India’s third win, beats Bangladesh by 5 wickets, hopes of semi-finals remain intact

New Delhi. The Indian team performed brilliantly in the Women’s T20 World Cup match and defeated Bangladesh by 5 wickets. Batting first, Bangladesh scored 136 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, the Indian team displayed brilliant batting and achieved the target by scoring 139 runs after losing 5 wickets in just 16.5 overs. The main architect of India’s victory was opener Shefali Verma, who played an explosive inning of 53 runs in 34 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six. In the middle order, Jemimah Rodrigues also maintained the run pace by scoring 26 runs (3 fours, 1 six) in just 15 balls, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur returned unbeaten after scoring 13 runs. Ritu Moni took maximum 2 wickets for Bangladesh.

With the third win in four matches, India is at second place in the points table with six points. Now he will face Australia on Sunday. By winning three out of the four matches played so far in the tournament, the Indian team is firmly at second position after Australia in the points table with 6 points. The Indian team is now in a very strong position in terms of the semi-final race. Now the Indian team’s next and last match of the group stage will be against table-topper Australia on Sunday. A tough competition is expected between the two teams in this great match to be held on Sunday.

Bangladesh scored 136 runs for 8 wickets
The Indian team’s poor fielding continues in the Women’s T20 World Cup. Bangladesh scored 136 runs for eight wickets in the Group One match. Earlier, even in the defeat against South Africa, poor fielding proved costly for India and the situation looked more worrying in this match. Indian players dropped four easy catches in the powerplay itself. Those who dropped catches included Nandini Sharma (two catches), Yastika Bhatia and Radha Yadav. Radha had dropped two catches in the last match also. The biggest benefit from the mistakes of the Indian fielders was to opener Zuairiya Firdous, who got three lives till the fifth over. However, she could not take full advantage of these opportunities and was out after scoring 33 runs in 31 balls.

Nandani sent pavilion to Firdaus
Nandini Sharma, who was warned twice for running on the pitch, later took a brilliant catch to send Firdous to the pavilion. There was a useful partnership of 51 runs for the second wicket between Firdous and Shobhana Mostari (22 runs in 26 balls). After the defeat against South Africa, it has become almost necessary for India to win both the remaining league matches against Bangladesh and Australia. However, the team has so far not been able to perform as expected in the three departments of batting, bowling and fielding in the tournament. In bowling, India gave a chance to Renuka Singh Thakur in this match and she got success in her very first over. Opener Dilara Akhtar (four) was out while trying to play a pull shot.

Radha Yadav took 3 wickets in bowling
India made full use of the favorable conditions for the spinners. Radha Yadav made a brilliant comeback with the ball and took three wickets for 28 runs. He dismissed captain Nigar Sultana (32 runs on 27 balls) and Shobhana in quick succession. In the last over, Shri Charani bowled brilliantly and gave only three runs and also took two wickets. Due to the unusual heat currently prevailing in Britain, spin bowlers are getting relatively more help. Keeping this in mind, India also mainly relied on spin bowlers during Bangladesh’s innings. Apart from dropping four catches by the fielders, the Indian bowlers also bowled seven wides and three no-balls.