Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first Sri Lankan woman cricketer to reach 4,000 ODI runs during her 46-run innings against Bangladesh in the Women's World Cup 2025. The match took place at DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai where Athapaththu chose to bat first after winning the toss. She opened the innings but was dismissed by Rabeya Khan after scoring 46 runs off 43 balls. Despite not reaching a half-century, the 35-year-old reached the significant 4,000-run mark in ODIs. The next highest run-scorer from Sri Lanka is Shashikala Siriwardene with 2,029 runs, demonstrating Athapaththu's dominance in women's cricket . Athapaththu needed just one run before the Bangladesh match to achieve this milestone. She now joins an el

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