Sri Lanka women Sunday beat Pakistan women by six wickets in the second semi-final of the 19th Asian Games women's cricket match at the Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field in Hangzhou, China.
Pakistan, who had won gold medal in the 2010 and 2014 editions, will now take on Bangladesh for the bronze medal game at the same venue tomorrow at 09:00 local time.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka and India will compete for the gold medal match scheduled tomorrow at 14:00 local time.
After being put into bat, Pakistan managed to score 75 for nine in 20 overs. Opening batter Shawaal Zulfiqar (16, 27b, 1x4), Muneeba Ali (13, 16b, 1x6) and Omaima Sohail (10, 17b, 1x6) were the only batters to enter double figures.
For Sri Lanka, Udeshika Prabodhani bagged three wickets for 21, while Kavisha Dilhari took two wickets.
In reply, Pakistan kept the Sri Lankan batters in check and dismissed four batters in process. Sri Lanka eventually achieved the target in the 17th over.
Harshitha Samarawickrama (23, 41b, 1x4) top-scored for the winning team.
For Pakistan, Diana Baig, Sadia Iqbal and Umm-e-Hani grabbed a wicket each.
Pakistan: Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Ameen, Omaima Sohail, Muneeba Ali, Nida Dar (c), Aliya Riaz, Nataila Pervaiz, Umm-e-Hani, Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal
Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Anushka Sanjeewani, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Nilakshi de Silva, Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya, Inoka Ranaweera, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Kavisha Dilhari, Hasini Perera
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