India humble Tigresses
The Bangladesh women's cricket team hit a brick wall in the form of their Indian counterparts yesterday as they were comprehensively beaten by nine wickets in their ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier Super Six match in Colombo.
After being asked to bat first, the Tigresses could only muster 155 for eight in 50 overs. as the Indian bowlers, particularly pacer Mansi Joshi (3-25) and leg-spinner Devika Vaidya (2-17), cast their stingy spell. Fargana Hoque continued her good form with 50 off 107 deliveries and Sharmin Akhter scored an 82-ball 35, but the pace of scoring was too slow to put up a challenging total.
In reply, India eclipsed the total in 33.3 overs for the loss of opener Deepti Sharma, who was caught and bowled by Khadija Tul Kubra. Mona Meshram hit an unbeaten 78 off 92 balls while Mithali Raj was not out on an 87-ball 73.
Bangladesh are now fifth on the six-team table and their next match is against Sri Lanka on Sunday.
SCORES IN BRIEF
BANGLADESH: 150 for 8 in 50 overs (Sharmin 35, Fargana 50, Rumana 11, Nigar 18, Salma 14; Mansi 3-25, Vaidya 2-17)
INDIA: 158 for 1 in 33.3 overs (Meshram 78 not out, Mithali 73 not out; Khadija 1-37)
Result: India women won by 9 wickets.
Player-of-the-match: Mona Meshram.
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