With a light breeze and cloud cover, India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur decided to field first. His bowlers then put up another disciplined performance, limiting Bangladesh to 117/8, a total that the visitors surpassed with nine balls remaining.
In the third match of the five-match women’s Twenty20 International series, India easily defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in Sylhet on May 2, securing an unbeatable 3-0 lead.
With a light breeze and cloud cover, India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur decided to field first. His bowlers then put up another disciplined performance, limiting Bangladesh to 117/8, a total that the visitors overcame with nine balls remaining.
Opening duo Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma scored 91 runs in 12.1 overs bringing India one wicket closer to victory in the series.
After scoring 51 off 38 balls with eight fours, Shafali was out, but Mandhana discovered the timing, smashing 47 off 42 balls with five boundaries and a six.
After bowling a masterclass, Ritu Moni dismissed Shafali, while Nahida Akter finished off Mandhana. However, the harm had already been done.
Earlier, Bangladesh quickly reached 44 for no loss in the six powerplay overs, showing that the choice to bowl first did not instantly produce the expected result. After Dilara Akter was removed from the game, she blazed to 39 off 25 balls, but the Indian bowlers continued applying pressure to the home team’s batters.
Dilara Akter’s batting was primarily responsible for the hosts’ quick start at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. She hit a few boundaries and easily handled the Indian bowlers early on.
Two days after being bowled out for 119 at the same location, Bangladesh, behind 0-2 in the five-match series, was in need to show better and salvage the rubber.
The aim is to finalize their middle-order, which has been facing some challenges, before of the T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh lost their opening wicket when Murshida Khatun (9) was run out by the Deepti Sharma-Richa Ghosh combination, despite Dilara maintaining the scoreboard’s fair pace.
Renuka Singh, the medium pacer who was the standout performance in the first game of the series, gave a major blow to Bangladesh when her slower delivery on the leg side touched Dilara’s gloves en route to Ghosh, even though the batter was trying to drive it hard over the square leg region. The home team was hurt by the cheap dismissal as the Indian bowlers attempted to find a comfortable rhythm.
Bangladesh were 66 for two at the end of the tenth over, their captain Nigar Sultana and middle-order batsman Sobhana Mostary.
Sobhana (15 off 20 balls) was dismissed due to a poor run between the wickets, as the diving batter was unable to beat Renuka’s throw at the striker’s end.
After the new batter slid across to sweep the ball but completely missed the line, Fahima Khatun was out on the first delivery and given leg before wicket by Shreyanka Patil.
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