Shafali Verma shines in India's thumping win over Bangladesh
Brilliant bowling from India marginalised Bangladesh to 117-8. In reply Shafali Verma's fantastic fifty took them over the line.

Shahriar KabirEditor
Posted - 2024-05-02T19:40:21+06:00
Updated - 2024-05-02T19:40:21+06:00
India Women beat Bangladesh Women by 7 wickets on 2nd May (Thursday) in Sylhet to win the series with 2 games to spare. Brilliant bowling from India marginalised Bangladesh to 117-8. In reply Shafali Verma's fantastic fifty took them over the line.
Being asked to bat first, Bangladesh women couldn’t capitalise on their decent start in the powerplay. Dilara Akter gave Bangladesh a great start as she made a fine 39 off just 27 balls before falling to Renuka Singh. After the departure of Dilara, Bangladesh lost the plot.
Once again, the Indian spinners controlled things nicely in the middle overs and didn't allow the Bangladeshi batters to get good rhythm. Sultana and Mostary stitched a partnership but it came at a slow rate. India then kept chipping away at the wickets at regular intervals and the flourish from the Bangladeshi batters never came and eventually they were all out for a paltry 117.
In reply, Shafali Verma took off with flying colours and played some eye-catchy shots to make full use of the powerplay. Mandhana played second fiddle to her and both of them took the game away from the opposition. Shafali went on to raise a brilliant fifty. The duo stitched 91 runs together which killed the chase and helped India ace the match easily.
With the win, India Women have won three straight T20I's in the five-match T20I series. There are still 2 matches left in this series.