India 52 for two (Rodrigues 20*, Shafali 17) beat Bangladesh 51 all out (Nigar 12, Vastrakar 4-17) by eight wickets
Vastrakar’s early incision
Nip-backers, outswingers, exhausting lengths – Vastrakar confirmed she’s no one-trick pony as she received it to zip round with the brand new ball. And within the first over itself, she had two wickets with two totally different deliveries. Shathi Rani was caught behind first ball of the match after being enticed to drive an away-swinger and Shamima Sultana was trapped lbw enjoying throughout one which hit the seam and jagged again to hit her below-the-knee roll.
In her subsequent over, Vastrakar ought to have had a 3rd however Smriti Mandhana grassed a sitter at mid-off. Sobhana Mostary could not capitalise, managing only one extra run, earlier than being dismissed for 8 in Vastrakar’s third straight over contained in the powerplay. And it was nearly an motion replay of the reprieve. Besides Mandhana noticed this rigorously lodge in her palms.
Run outs add to Bangladesh’s distress
It wasn’t simply shot choice that hampered Bangladesh, although. Their working between the wickets was equally poor, and accounted for 2 run outs that ought to have by no means been. Nigar Sultana, considered one of Bangladesh’s most-accomplished batters, was out trying a single to additional cowl the place Devika Vaidya swooped in to impact a direct hit on the bowler’s finish.
Two balls later, Fahima Khatun was run out with out dealing with a ball when Ritu Moni dabbed one to brief third, the place Kanika Ahuja fired a direct hit on the striker’s finish. Khatun might have survived had she put in a dive; she did not. At 25 for six, Bangladesh had been in peril of not lasting the overs. Nahida Akter and Moni helped Bangladesh huff and puff previous 50 earlier than they folded within the 18th over, with 5 of India’s bowlers ending among the many wickets.
Rodrigues helps India cruise residence
India’s chase wasn’t with out its personal preliminary hitches. Smriti Mandhana was out to Marufa Akter, misjudging the road of her supply as she lobbed a vanguard to level for 7. Then with the goal two blows away, Shafali Verma who appeared in a rush, particularly in making an attempt to muscle her means in opposition to spin, perished. Trying to get inside the road and pull, Shafali was crushed by the slowness of the floor because the ball saved a tad low and sneaked via her legs to crash into the stumps. Rodrigues treaded spin together with her patented contact recreation, utilizing the tempo of the bowlers to nudge and deflect deliveries into gaps to make a cultured unbeaten 20 to see India residence in Ahuja’s firm with 70 balls to spare.
