Report Despite a downturn that saw them make just 145 for 7, India handled to hold back Bangladesh quickly Yastika Bhatia leading scored for India with 36 – BCB India 145 for 7 (Yastika 36, Shafali 31, Rabeya 3-23) beat Bangladesh 101 for 8 (Sultana 51, Renuka 3-18, Vastrakar 2-25) by 44 runs India rode on Renuka Singh’s 3 for 18 to beat Bangladesh by 45 runs in the opening video game of the five-match T20I series in Sylhet, on a damp Sunday night. India have actually won 15 of 18 T20Is versus Bangladesh now. Disallowing the Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana, none of the batters might argue in chase of 146, which at the innings break seemed like a below-par overall offered India’s downturn in the last stage. Sultana’s 51, the top-scorer amongst both groups, wasn’t enough as Bangladesh summoned just 101 for 8 in 20 overs. They had an unsteady start to the chase, losing their leading 3 of Dilhara Akther, Murshida Khatun and Sobhana Mostary inside the powerplay, with Renuka accounting for 2 wickets in her 3 overs and Deepti Sharma one. Pooja Vastrakar eliminated Fahima Khatun right away after the powerplay to leave Bangladesh reeling at 30 for 4. Sultana’s 5 fours and a 6 in her 48-ball stay dragged the hosts past 100 however she discovered little aid at the other hand as wickets fell around her. Renuka returned in the 16th over to eliminate Rabeya Khan to include another to her tally while Vastrakar got 2 and Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav and Deepti took a wicket each. Yastika shines before India’s collapse Young legspinner Rabeya Khan’s 3 wickets assisted Bangladesh limit India to 145 for 7. Yastika Bhatia’s 36 and cameos from Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh pressed India to a moderate overall which showed enough at the end. After reaching 100 in 12.2 overs, India might not touch the 150-mark with a number of batters stopping working to transform starts and speed up at the death overs as the group lost 5 wickets for 39 runs. Smriti Mandhana fell early when she discovered a thick within edge onto the legstump, in the 3rd over, attempting to be aggressive. Shafali began well, scoring 3 fours and a 6 in her 22-ball 31 before being up to Rabeya in the ninth over when she attempted to play throughout the line and discovered the leading edge. Yastika and Harmanpreet then stabilised the innings in the center overs, offering the structure for a huge surface. Yastika, slotted in at No. 3 in location of the hurt Jemimah Rodrigues, played a couple of cool cover drives along the ground, mixed throughout and swept past the brief great leg fielder to discover limits and looked set to remove. In her 28-ball innings, she struck 6 fours and sewed 2 vital collaborations – first of all, 43 off 31 with Shafali for the 2nd wicket and after that 45 off 33 with Harmanpreet. Bangladesh battled back with the wickets of Harmanpreet and Yastika in successive overs to thwart India. Harmanpreet was caught lbw for 30 off legspinner Fahima Khatun in the 14th over and Yastika discovered the point fielder after she mistimed a heave off Rabeya. Debutant S Sajana was promoted to No. 6 and with Ghosh at the other end, India anticipated some fireworks. That didn’t take place. Sajana’s stay was brief as she was dismissed for a run-a-ball 11 and Ghosh, after notching up 2 fours and a 6, was up to Marufa Akther’s speed in the last over. Marufa transformed it into a double-wicket over, getting rid of Vastrakar off the last ball and yielding simply 2 runs from the over. Bangladesh placed on a blended fielding display screen, dropping 3 catches off Shafali, Mandhana and Sajana however likewise revealed outstanding effort to conserve a couple of limits near the rope. Srinidhi Ramanujam is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo Instant responses to T20 concerns © 2024 ESPN Sports Media Ltd. All rights scheduled
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