Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s highlights of the five-match T20I series between Bangladesh Women and India Women. The first of five games was played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.
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Match Summary so far:
India won the toss and opted to bat first.
Smriti Mandhana fell early, Yastika Bhatia and Shafali Verma stitched a 43-run stand to steady the innings. Yastika also stitched a key partnership with Harmanpreet Kaur (45 off 33 balls) to set India on course for a 150+ score. Quick fall of wickets and some good bowling from Bangladesh restricted India to 145/7 in 20 overs.
Rabeya Khan picked three wickets while Marufa Akter took two.
Bangladesh dropped a few key catches but improved on their catching as the match went on. Ground fielding was good and they kept things tight as much as possible.
Sajeevan Sajana scored a run-a-ball 11 on T20I debut
Playing XIs
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia(w), Deepti Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), S Sayana, Richa Ghosh, Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Thakur Singh, Radha Yadav
Bangladesh: Dilara Akter, Murshida Khatun, Shorna Akter, Nigar Sultana(w/c), Fahima Khatun, Rabeya Khan, Sobhana Mostary, Nahida Akter, Sultana Khatun, Marufa Akter, Fariha Trisna
Match start time: 3:30pm IST
HEATWAVE ALERT IN BANGLADESH
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has extended its heat alert until 30 April (Tuesday) as the ongoing heat wave will likely persist for the next 72 hours, starting today (28 April).
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Where to watch BAN-W vs IND-W first T20I?
The first T20I between Bangladesh Women and India Women will not be televised on any channel in India. The match will be streamed live on the FanCode app and website.
SQUADS:
BANGLADESH WOMEN
Nigar Sultana Joty (c), Nahida Akter (vc), Murshida Khatun, Sobhana Mostary, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Rabeya Khan, Sultana Khatun, Fahima Khatun, Marufa Akter, Fariha Islam Trisna, Shorifa Khatun, Dilara Akter, Rubya Haider Jhelik , Habiba Islam Pinky.
INDIA WOMEN
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Sajana Sajeevan, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Radha Yadav, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Amanjot Kaur, Shreyanka Patil, Saika Ishaque , Asha Sobhana, Renuka Singh Thakur, Titas Sadhu.
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