Dominant India wins rain-marred 2nd T20I by 19 runs against Bangladesh
SYLHET: Radha Yadav and Dayalan Hemalatha produced an all-round show as a dominant India beat Bangladesh by 19 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method in a rain-marred second women’s T20 International here on Tuesday.
Led by left-arm spinner Radha’s splendid show, Indian bowlers bundled out Bangladesh for 119 after the host opted to bat first.
Radha finished with excellent figures of 3/19, while there were two wickets apiece for Deepti Sharma (2/14) and Shreyanka Patil (2/24). For Bangladesh, opener Murshida Khatun top-scored with 46 off 49 balls.
Chasing a modest total, India lost an early wicket as Shafali Verma (0) was caught down the leg side after she tried to flick it through fine leg.
Hemalatha, however, blazed away to a 24-ball 41 as India raced to 47 for one in 5.2 overs, when the heavens opened up for the second time during the match. Hemalatha smashed five fours and two sixes in her unbeaten knock.
The par score was 28 and the Indian team was ahead by 19 runs, and with the surface rendered unplayable by the heavy rain, the visitor was declared winner. India thus took a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Earlier, Dilara Akter got the Bangladesh innings under way when she pulled Renuka Singh, the star of the five-match series opener, over mid-wicket for a four in only the second ball of the match.
Akter got into a good position and whipped off her pads a swinging Renuka delivery over backward square leg for a boundary.
An 11-run first over was followed by the wicket of Akter as experienced spinner Deepti Sharma struck with one that was drifting in, which prompted the batter to go for a sweep but she could not get the elevation and ended up giving a catch to Renuka in the deep. Renuka conceded another boundary when Murshida Khatun came down the track to smash her over mid-off.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur then made a mess of a straightforward chance off Renuka after getting both her hands to it, giving Murshida reprieve on 6 after the batter mistimed her shot.
BRIEF SCORES: Bangladesh 119 in 20 overs (M Khatun 46, Radha Yadav 3/19) lost to India 47/1 in 5.2 overs (D Hemalatha 41*) on DLS method