Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu, on Monday, grew to become the primary and solely Sri Lankan feminine cricketer to get to the 4000-run mark in ODIs, following her 46-run knock in opposition to Bangladesh within the twenty first Match of the continuing Girls’s World Cup 2025.
Sri Lanka locked horns with Bangladesh on the DY Patil Sports activities Academy in Navi Mumbai on Monday as Athapaththu received the toss and elected to bat first. Opening the lineup for the aspect, she began properly earlier than Rabeya Khan dismissed her for a 43-ball 46.
Although she couldn’t get a half-century, the 35-year-old achieved a big milestone by finishing 4000 ODI runs. No different Sri Lankan lady cricketer is wherever near her feat, with Shashikala Siriwardene, 2029 ODI runs, being second on the record of gamers with essentially the most runs within the format.
The Lankan skipper was only one run away from attaining the feat earlier than she took the sector in opposition to Bangladesh. With that, she additionally grew to become solely the fourth Asian, and twentieth feminine batter total, to attain 4000 runs in Girls’s ODIs.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) took to their official
“HISTORY MADE! An enormous congratulations to our trailblazer, Chamari Athapaththu, on turning into the primary Sri Lankan and solely the fourth Asian batter to cross the 4000 run mark in ODIs! She additionally now holds the file for essentially the most ODI caps for Sri Lanka!”
The continuing World Cup recreation in opposition to Bangladesh is a must-win, do-or-die encounter for Athapaththu and her women as they give the impression of being to stay alive within the race to the semi-final.
With three groups, Australia, South Africa, and England, already sealing their spot within the prime 4, 5 teams- India, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Bangladesh, and Pakistan- are at the moment combating to seize that final remaining spot.
A loss in opposition to Bangladesh would knock Lanka out of the race.