The Lankan team overcomes the Bangladeshi side to maintain their campaign breathing

Women's Cricket World Cup, Navi Mumbai

The Lankan team 202 (48.4 overs): Hasini Perera 85 (99); Shorna 3-27

The Bangladeshi team 195-9 (50 overs): Nigar Sultana Joty 77 (98); Chamari Athapaththu 4-42

The Lankan side win by seven runs

The Lankan cricket team claimed four crucial dismissals in the decisive innings segment to achieve a nail-biting triumph over their opponents and keep their slim chances of qualifying for the tournament knockout stage alive.

Chasing a attainable total of 203 on a good batting surface in Navi Mumbai, the Bangladeshi team wanted nine more runs from the last six deliveries.

Yet, Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu secured three crucial wickets in four balls and de Silva dismissed via run-out Nahida to achieve a thrilling success for Sri Lanka.

The victory – Sri Lanka's first of the tournament after three unsuccessful matches and two abandoned games against Australia and the Kiwi side – moves them equal on four tournament points with the Indian team and New Zealand, who meet each other on Thursday.

Bangladesh, however, endured a fifth consecutive loss since securing victory in their tournament opener against the Pakistani team and have been eliminated.

While the Bangladeshi side got off to the ideal beginning, with Marufa striking with the initial ball of the encounter to dismiss Vishmi Gunaratne, they were appropriately punished for a disappointing fielding display.

They provided lifelines to Perera, who was dropped three times, and Athapaththu.

Even though the Sri Lankan skipper could not capitalise, sent back lbw for 46 one ball after being put down by Rabeya, Perera forced the opposition suffer.

She achieved a debut international 50-run score, scoring 85 from 99 bowls and contributing to an crucial 74-run fifth-wicket with De Silva.

Bangladesh, guided by Shorna's impressive bowling figures, pulled themselves back into the match, with De Silva's removal in the 34th over triggering a Sri Lanka collapse from 174 with four wickets down to 202 complete.

In reply, the Lankan team's initial pace attack Madara and Udeshika Prabodhani restricted the opposition to 23-1 in a disappointing initial phase and they were subsequently diminished to 44 with three wickets lost.

Sharmin and Joty rebuilt their score, contributing an 82-run partnership for the fourth wicket before Sharmin withdrew due to injury for a determined 64 in the 36th over.

It was advantage the chasing team entering the remaining two bowling phases, with just 12 additional runs required.

Yet, Dasanayaka removed Ritu Moni and allowed only three runs before the captain's chaos, with Rabeya, Nahida Akter, captain Joty and Marufa all sent back as Sri Lanka snatched the victory at the very end.

Ultimately, it was a game of composure. The very experienced Lankan captain, who directed away a few of fellow players as she prepared to deliver the final over, held her composure. The opposition failed to.

There will be plenty of doubts about the team's batting effort. They might well have been pursuing 270 to 280 with the Lankan team appearing settled on 159-4 in the 30th innings segment, but instead the required total was considerably smaller.

Yet, the batting side displayed insufficient aggression from ball one, scoring at below 2.5 runs each over during the powerplay, suffering a early batting collapse, and ultimately forcing themselves excessive to accomplish.

But no matter what difficulties there are with their batting, if they had seized their catches in the field, that 203 total target would have been substantially lower.

It took them three efforts to terminate the 72-run stand second-wicket association, with keeper Joty not managing to take a tough chance while keeping to dismiss Perera on 23 before the captain survived from a caught and bowled chance chance against Rabeya Khan.

The batter was spilled once more on 55 runs and her score of 63, the last attempt traveling straight to Rubya Haider Jhilik at cover field, before ultimately being trapped lbw by Shorna as she attempted to increase the tempo with partners falling around her.

Afterwards in the innings, there was furthermore a missed stumping and a failed run-out, although the latter was a little regrettable, with Rubya Haider standing in with the gloves due to an fitness issue to Joty.

Regrettably for Bangladesh, such fielding woes are nowhere near a one-off. They've dropped 14 chances from a potential 27 at this tournament and have the lowest fielding effectiveness (48.1 percent) of the competing sides.

They are a side who are overall heading in the proper way – they are participating in only their second ODI World Cup ultimately – but inadequate fielding performance is a prominent concern which needs attention.