‘Itna chota sa target bhi chase nahin hua’ – Fans upset as India Women lose first ODI against Bangladesh in low-scoring affair

In the first ODI in Mirpur, Bangladesh and India locked horns. The visitors, India were coming off a 2-1 series win against the same opponents a few days back. Notably, the Indian batting during the series was awful as they had to defend 92 runs in the second T20I. Meanwhile, in the first ODI, the Women In Blue won the toss and elected to bowl first.

The Green Brigade opener, Sharmin Akhtar bagged an 18-ball duck. In fact, not many of the Bangladesh batters got going as the game with the game was impacted by rain. The wicket wasn’t helping the willow wielders’ cause either. For India, Amanjyot Kaur made her debut and took a four-for in. Devika Vaidya, the left-arm wrist spinner took two and Deepti Sharma took one.

The home team was bowled out for 152 runs in 43 overs with one over to go. No player scored a fifty and the highest scorer for the team was skipper Nigar Sultana (39).

India failed to chase down a meager target

In reply, the visitors had a poor start as they lost five wickets for 61 runs. Priya Punia (10), who replaced Shafali Varma, failed to make an impact. On the other hand, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana (11), skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (5), and Jemimah Rodrigues (10) were a big letdown.

At this stage, the likes of all-rounder Deepti Sharma and debutant, Amanjyot put together 30 runs for the sixth wicket. Things were going well before the likes of Marufa Akhter and Rabeya Khan combined for a team hat-trick. This marked the end of India’s hopes as they needed quite a lot of runs with only two wickets left.

In the end, India was bowled out for 113 runs, losing the game by 40 runs via DLS method.

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