INDW vs BANW 3rd T20I Highlights: Bangladesh gets consolation win in low-scoring thriller

One costly over from Rashi Kanojiya and the game swung into Bangladesh’s favour. Not the ideal debut for the left-armer. India was right in the mix after the wicket of Shamima Sultana. Harmanpreet’s side gave Bangladesh a run for its money, though. Nigar Sultana and Co get their consolation win. A boost they’ll take to the One-Day International series starting from July 16.

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Deepti Sharma to bowl the next over.

Ritu Moni hits the winning run and Bangaldesh gets the consolation win.

Rashi Kanojiya back into the attack. Nahida Akter, the new batter, gets a single with a push to deep cover. NO BALL! Nahida gets an over the waist no ball which she pulls to deep square and completes two. FOUR on the free hit! Game winning shot by Nahida! Another misfield by India and Ritu Moni takes two runs. 100 up for Bangladesh. 14 runs from the over.

Devika Vaidya back to bowl. WICKET! Sultana Khatun is caught at short cover! India is not giving up. Ritu Moni in at No. 7. SHAMIMA SULTANA IS RUN OUT! That’s the big wicket. Bangladesh loses two wickets in one over. Harakiri this is. Ritu Moni wanted to get off the mark but there was no single on offer. Harmanpreet gets to the bowl and throws. Yastika Bhatia does the rest.

Minnu Mani to Shamima. FOUR! Sultana Khatun with a slog sweep through square leg. A WIDE to follow. Nine runs off the over. Bangladesh needs 18 off 24.

Sultana Khatun is the new batter. Deepti Sharma with the 15th over. DROPPED! Sultana is dropped at long on. Minnu Mani went for a one-handed effort and ended up not only dropping the chance but conceding a FOUR.

Rodrigues continues. Shamima with a cut to deep backward point for two runs. Beaten on the next delivery. Sweeps the fourth to square leg for a single. OUT! Shorna Akter’s sweeps lands straight in the hands of Pooja Vastrakar at deep mid wicket.

Equation: 34 off 36 deliveries

Devika Vaidya removes Nigar Sultana. A short and wide delivery and Sultana slashes hard. Gets a thick edge and Yastika takes the catch behind the stumps.

Shorna Akter walks into bat, and gets off the mark with a tuck to square leg. Three runs from the over.

Jemimah Rodrigues bowls the 12th over and goes for five runs. The partnership between this pair is only four short of 50 now.

Rashi Kanojiya to Nigar Sultana. One run with a punch to deep cover. Shamima, after a dot on the second, slashes the third to covers for a single. Shamima shuffles and sweeps past short fine leg for FOUR! A repeat of the result on the final delivery. 11 coming from the over.

Devika Vaidya to continue. Nigar Sultana’s sweep gets a top edge but the ball just beats the mid on fielder. One run completed. FOUR! Shamima with a cut to pierce the infield and pocked a boundary.

Drinks Break. The equation is 57 off 60 deliveries for Bangladesh.

Shafali Verma to bowl. Nigar Sultana with a run on the second delivery. Shamima pulls the next one to deep mid wicket and collects a single. Four runs from the over.

Dvika Vaidya to bowl her first. Just four off the over. Shamima tried a reverse sweep on the last ball and missed it. Yastika Bhatia is convinced there was an edge on that. The umpire disagrees, though.

Rashi Kanojiya to continue. Nigar Sultana with a tap to mid wicket to complete a quick run. Shamima with a cut to deep cover for the second single of the over. Two sweeps on the final two deliveries fetch a couple runs more.

Shamima Sultana works a delivery to fine leg for two runs. A brilliant diving effort by Jemimah in the deep to save two runs. Nine runs from Mani’s over.

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Minnu Mani gets a second wicket for India! Dilara Akter cannot resist to play at a delivery outside off. She goes for the shot, is beaten and stumped by Yastika Bhatia.

Dilara Akter is the new batter in.

