Sri Lanka will meet the host nation England in their opening game in the women’s T20 event at the 22nd Commonwealth Games currently underway in Birmingham, England.
Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Atapattu is confident that her teammates will give their best to register a victory over England who is very much favourite to take the Womens’ceicket gold medal at CWG2022.
The Sri Lankans are part of Group B at the CWG 2022 games alongside hosts England, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Sri Lanka appears at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in the quest to make their presence felt at the first-ever women’s T20I tournament to be played at the quadrennial event in Birmingham.
The emerging Asian rivals were the last qualifiers for the 8-team competition after winning the ICC-organised women’s CWG qualifier, defeating Bangladesh in the final played in January.
Qualifying for the CWG 2022 via the qualification event in Malaysia aside, Sri Lankans haven’t had much to cheer about for the year. They went to Pakistan in May-June and suffered a 3-0 T20I series whitewash, which preceded the 2-1 defeat in the ODIs. They then hosted fellow Asian rivals India late last month and went down 2-1 in the T20I series and 3-0 in the ODIs.
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