Match Report – BAN-W vs IND-W fifth T20I, Might 09, 2024
India 156 for five (Hemalatha 37, Mandhana 33, Harmanpreet 30, Nahida 2-27, Rabeya 2-28) beat Bangladesh 135 for six (Moni 37, Radha 3-24, Asha 2-25) by 21 runs
India prolonged their dominance over Bangladesh to finish a 5-0 T20I collection sweep with a 21-run win within the fifth and ultimate sport in Sylhet on Thursday. India posted 156 for five after opting to bat, because of sturdy fingers from D Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and a late cameo from Richa Ghosh. Although Ritu Moni and Shorifa Khatun fought again within the second half of the chase after Radha Yadav’s three-wicket burst, it wasn’t sufficient for a comfort win for Bangladesh.
Radha, on her comeback for India after being off the nationwide radar for a yr, ended the collection as probably the most profitable bowler with ten wickets, which acquired her the Participant-of-the-Sequence award to go along with the Participant-of-the-Match award for her three-wicket haul on Thursday.
Coming off a 2-1 T20I collection defeat at house in opposition to Australia, India might be completely satisfied to have produced a convincing collection victory in Bangladesh, the place the T20 World Cup might be held in October. Bangladesh, although, have now misplaced eight T20Is in a row now, 5 right here and three earlier in opposition to Australia, all at house.
However, regardless of dropping 5 wickets by the midway stage within the chase, Bangladesh went previous the 120-run mark for the primary time within the collection, because of Moni’s 33-ball 37 and Shorifa’s unbeaten 28 from 21 balls. Nevertheless, there was little of notice from the opposite batters.
Titas Sadhu gave India their first breakthrough when she eliminated Sobhana Mostary for a nine-ball 13 within the third over. Within the subsequent over, Radha struck, dismissing Dilara Akter as she miscued a pull to mid-off. Radha’s third double-wicket over of the collection got here within the ninth of the innings when she knocked out Nigar Sultana’s stump with a crazy supply that spun in, and three balls later, she trapped Rubya Haider lbw for 20. After that over, she had figures of 2-0-4-3. She completed with 3 for twenty-four after being focused by Moni and Shorifa.
After ten overs, Bangladesh had been 52 for five, needing 105 from the remaining 60 balls.
However Moni fought again. She charged down the monitor in opposition to the spinners, used width when it was on provide to attain in direction of backward level, and performed a ramp shot to Pooja Vastrakar as effectively. With Shorifa , she shared a 57-run partnership off 41 balls for the sixth wicket, bringing the equation right down to 53 runs from 24 balls. Nevertheless, S Asha, taking part in her second T20I, dismissed Moni within the seventeenth over to finish Bangladesh’s hopes. Asha completed with 2 for 25 from her 4 overs.
Smriti Mandhana was one among three India batters to get into the 30s•BCB
Hemalatha, Mandhana, Harmanpreet and Ghosh shine with the bat
With Bangladesh sloppy within the area, India raced to 71 for two after ten overs, Mandhana and Hemalatha taking management after Shafali Verma, taking part in her one hundredth worldwide sport, fell early. Mandhana, particularly, confirmed good intent in her 25-ball 33, hitting 4 clear fours and an inside-out six over further cowl off offspinner Sultana Khatun. Nevertheless, she was given out lbw within the eighth over, with replays suggesting that the ball hit her pad simply exterior off stump as she missed with an tried back-foot punch. No DRS meant Mandhana needed to go.
Hemalatha, at No. 3, began slowly, scoring 13 off her first 17 balls. She was additionally dropped when on 8. Nevertheless, she accelerated, discovering her contact quickly to attain 37 off 28 balls. This included two highly effective hits to long-on and long-off for sixes and two fours – a sweep and a swpie over midwicket after charging down the monitor.
India’s innings actually took off when she was joined by Harmanpreet. The 2 scored 60 off 42 deliveries for the third wicket with the India captain chipping in with a 24-ball 30. After a run-a-ball 12, Harmanpreet picked up her tempo, hitting three fours off Moni within the thirteenth over. Nevertheless, Harmanpreet’s wicket – trapped lbw by left-arm spinner Nahida Akter when she went throughout for a sweep shot – triggered a mini collapse as India went from 122 for two to 124 for five in six balls.
After a couple of quiet overs, Ghosh injected some impetus into the innings, teeing off to hit an unbeaten 28 off 17 balls, hitting three fours and a six over the bowlers’ head to assist India ger previous 150, which was effectively past Bangladesh’s attain.
Srinidhi Ramanujam is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo
