Women's Asia Cup: Bangladesh shock India by 7 wickets

KUALA LUMPUR: Bangladesh took complete good thing about a complacent India as they recorded a at ease seven-wicket victory in the Women's Asia Cup T20 competition on Wednesday.

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It used to be Bangladesh girls's first-ever victory towards India in any format. They lost ten successive T20 games towards India since April 2013 prior to this fit.

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After two facile wins over Thailand and Malaysia, India submit a below-par batting efficiency, scoring 141 for seven in the stipulated 20 overs, which Bangladesh surpassed in 19.four overs.

India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have all got 4 points from three games however the 'Women In Blue' are leading the standings with a web run-rate of +three.428.

Fargana Haque (52 no off 46 balls) and Rumana Ahmed (42 no off 34 balls) added 93 runs for the unbroken fourth wicket to steer the Bangladeshi girls to one in all their larger victories in international cricket.

Rumana used to be the 'Player of the Match' for her all-round effort as she picked up three for 21 in four overs to engineer a middle-order stoop when India batted.

It used to be the batting that let India down with best skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (42 off 37 balls) making a significant contribution. Along with Deepti Sharma (32 off 28 balls), the skipper added 50 runs for the fourth wicket, but it did not come at a good clip. The duo ate up seven overs to score the runs.

Once both had been disregarded in quick succession, the last 4 overs noticed India scoring best 22 runs, which enabled Bangladesh to make a fit of it.

It used to be leg-spinner Rumana, who used to be the select of the Bangladesh bowlers, taking out Harmanpreet, Deepti and Anuja Patil, who is known to strike a couple of lusty blows.

Chasing, the winners had been in bother at 49 for three after 8 overs ahead of Fargana and Rumana frivolously finished the task.

Fargana hit 5 barriers and a six while Rumana hit six barriers in her knock.

Needing 32 off the last 4 overs, Fargana hit left-arm spinner Rajeswari Gayakwad for 12 in the 17th over with a few barriers. Rumana, in the next over, hit Jhulan Goswami for 10 runs to convey the equation right down to 10 in two overs.

Needing 4 off the last over, the duo coolly ran 4 singles, together with leg-byes, to finish the fit in style. India will tackle Sri Lanka day after today.


Brief Scores:


India 141/7 in 20 overs (Harmanpreet Kaur 42 off 37 balls, Deepti Sharma 32 off 28 balls, Rumana Ahmed three/21 in four overs)


Bangaldesh 142 in 19.four overs (Fargana Haque 52 no off 46 balls, Rumana Ahmed 42 no off 34 balls).


Result: Bangladesh girls win via 7 wickets.
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