Women's T20 World Cup: Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh in second back to back win

ICC: Harshitha Samarawickrama and Nilakshi Silva stitched together a century stand to help Sri Lanka chase down the target of 127 in Cape Town against Bangladesh.

Batting first, Bangladesh collapsed with the bat after a promising start. Bangladesh lost five wickets for 24 runs in the closing stages of their innings, finishing with 126 for eight.

Restricted to 126/8, Bangladesh needed a good start with the ball and teenage sensation Akter did just that when she had Chamari Athapaththu caught at mid-on in the fourth over.

Akter went on to dismiss Vishmi Gunaratne and Anushka Sanjeewani off back-to-back deliveries in her next over to send panic waves across the Sri Lankan camp.

Harshitha starred with an unbeaten half-century with Nilakshi providing able company with an equally good knock. The duo came together with Sri Lanka at 25/3 and remained unseparated till the end as they chased the target down.