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Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu, Pakistan’s Fatima Sana, South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt, and Bangladesh’s Nigar Sultana Joty attended the captains’ day event in Colombo on Friday ahead of the 13th ICC Women’s World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka from September 30. The other four skippers -- from Australia, England, India, and New Zealand -- gathered for a similar event in Bengaluru. Having been short on match practice and also seeing their first warm-up against South Africa washed out, Bangladesh will look to gain valuable preparation in today’s final warm-up against Sri Lanka before opening their campaign against Pakistan on October 2.