Sri Lanka, May 6 -- ICC - Sri Lanka joined Scotland as the two teams to head to the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 from the Qualifier tournament in Abu Dhabi - the duo will now contest in the final on Tuesday.

Put in to bat, Chamari Athapaththu and Vishmi Gunaratne began well for Sri Lanka - while Gunaratne got into the swing of things with two fours in the second over, Athapaththu cracked back-to-back sixes in the next over.

By the end of the Powerplay, they had put 48 runs on the board as Sri Lanka made a rousing start in the semi-final.

UAE soon turned to their X factor with the ball - Vaishnave Mahesh - and the leg-spinner struck in her very first over with the big scalp of Athapaththu, stumped after some good work by wicketkeeper ...