A tidy over from Deepti Sharma. She concedes just one run in the over.

Minnu Mani strikes! She gets Shathi Rani caught and Bangladesh loses its first wicket.

India starts with spin staright away. Deepti Sharma bowls the first over. Shathi Rani hits a FOUR on the first delivery. Shamima Sultana with two dots.

What a stellar recovery by Bangladesh. It spun a web around the Indian lineup. Harmanpreet Kaur and Yastika Bhatia were on course to take India beyond 120 runs. But Rabeya Khan and Nahida Khatun did not allow that. Nigar Sultana had hoped to restrict India between 100 and 110. Her side has done the first part. It remains to be seen if the batters can complement this performance or not.

Rabeya Khan to Deepti Sharma. Sweeps the first delivery for a single. Minnu Mani off the mark with a tap to mid wicket. This gets India to 100!

OUT! Minnu Mani is castled. She shuffles and looks to pull. Only to play it on to her stumps off her thigh pad. Devika Vaidya is off the mark on the first delivery with a single to deep square. Deepti Sharma caught at long on on the final delivery. Went for the big shot but fails to clear the rope.

Nahida Akter for her final over. Bowled! Pooja Vastrakar misses her slog and the ball rattles the stumps. Deepti Sharma walks in. Amanjot is run out! India is collapsing here. Amanjot tries to take a quick single but Nahida fields it and gets a direct hit at the non striker’s end. Just two runs from the over.

Bhatia is trapped leg before by Rabeya Khan. Pooja Vastrakar joins the middle. She is beaten on the penultimate delivery and nearly stumped. Three runs from the 18th over.

Harmanpreet falls! Stumped off Fahima Khatun’s over. She goes on 40 off 41.

Amanjot Kaur is the new batter. Just three runs in the over.

Rabeya Khan to Harmanpreet. A single on the first delivery, Bhatia is beaten on the next. She lifts the next towards long off and takes a single. Four runs from the over.

Fahima Khatun with the next over. Harmanpreet gets a single to mid wicket. FOUR! Harman gets her pull past the mid on fielder to collect another boundary.

Sultana Khatun to bowl the next. Bhatia with glance for a single. Harman misses a sweep. Gets it on the next one but there’s a fielder in the deep. Five runs from the over.

Nahida Khatun is back for the next over. Appeals for leg before as Bhatia misses the flick. Denied by the umpire. FOUR! Bhatia pulls a short delivery to deep mid-wicket. A single on the next. Harman ends the over with another FOUR with a late cut. 10 runs from the over.

FOUR! Overpitched from Shorna Akter and Jemimah finds the gap through deep cover. OUT! Jemimah comes down the track and goes for a big shot. She is beaten and Nigar Sultana dislodges the bails. That’s the end of the 45-run partnership.

Yastika Bhatia is the new batter.

Sultana Khatun back in attack. Harman picks a single with a late cut to short third man. Jemimah with a flick to deep mid wicket for another run. Harman picks two with her second late cut attempt. Four runs from the over.

Five singles from Rabeya Khan’s first over.

Drinks Break. Jemimah Rodrigues 22 off 20 and Harmanpreet on 21 off 24 at the half-way mark.

Fahima Khatun to bowl. SIX! Harmanpreet steps down the track and parks the ball over the rope over long on. Nine runs come from the over.

Nahida Khatun to Harmanpreet. Almost stumped. Nahida sees the batter step out and bowls it wide. Harman abandons the shot and ensures she is safe inside the crease. FOUR to end the over. Jemimah reads the short length, rocks back and pulls the ball through long on.

Fahima Khatun is the new bowler in attack. Harmanpreet takes a single on the first delivery. FOUR! Rodrigues sweeps a full delivery. There was a fielder in deep who got to the ball. But a sloppy misfield allows a boundary.

Marufa Akter to continue. Just two runs of the over - a single each for Jemimah and Harman.

