BAN-W vs IND-W, 2nd T20I: Dayalan Hemalatha, spinners power India to win in rain-marred 2nd T20I

India Girls took a 2-0 lead within the 5-match T20I sequence towards Nigar Sultana Joty’s Bangladesh after successful the second sport by 19 runs (DLS Methodology) on Tuesday, April 30 on the Sylhet Worldwide Cricket Stadium.

After batting first, the Tigresses faltered as they have been bowled out for 119. Murshida Khatun was their standout batter after she scored 46 off 49 with 5 fours. Skipper Joty, who made a gutsy half-century within the first sport, bought out for six after Radha Yadav trapped her plumb in entrance.

Radha was the decide of the Indian bowlers after she completed with spectacular figures of 4-0-19-3. The opposite spinners, Deepti Sharma and Shreyanka Patil accounted for two scalps apiece. Pooja Vastrakar dismissed Fariha Trisna to tug the curtains down on the Bangladesh innings.

Ritu Moni gave the house workforce’s innings some type of respectability after making 20 runs off 18 balls. Renuka Singh had an off-day after she leaked 40 runs in 4 overs and couldn’t make a breakthrough.

Dayalan Hemalatha shines

India didn’t get off to one of the best of begins as Shafali Verma bagged a golden duck. The younger Marufa Akter bought her caught down the leg facet within the very first over. From there on, Smriti Mandhana and Dayalan Hemalatha took cost. The duo placed on an unbeaten partnership of 46 runs for the second wicket off 5 overs to place India in command.

Within the sixth over, rain interrupted proceedings as soon as and for all. India have been 28 runs forward of the DLS par rating after the brisk second-wicket stand between Mandhana and Hemalatha. Hemalatha was the one, who took the assault to the bowlers after staying not out on 41 off 24 with 5 fours and a pair of sixes.

Harmanpreet Kaur’s India will likely be seeking to seal the destiny of the sequence when the third T20I takes place on Thursday, Could 2 in Sylhet.