Radha Yadav, hitters lead India to 5-0 T20I series clear over Bangladesh

India extended their dominance over Bangladesh to complete a 5-0 T20I series sweep with a 21-run win in the fifth and final game in Sylhet on Thursday. India posted 156 for 5 after opting to bat, thanks to strong hands from D Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and a late cameo from Richa Ghosh. Though Ritu Moni and Shorifa Khatun fought back in the second half of the chase after Radha Yadav's three-wicket burst, it wasn't enough for a consolation win for Bangladesh. Radha, on her rebound for India subsequent to being off the public radar for a year, finished the series as the best bowler with ten wickets, which got her the Player-of-the-Series grant to go with the Player-of-the-Match grant for her three-wicket pull on Thursday. Falling off a 2-1 T20I series rout at home against Australia, India will be glad to have created a persuading series triumph in Bangladesh, where the T20 World Cup will be held in October. Bangladesh, however, have now lost eight T20Is in succession now, five here and three prior against Australia, all at home. In any case, notwithstanding losing five wickets by the midway stage in the pursuit, Bangladesh went past the 120-run mark without precedent for the series, on account of Moni's 33-ball 37 and Shorifa's unbeaten 28 from 21 balls. Be that as it may, there was little important from different players. Titas Sadhu gave India their most memorable advancement when she eliminated Sobhana Mostary for a nine-ball 13 in the third finished. In the following over, Radha struck, excusing Dilara Akter as she miscued a draw to mid-off. Radha's third twofold wicket over of the series came in the 10th of the innings when she took out Nigar Sultana's stump with a loopy conveyance that turned in, and three balls later, she caught Rubya Haider lbw for 20. After that over, she had figures of 2-0-4-3. She got done with 3 for 24 in the wake of being focused on by Moni and Shorifa. After ten overs, Bangladesh were 52 for 5, requiring 105 from the excess 60 balls. Yet, Moni retaliated. She pursued the track against the spinners, utilized width when it was on proposition to score towards in reverse point, and played a slope shot to Pooja Vastrakar too. With Shorifa , she shared a 57-run organization off 41 balls for the 6th wicket, bringing the condition down to 53 runs from 24 balls. Be that as it may, S Asha, playing her second T20I, excused Moni in the seventeenth over to end Bangladesh's expectations. Asha got done with 2 for 25 from her four overs. Hemalatha, Mandhana, Harmanpreet and Ghosh sparkle with the bat With Bangladesh messy in the field, India dashed to 71 for 2 after ten overs, Mandhana and Hemalatha taking control after Shafali Verma, playing her 100th worldwide game, fell early. Mandhana, specifically, showed great plan in her 25-ball 33, hitting four clean fours and a back to front six over additional cover off offspinner Sultana Khatun. Notwithstanding, she was given out lbw in the eighth over, with replays proposing that the ball hit her cushion right external off stump as she missed with an endeavored back-foot punch. No DRS implied Mandhana needed to go. Hemalatha, at No. 3, began gradually, scoring 13 off her initial 17 balls. She was likewise dropped when on 8. Be that as it may, she sped up, finding her touch soon to score 37 off 28 balls. This included two strong hits to long-on and long-off for sixes and two fours - a compass and a swpie over midwicket subsequent to pursuing the track. India's innings truly took off when she was joined by Harmanpreet. The two scored 60 off 42 conveyances for the third wicket with the India chief contributing with a 24-ball 30. After a run-a-ball 12, Harmanpreet got her speed, hitting three fours off Moni in the thirteenth over. Be that as it may, Harmanpreet's wicket - caught lbw by left-arm spinner Nahida Akter when she went across for a range shot - set off a smaller than normal breakdown as India went from 122 for 2 to 124 for 5 of every six balls. After a couple of calm overs, Ghosh infused some force into the innings, starting to hit an unbeaten 28 off 17 balls, hitting three fours and a six over the bowlers' head to help India ger past 150, which was definitely past Bangladesh's scope.