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Nahida Akter to Harmanpreet. Starts with two dots. FOUR! Harman shuffles to her right, gets in line, and slog sweeps for a boundary. No runs off the remaining three deliveries.

Shafali Verma is OUT! She tries to take on Sultana Khatun but can only find the fielder at long on. Brilliantly worked wicket.

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur joins Jemimah Rodrigues, and gets off the mark on the first delivery.

Marufa to Akter. Rodrigues drives an overpitched delivery through cover for FOUR. Takes a single on the third delivery. Verma goes for a swing but misses the line and is beaten. Verma absolutely smashes the ball back at Marufa. The bowler gets a hand to it which prevents a certain four but has injured her hand. She’s back to bowl the final delivery. Six runs off the over.

Smriti Mandhana is OUT! Sultana Khatun strikes on the first delivery.

Mandhana wants to work the ball on the on side but gets a top edge. A simple catch for the first slip fielder. Jemimah Rodrigues walks out. Two singles for Rodrigues.

Verma tries to aggress, scoops the ball over the infield but there’s a fielder at long on trying to get under the ball. Thankfully, the ball lands just short of her.

Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma are set to begin the innings. Marufa Akter with the ball in her hand.

A single for Mandhana on the first delivery. Verma flicks the final delivery to the fence.

Harmanpreet Kaur: We do not want to think too many things. We do not want to put pressure. We made mistakes in the last match but we know what to improve now. We will take it over by over and see how many runs we can get.

Nigar Sultana: On this track, it was good to bowl first. How we bowled in the last match, we wanted to bowl. Every game is different and has different situations, and we’ll try to restrict India to 100 to 110.

India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Amanjot Kaur, Devika Vaidya, Minnu Mani, Rashi Kanojia

Bangladesh: Shamima Sultana, Shathi Rani, Dilara Akter, Nigar Sultana (c/wk), Ritu Moni, Shorna Akter, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan, Sultana Khatun, Fahima Khatun, Marufa Akter

Rashi Kanojiya comes in place of Anusha Bareddy and Harleen Deol makes way for Devika Vaidya.

India batted first in the 2nd T20I as well. It ended managing a total of just 95 runs and lost eight wickets - its lowest total against this opponent. Can the side put up a better show today?

India wins the toss and opts to bat.

India leads 2-0 and already has the series in its bag. It won the first T20I by seven wickets while the second one by eight runs.

Matches played: 7

India Women won: 7

Bangladesh Women won: 0

Matches played: 15

India Women won: 13

Bangladesh Women won: 2

The third T20I between India Women and Bangladesh Women will be streamed LIVE on Bangladesh Cricket: The Tigers YouTube channel at 1:30 PM IST. There will be no LIVE telecast of the match in India.

India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Amanjot Kaur, Bareddy Anusha, Minnu Mani, Devika Vaidya, Sabbhineni Meghana, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Monica Patel, Rashi Kanojiya, Uma Chetry.

Bangladesh: Shathi Rani, Shamima Sultana, Sobhana Mostary, Nigar Sultana (wk) (c), Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Nahida Akter, Salma Khatun, Marufa Akter, Sultana Khatun, Rabeya Khan, Fahima Khatun, Murshida Khatun, Shanjida Akter, Dilara Akter, Disha Biswas.

WICKETKEEPERS

Nigar Sultana, Yastika Bhatia

BATTERS

Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma (vc)

ALL-ROUNDERS

Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma (c), Pooja Vastrakar

BOWLERS

Sultana Khatun, Fahima Khatun, Minnu Mani

Team Composition: BAN -W: 3:8 IND-W Credits Left: 11.5

With focus firmly on batting, the Indian women’s cricket team will be eyeing a 3-0 sweep of Bangladesh, when the fancied visitor takes on the beleaguered host in the final T20 International in Mirpur on Thursday.

However, it is easier said than done given India’s mediocre outing with the bat in the second match, which it scraped through by eight runs despite being stopped at 95 in its allotted 20 overs.

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