After being requested to bat first, India confronted a difficult state of affairs however controlled to mount a robust batting efficiency. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur (52) and Jemimah Rodrigues (86 off 78) collaborated successfully, forming a a very powerful 73-run partnership off 91 deliveries for the fourth wicket.
Their efforts propelled India to a aggressive overall of 228 for 8, demonstrating an important growth from their sudden loss within the earlier ODI.
Bangladesh, of their pursuit of the objective, had a faltering get started. However, a noteworthy 68-run partnership off 92 balls between Ritu Moni (27 off 46) and Fargana Hoque (47 off 81) presented hope for a possible sequence victory over India, which might were a unprecedented accomplishment.
However, they each fell in fast succession and from 106 for 3, Bangladesh collapsed to 120 all out in 35.1 overs.
Jemimah ended with exceptional figures of 4 wickets for 3 runs in 3.1 overs whilst leggie Devika Vaidya To set up hit 3 times.
The two set Bangladesh batters, Ritu and Fargana, had been each stumped off Devika and Jemimah respectively. Pacer Meghna Singhtaking part in her first ODI since September, got rid of opener Murshida Khatun (12 off 19).
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“It was a great opportunity for us to bat first and set up a decent total on the board. We spoke about one of the batters batting till the end, when Jemi (Jemimah) came in we played according to the ball and focus was on rotating the strike,” mentioned Harmanpreet, who retired harm within the thirty seventh over after feeling ache in his left hand.
“We have been batting on flat tracks, played ODIs after a long time and hence were not able to adjust quickly, but we spoke about how to adjust and bat on these surfaces (after the first game).
“It can be a excellent sport in two days time,”
Smriti Mandhana captained the side when Bangladesh were batting.
Earlier, the 22-year-old Jemimah finally returned to form and it was her strokeplay which helped India up the ante after a slow start at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here.
Jemimah kept dealing in boundaries, sending the ball nine times across the fence, while Harmanpreet returned at the fag end to complete her fifty. She had three fours in her 88-ball knock.
At the start of the innings, India found the going tough with Bangladesh bowlers bowling a good line and length.
Opener Priya Punia was the first to go with Marufa Akter cleaning her up in the fifth over, while Yastika Bhatia was unfortunate to get out after she was run out in the 11th over.
It was a straight hit by Mandhana who found the hands of Marufa and hit the stumps at the non-striker’s end with Bhatia out of the crease.
Harmanpreet then joined Mandhana but runs were difficult to come by with the spinners bowling in tandem extracting turn and bounce from the pitch.
Soon runs dried up as the duo managed 28 off 66 balls when Mandhana was sent packing by leg-spinner Rabeya Khan, leaving India at 71 for three.
Harmanpreet seemed to struggle to connect with her sweep shots but once Jemimah joined her in the middle, things started to change as the duo started using the feet.
The duo dealt in singles and waited for bad deliveries, while Bangladesh gave long spells to their bowlers to keep the pressure.
The duo brought up their 50-run partnership in the 32nd over.
Jemimah completed her half-century with her third four in the 41st over off Marufa.
(With PTI inputs)