross fingers, toes, and everything else while hoping other results cascade favorably. That’s the only scenario where they survive. Their bowling has kept them competitive, which is something. The spin department, led by veteran Fahima Khatun and backed by youngsters Nahida Akter and pacer Marufa Akter, has been their most reliable asset. But the batting has been their undoing. Inconsistent is too kind. It’s been a revolving door of underwhelming performances with occasional glimpses of competence. Sobhana Mostary is the exception, the only batter showing up with two half-centuries and an average above 50. She’s dragging Bangladesh forward while the rest struggle to keep pace.

The numbers tell a one-sided story. Four ODI clashes, Sri Lanka leading 2-0, Bangladesh still waiting for that breakthrough win against them. Today could change that, or it could reinforce the pattern. Either way, context matters. Bangladesh are in their second-ever ODI World Cup, so even getting to the borderline of the top four and being relevant this deep into the tournament marks serious progress for Nigar Sultana Joty’s girls. The DY Patil Stadium hosts its first women’s ODI today and gets rewarded with a fixture that carries elimination weight. Both teams bring spin-heavy attacks, deep benches of slow bowlers who’ll fancy their odds here. Whoever masters the spin duel, the queenmaker battle, if we’re being poetic about it, walks away winning. Toss and teams coming up. Stay tuned.

Sri Lanka have been fighting two adversaries this tournament. Their opposition and the weather. Rain has sabotaged nearly every outing, leaving them with just one complete match to show for their efforts. Still, there’s been a silver lining hiding in the storm clouds. The Chamari Athapaththu dependency issue that everyone circled in red before the tournament? It’s being quietly solved. Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunarathne, and Nilakshika Silva have become batting mainstays, sharing the load instead of dumping it all on their captain. While Inoka Ranaweera and Udeshika Prabodhani have been instrumental with the ball. But it all boils down to converting pressure moments into winning moments with a collective effort through both departments.

Both sides are sitting at the table’s basement, both got here via different routes of pain, and both are coming off losing their previous matches by 10 wickets. Sri Lanka Women watched their World Cup campaign get monsoon-wrecked in Colombo, with two important matches vanishing into washouts. Navi Mumbai at least promises them actual cricket, even if it comes with humidity. They haven’t won anything yet. Not once. One of two teams still stuck on zero in the wins column. Bangladesh Women have been the nearly team. They’ve got one win, against Pakistan, and then, a highlight reel of moments where they troubled the big names but couldn’t finish the job.

The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 has turned into a high-stakes poker game where two players are about to go all-in, and one’s going broke. Australia, England and South Africa have already cashed out with semi-final spots. Only one spot remains on the table, and five teams fight for that. The DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai breaks into this World Cup action as the fifth venue, with Match 21, throwing a subcontinental clash between Sri Lanka Women and Bangladesh Women into a winner-takes-all scenario that’s brutal in its simplicity. No safety nets. No room for error. On that note, hello and a warm welcome to our coverage.

Match 21 of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 brings a vital clash between two subcontinental rivals, Sri Lanka Women and Bangladesh Women. Set to take place at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai, this fixture is basically a do-or-die encounter for both sides as they desperately seek to ignite their campaign and keep their faint hopes of a semi-final berth alive. Both teams arrive in Navi Mumbai in a precarious position on the points table, level on two points each, mostly garnered through washed-out matches earlier in the tournament. Sri Lanka, the co-hosts of the event, have endured a tough run, including a disappointing 10-wicket hammering against South Africa in their last, rain-truncated outing. Similarly, Bangladesh, despite a historic win against Pakistan, have been unable to consistently challenge the top-tier sides, though they have shown flashes of brilliance, particularly in their close encounters with the likes of South Africa and England. Chamari Athapaththu’s Sri Lankan side has demonstrated that they possess the batting power, evident in their strong total of 258/6 against New Zealand (a match that was ultimately washed out). However, their performance in completed matches has been inconsistent. The weight of expectation falls heavily on their captain, Chamari Athapaththu, whose aggressive starts are key to setting the tone. Bangladesh, led by Nigar Sultana Joty, will draw confidence from their historical win over Pakistan and the competitive scores they managed against stronger opponents. They’ve shown resilience and a never-say-die attitude that could be their biggest asset in this high-stakes game. Their primary focus will be on tightening up their fielding, an area where they have struggled, and replicating their solid batting efforts. In recent ODI encounters, the rivalry has been closely contested, with Bangladesh securing a tight 1-run win in a recent warm-up game, suggesting that the gap between the two teams is closing rapidly. Historically, Sri Lanka holds an edge, but the recent results underscore the competitive nature of this fixture. Who are you backing for the win?