Women’s T20I: India beats Bangladesh by 7 wickets, takes unassailable 3-0 lead. cricket news

A formidable India defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in the third match on Thursday to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match Women’s T20 series. Given the overcast conditions and light breeze, captain Harmanpreet Kaur decided to field first, following which India’s bowlers produced another disciplined performance to restrict Bangladesh to 117/8, which the visitors won with nine balls to spare. finished off. When they came out to bat, openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma added 91 runs in just 12.1 overs to take India closer to a series win. Shafali was out after scoring 51 runs in 38 balls with the help of eight fours, while Mandhana regained her form and scored 47 runs in 42 balls with the help of five fours and a six.

Ritu Moni dismissed Shafali with her bowling while Nahida Akhtar dismissed Mandhana. But the damage was done.

Earlier, the decision to bowl first did not immediately yield the desired results as Bangladesh scored 44 runs without loss in six overs of the powerplay. However, after the dismissal of Dilara Ektar, the Indian bowlers tightened the noose on the home team’s batsmen, who scored 39 runs in 25 balls.

The hosts’ bright start was largely due to the batting of Dilara Ektar, who hit a few fours and negotiated the Indian bowlers without any difficulty early on at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.

Having trailed 0-2 in the five-match series, Bangladesh looked determined to show themselves better and keep the rubber alive, being bowled out for 119 at the same venue two days later.

With the T20 World Cup around the corner, the aim is to finalize their middle order, which is facing some difficulty.

Even though Dilara kept the scoreboard up at a decent pace, Bangladesh lost their first wicket when Murshida Khatoon (9) was run out by the pair of Deepti Sharma-Richa Ghosh.

The star performer of the series was the opener, medium pacer Renuka Singh, who dealt a huge blow to Bangladesh when her slower ball down the leg side touched Dilara’s gloves while going to Ghosh as the batsman looked to hit it hard over square leg. Area. Soft dismissals cost the home team as India’s bowlers were in good form.

At the end of the 10th over, Bangladesh’s score was 66 runs for two wickets, with their captain Nigar Sultana and Shobhana Mostari in the middle.

Shobhana (15 off 20 balls) was out after a poor example of running between the wickets, with the diving batsman failing to beat Renuka’s throw at the striker’s end.

Fahima Khatoon was out on the very first ball, given out LBW off the bowling of Shreyanka Patil, when the new batsman moved to sweep the ball but missed the line completely.