Hemalatha smashed 5 fours and two sixes in her unbeaten knock.
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Radha Yadav and Dayalan Hemalatha produced an all-round present as a dominant India beat Bangladesh by 19 runs below the Duckworth/Lewis methodology in a rain-marred second ladies’s T20 International in Sylhet on Tuesday.
Led by left-arm spinner Radha’s splendid present, Indian bowlers bundled out Bangladesh for 119 after the hosts opted to bat first.
Radha completed with wonderful figures of three/19, whereas there have been 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 whole, India misplaced an early wicket as Shafali Verma (0) was caught down the leg facet after she tried to flick it by way of nice leg.
Hemalatha, nevertheless, blazed away to a 24-ball 41 as India raced to 47 for one in 5.2 overs, when the heaven opened up for the second time in the course of the match. Hemalatha smashed 5 fours and two sixes in her unbeaten knock.
The par rating was 28 and the Indian workforce was forward by 19 runs, and with the floor rendered unplayable by the heavy rain, the guests had been declared winners.
India thus took a 2-0 lead in the five-match collection.
Earlier, Dilara Akter received the Bangladesh innings underway when she pulled Renuka Singh, the star of the five-match collection opener, over mid-wicket for a 4 in solely the second ball of the match.
Akter received into an excellent place and whipped off her pads a swinging Renuka supply over backward sq. leg for a boundary.
An 11-run first over was adopted by the wicket of Akter as skilled spinner Deepti Sharma struck with one which was drifting in, which prompted the batter to go for a sweep however she couldn’t get the elevation and ended up giving a catch to Renuka in the deep.
Renuka conceded one other boundary when Murshida Khatun got here down the observe to smash her over mid-off.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur then made a multitude of an easy probability off Renuka after getting each her palms to it, giving Murshida reprieve on 6 after the batter mistimed her shot.
One-down bat Sobhana Mostary opened her account with a boundary as she drove a Renuka supply previous backward level.
Renuka, in the meantime, was proving to be fairly wayward on this present day as he conceded one other broad.
Deepti continued to bowl economically and gave away solely three runs in her subsequent over earlier than Harmanpreet changed a profligate Renuka with medium pacer Pooja Vastrakar. Mostary greeted Vastrakar with two fours, together with a stunning cowl drive.
There was a bowling change on the different finish too, and off-spinner Shreyanka Patil struck in her very first over, having Mostary (19 off 15 balls) trapped in entrance of the wicket after a promising begin by the batter.
Brought into the assault for the primary time in the eighth over, left-arm spinner Radha began on a vibrant observe earlier than eradicating Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana and Fahima Khatun off successive balls.
Radha, nevertheless, couldn’t full a hat-trick as Sultana Khatun struck her for a boundary.
Deepti bowled Ritu Moni for her second wicket, whereas Radha accomplished a superb outing with the ball by having Rabeya Khan stumped.
