Sri Lanka-New Zealand match canceled due to rain. (Photo- PTI)
Fans are getting to see many matches in the ICC Women's World Cup 2025. But Sri Lanka's luck seems to be bleak in this tournament. Actually, in the 15th match of the tournament, Sri Lanka women's team faced New Zealand. But this match could not be completed due to rain and 1-1 points were distributed between both the teams. This is not the first time in the Women's World Cup 2025, even before this the match of Sri Lanka has been washed out due to rain, due to which the tension of the team has increased.
In this match played between the teams of Sri Lanka and New Zealand, the host team won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be correct. Sri Lanka scored 258 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs. During this, Nilakshi de Silva played a stormy inning of unbeaten 55 runs in 28 balls. Whereas, Sri Lankan captain Chamri Atapattu scored 53 runs. Vishmi Gunaratne also contributed 42 runs and Hasini Perera contributed 44 runs.
But after the first innings, there was rain disruption and then the match could not proceed further. Due to which the umpires announced the cancellation of this match and both the teams were given 1-1 point. Let us tell you, Sri Lanka has played 4 matches so far in this tournament and 2 of these matches have been washed out due to rain. Before this match, Sri Lanka's match against Australia was also canceled due to rain. Not a single ball was bowled in that match.
The Sri Lankan team has still not been able to taste victory in the ICC Women's World Cup 2025. It has faced defeat in 2 out of 4 matches and two matches have been canceled due to rain, due to which it is at 7th place in the points table with 2 points. Below that is only Pakistan team, which has lost 3 out of 3 matches. At the same time, the New Zealand team has won 1 out of 4 matches and has faced defeat in 2. At the same time, 1 match has been cancelled, due to which it is in 5th place with 3 points.
