Harmanpreet Kaur’s Fifty Guides Indian Women to 7-Wicket Win Over Bangladesh in First T20I – News18
Indian Women’s cricket team defeated Bangladesh by 7-wickets in the first T20I (BCCI Women Twitter)
Harmanpreet Kaur smashed the 11th T20I fifty of her career as her 54-run unbeaten knock helped India chase down Bangladesh’s total with 22 balls to spare
Indian Women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur smashed the 11th half-century of her T20I career as she helped her side to a commanding 7-wicket win over Bangladesh women at the Sher-E-Bangla cricket stadium in Dhaka. The two teams squared off in the first T20I and the Indian eves proved to be too powerful for their opponents.
Needing 115 runs to win, India’s chase got off to a shaky start as swashbuckling opener Shafali Verma was dismissed on a duck however, Smriti Mandhana scored a handy 38-run knock before she was joined by skipper Hamanpreet.
Kaur received two lifelines as the Bangladesh side dropped her twice in the game which proved to be a lethal mistake as the 34-year-old would go on to score the match-winning knock of 54* runs in just 35 balls.
Harmanpreet’s knock was laced with 6 boundaries and two maximums, the second of which she smashed on the penultimate ball of the game before she smashed a boundary to end the contest with 22 balls to spare.
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