Riding on Yastika Bhatia’s 36 and Renuka Singh Thakur’s 3-18, India defeated Bangladesh by 44 operates in the opening match of the five-match T20I sequence at the Sylhet Global Cricket Stadium listed here on Sunday.
Electing to bat to start with, Yastika, Shafali Verma (31) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur (30) crossed 30s. But immediately after Harmanpreet fell, Bangladesh pulled items back to maintain India at 145/7. In reply, Bangladesh lost 4 wickets immediately and eventually produced 101/8 in their 20 overs.
Apart from Renuka, rapidly-bowler Pooja Vastrakar took 2-25 even though Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav and Deepti Sharma took a wicket each and every in a tight bowling demonstrate to ensure India now have a 1- direct in the five-match sequence, vital from a T20 Planet Cup preparing stage of see.
Bangladesh didn’t get an ideal start to their chase as Renuka discovered inward motion to trap Dilara Akter lbw and then castled Sobhana Mostary with seam motion. Deepti and Pooja joined the wicket-takers social gathering by trapping Murshida Khatun and Fahima Khatun lbw respectively.
Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana slammed five fours and a 6 in her 48-ball knock, also her seventh T20I fifty. Her knock was crucial in using Bangladesh previous 100 before she was cast by Pooja in the final around. But she identified incredibly tiny assistance from the other finish as her teammates fell without the need of leaving a mark, as Bangladesh’s batting problems resurfaced soon after coming to the fore in their prior house collection in opposition to Australia.
Earlier, very good knocks by Yastika, Shafali and Harmanpreet ensured India got a first rate total on a sluggish pitch. India’s innings began with Shafali and Smriti Mandhana hitting four boundaries in between by themselves in the 1st two overs. But Smriti, who received a reprieve in the next more than, could not capitalise on it and inside-edged on to her stumps off Fariha Trisna.
Shafali took out the strain with a 6 off Sultana Khatun over extensive-on and was even specified a reprieve on the last ball of Electric power-perform off Marufa Akter. Yastika was tasteful in sweeping Nahida Akter two times and lofting a drive off Sultana Khatun to collect boundaries promptly.
But Shafali fell for 31 off 22 balls right after closing her bat-face too early and the primary edge was caught by protect off Rabeya. Harmanpreet was delightful with her whips and cuts whilst Yastika continued to be great at sweeping spinners for fours.
The 45-operate stand arrived to an stop when Harmanpreet went for a sweep off Fahima and was trapped lbw. In the future over, Yastika tried to go above off-side but gave a foremost edge to limited 3rd.
Debutante all-rounder Sajeevan Sajana made run-a-ball 11 prior to falling to Rabeya, even though Richa Ghosh hit two fours and a six in her 17-ball 23, ahead of holing out to prolonged-on off Marufa in the remaining about. Marufa then had Pooja caught at lengthy-on on the final ball of the innings to keep India 5 runs brief of 150.
Transient scores:
India 145/7 in 20 overs (Yastika Bhatia 36, Shafali Verma 31 Rabeya Khan 3-23, Marufa Akter 2-13) beat Bangladesh 101/8 in 20 overs (Nigar Sultana 51 Renuka Singh Thakur 3-18, Pooja Vastrakar 2-25) by 44 runs.