IND-W vs BAN-W: India batsmen flop, Bangladesh avoid whitewash with win in 3rd T20I

Indian batsmen’s struggle against spin bowling continued as Bangladesh showed courage to secure a consolation four-wicket win in the third and final Women’s T20 International on Thursday. India put up another formidable batting display and after electing to bat first scored 102 runs for nine wickets.

It seemed that Bangladesh, who could not chase down 96 in the previous game, again took the self-destructive route but managed to cross the line in 18.1 overs.

Opener Shamima Sultana (42 off 46) anchored the innings for Bangladesh. India won the series 2–1, but their performance did not live up to expectations. The three-match ODI series between the two teams will begin here from July 16.

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The biggest disappointment was batting on spin-friendly wickets as the batsmen did not have the strength to put pressure on the slower bowlers. Barring skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, none of the batsmen could cross the fence in the three matches.

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Newbie off-spinner Minnu Mani’s performance was one of the few positive stories to emerge for India. When the new head coach takes charge of the team, he will have a lot of work to do before the team returns to play the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh next year.

Harmanpreet admitted after the match that there is a lot of room for improvement in the upcoming ODI series.

“It will be a low-scoring tournament. We will not get to see 300 in an innings. There is a need to rotate the strike and do it over and over. There are a lot of areas to improve as a team and Let’s see how it goes.” said in the post-match presentation.

On the loss to Bangladesh, Harmanpreet said, “Bangladesh looked very aware today, the way they were batting. There was a lot to learn from the way they took singles. They didn’t give us any chances.”

“On this wicket you need to depend on singles and doubles. Due to our batting collapse, we didn’t even get 6 runs per over. The gamechanger for us was the last five overs where we didn’t get what we wanted as we were under pressure. were feeling.” ,

India’s skipper scored an emphatic 40 off 41 balls, but a batting collapse in the death overs saw India lose their last six wickets inside 11 runs. Leggie Rabeya Khan was the best bowler for Bangladesh with figures of three for 16 in four overs. Off-spinner Sultana Khatoon was impressive in the powerplay, dismissing the star opening pair of Shafali Verma (11). reminiscence (1).

The surface proved “difficult” in the low-scoring series and with this in mind, Harmanpreet opted to bat first.

Shafali and Mandhana once again failed to provide a good start as India were reduced to 27 for two in six overs.

Mandhana found herself in an awkward position trying to work down the leg side and took the lead with Bangladesh captain and keeper Nigar Sultana doing the rest.

Shafali was caught at long on after failing to cross the fence.

Jemimah Rodrigues (28 off 26) and Harmanpreet propelled the innings with a 45-run partnership before Jemimah Rodrigues was stumped by leg-spinner Shorna Ektor. Unlike the previous game, Jemimah showed positive intent in her innings and used her feet well against the spinners.

The lack of six-hitters in the team was once again exposed as Harmanpreet was the only player to cross the ropes. The wickets piled up after Harmanpreet was stumped in the 17th over as the Indian batsmen failed to get the required boundaries.