Chamari Atapattu becomes the first player to score a century in Women’s T20 Asia Cup
Today, a match is being played between Sri Lanka and Malaysia in the Women’s Asia Cup 2024. Where Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu has created a new record. She scored a century with brilliant batting, which no one could do before. She has become the first player to score a century in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup.
Let us tell you that Sri Lanka won the toss against Malaysia and decided to bat first and scored 184 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Chamari Atapattu created history against Malaysia. She scored an unbeaten 119 runs in 69 balls, which included 14 fours and 7 sixes. During this, her strike rate was 172.46.
With this, Chamari is the first batsman to score a century in the history of Women’s T20 Asia Cup. While Chamari scored a century, other Sri Lankan batsmen could not score a half-century. Anushka Sanjeevani’s second highest score was 31 runs. Harshita Madvi contributed 26 runs.
Take a look at the current points table
Talking about the points table of Women’s Asia Cup 2024, the Indian team is at the top of Group A by winning two consecutive matches. At the same time, Pakistan and Nepal have won one match each. Pakistan is at second and Nepal is at third place. Apart from this, Thailand’s team is at the top in Group B with two points. Sri Lanka also has two points, if it wins the match today, it will reach the top.
The Indian team led by Harmanpreet Kaur is leading its group by winning two matches so far and it seems certain to reach the semi-finals. Pakistan is also likely to reach the semi-finals from Group A. Sri Lanka seems certain to reach the semi-finals from Group B.