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Navi Mumbai, Oct 20 (PTI) Sri Lanka top-order batter Hasini Perera struck her maiden half-century while skipper Chamari Athapaththu and Nilakshika Silva made decent contributions but the team still ended up scoring a below-par 202 all out against Bangladesh in a Women’s World Cup match here on Monday.

Hasini struck 85 off 99 balls, her only half-ton in 59 ODIs, and shared two vital partnerships — 71 with opener Chamari (46 off 43 balls) and 74 with Nilakshika (37 off 38 balls) — in a match where the rest of the Sri Lankan batters failed to cross single-digit scores.

Hasini hit 13 fours and a six.

Teenage Bangladesh leg-spinner Shorna Akter took three wickets for 27 runs, while young slow bowler Rabeya Khan grabbed 2/39.

Earlier, Chamari won the toss and opted t

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