ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: In the Women’s T20 World Cup being played these days, a Sri Lankan player got run out in a very unique way. The player showed perfect timing not in batting but in fielding. The fielder dismissed the player of the opposition team in such a way that you would like to watch it again and again. This incident came to light in the fifth match of the tournament played between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on 12 February.
The video of this run out was shared by the ICC on its social media. Sharing the video, ICC wrote, “Timing on that jump.” This video is really worth watching. Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu showed this timing during fielding.
This is how he was run out, watch video
This run out was done on the third ball of the 17th over of the first innings. Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu was throwing this over himself. He threw this ball of his over to Ritu Moni. He wanted to take a run by playing the ball in the off side, but Sugandha Kumari present there made him walk by hitting a brilliant direct throw. Captain Chamari Atapattu came in front of this throw and he lifted his leg at the perfect time and the ball passed under his leg and went straight to the stump. Through this throw, Ritu Moni’s innings ended on 2 runs.
Sri Lankan opener won the match
In this match, Sri Lanka registered a resounding victory by 7 wickets. Batting first, the Bangladesh team put 126 runs on the board at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. The Sri Lankan team, chasing runs, achieved this target in 18.2 overs at the loss of 3 wickets. In this, the team’s opener Harshita Madavi played an unbeaten inning of 69 runs in 50 balls. His innings included 8 fours and a six.
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