BAN vs IND, 1st T20I Highlights: Captain Harmanpreet Kaur slammed an unbeaten 54 as India defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets in the first T20I in Mirpur on Sunday. Chasing a total of 115, India had two early wickets, before Harmanpreet and Smriti Mandhana steadied the ship and put the visitors in control. Mandhan was dismissed on 38, shrotly before Harmanpreet finished the game with back-to-back boundaries. Earlier, Bangladesh posted a below-par total of 114/5 in 20 overs India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to bowl against Bangladesh in the first T20I of the three-match series in Mirpur. (Scorecard)
Here are the Highlights of the 1st T20I between Bangladesh Women and India Women from Mirpur
BAN-W vs IND-W, 1st T20I Live Scorecard
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Right then, that's it from the coverage of this game. These two teams will meet again on 11th July for the second T20I. India Women can seal the series in a couple of days, while Bangladesh Women would be eyeing to make a comeback in this series. To find out how things pan out, you can join us at 1.30 pm IST (8 am GMT). Also, you can catch the build-up a bit earlier. Until then, take care and goodbye!
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Harmanpreet Kaur, the skipper of India Women is also the Player of the Match for scoring a half-century and taking her side across the finish line. She says that she is really happy as it was a complete team effort. Claims that she wanted to see how the debutants bowled in the first six overs and they showed how important they could be to the side. Adds that Deepti Sharma did remarkably well too. Mentions that Smriti Mandhana is always ready to give her 100% and showed her abilities once again. Ends by saying that when you have batters like Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana, they are not worried and they wanted to finish the game early.
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Nigar Sultana, the captain of Bangladesh Women is in for a chat. She says that they were 20-25 runs short on this kind of wicket. Mentions that they started well with the bat, but in the middle overs they could not really find the boundaries and that took the game away from them. States that there were too many dot balls in their innings.
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Bangladesh Women could not really maintain the pressure with the ball in hand, after starting on a positive note. They were not so good at fielding as well as Harmanpreet Kaur was dropped early on. There is a reason why they say catches win matches, if this one was taken then things could've panned out in Bangladesh's favor. Coming to their bowling department, it was only Salma Khatun who stood out with the ball with her brace, while the rest of the bowling order kept leaking runs without causing any trouble.
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Marufa Akter was on the money with the new ball, and such that she even got rid of the dangerous Shafali Verma on a duck. Although, Marufa Akter could not really hurt any other Indian batting order in her spell of three overs. Jemimah Rodrigues looked solid when she came in to bat but slipped out early after hitting a few boundaries. Despite losing two quick wickets, India Women's batters held their nerves in this chase of a modest total. Smriti Mandhana put her cracking shots on display for everyone to see, and slowly and gradually got her side back in the game with the help of her skipper. The third-wicket stand of 70 runs between the two did all the damage and helped India to take an early lead in this series away from home.
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With the way Bangladesh started their innings with the ball, it looked like India would be in some kind of trouble, but it was the third-wicket stand between Smriti Mandhana and the India Women skipper, Harmanpreet Kaur which certainly put the game to bed. Eventually, the skipper led from the front and racked up the winning runs to hand her side a 1-0 lead in this T20I series.
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16.24to Harmanpreet Kaur
FOUR! Harmanpreet Kaur helps India Women over the finish line in style! Salma Khatun tosses this one full as well and outside the off pole. Harmanpreet Kaur goes aerial and thumps this towards wide long on to get the four winning runs for her team.
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16.16to Harmanpreet Kaur
SIX! That is FIFTY for Harmanpreet Kaur and she has helped India Women to level the scores here! Salma Khatun flights this full and outside the off stump. Harmanpreet Kaur gets down on her knee and slog sweeps this over deep mid-wicket for six runs.
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15.60Nahida Akter to Yastika Bhatia
Attacks the stumps on a fuller length. Yastika Bhatia hits this back towards the bowler.
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15.51Nahida Akter to Harmanpreet Kaur
Continues to bowl full and outside the off pole. Harmanpreet Kaur hits this hard towards long off for another run.
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15.41Nahida Akter to Yastika Bhatia
Loops this one full as well and wide outside off. Yastika Bhatia gets across to the off side and paddles this towards fine leg for a single.
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15.30Nahida Akter to Yastika Bhatia
Goes full again and just outside off. Yastika Bhatia knocks this straight to the fielder at mid off.
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15.20Nahida Akter to Yastika Bhatia
This is fired full and outside off. Yastika Bhatia looks to play this fine but misses.
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15.11Nahida Akter to Harmanpreet Kaur
Nahida Akter floats this full and outside the off stump. Harmanpreet Kaur drills this towards long off for one.
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14.61to Harmanpreet Kaur
Short this time and at the stumps. Harmanpreet Kaur mistimes her pull towards square leg and takes a single to keep strike. India Women need just 10 runs to win now.
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14.51to Yastika Bhatia
Loops this full and just outside off. Yastika Bhatia dabs this into the off side with soft hands and sets off for a quick run.
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14.40to Yastika Bhatia
Flights this full as well and outside the off stump. Yastika Bhatia hits this straight to the fielder at cover.
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14.34to Yastika Bhatia
FOUR! Yastika Bhatia collects her first boundary and takes India Women past the 100-run mark! This is looped full and outside the off pole. Yastika Bhatia drives this into the gap towards deep cover and collects four runs.
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14.32 wdto Harmanpreet Kaur
WIDE! The ball spins down leg on a shortish length. Harmanpreet Kaur is unable to tuc this away. The keeper cannot collect the ball and the take an extra run. The umpire calls this wide.