Shafali, Mandhana guide India to series win

A clinical bowling display and a 91-run opening stand from Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana helped India overcome Bangladesh by seven wickets in the third T20I and seal the five-match series 3-0 in Sylhet. Subsequent to picking to bowl first on a cloudy day, India confined the hosts to a less than impressive 117 for 8. Shafali bursted her way to a 38-ball 51 while Mandhana made 47 to finish the customs for India. Bangladesh have now lost all of their last six T20Is. Shafali, Mandhana make happy India will be satisfied with both their openers getting a few runs in Bangladesh - where the T20 World Cup will be held in the not so distant future - after a disheartening visit in 2023, when Shafali scored a sum of 30 runs and Mandhana 52 from three matches. On Thursday, the pair put on a strong act off 73 balls in a limit loaded opening stand to dull Bangladesh. Mandhana and Shafali joined have 2075 runs from 65 innings in T20Is, the second-most elevated count across all groups and most for an Indian pair. Shafali started the firecrackers every step of the way, beginning with a strong flung roll over left-arm pacer Fariha Trisna's head in the second finished. She used the free conveyances from the bowlers and hit eight fours in the powerplay to arrive at 45 off 28 balls. This included three progressive fours off left-arm spinner Nahika Akter's finished. Toward the finish of the powerplay, India were 59 for 0, requiring only 59 from the leftover 84 balls. It took a dazzling one-gave return get from Ritu Moni in the thirteenth over to excuse Shafali and break the initial organization. On the opposite end, Mandhana kept the scorecard ticking with exquisite cover drives, compasses, and oar clears, as she additionally guaranteed to routinely turn the strike. She likewise descended the track and bludgeoned a six over lengthy on wall off legspinner Rabeya Khan in the 10th over. She looked set to score her lady T20I fifty in Bangladesh yet missed the mark after she skied one to profound square leg off Nahida Akter. By and large, she hit five fours and a six out of 41 balls. Bangladesh got three wickets for 19 pursues 12 overs, yet it was beyond any good time to get back in the saddle into the game as India pursued the objective in 18.3 overs. Lively beginning before the Bangladesh breakdown Bangladesh began the innings decidedly, with the two openers Dilhara Akter and Murhsida Khatun staying unbeaten toward the finish of the powerplay. They scored 44 for 0 in that stage and furthermore profited from messy handling from India. For the second time in as many games, Harmanpreet Kaur dropped a catch in the fifth over to hand a daily existence to Dilhara, who proceeded to score a quickfire 39. In the following over, S Sajana couldn't clutch a troublesome catch when Dilhara went for a range however top-edged to square-leg. In the equivalent over, India likewise botched a run-out a valuable open door to excuse Akter. Notwithstanding, just like the case in the subsequent game, Bangladesh lost some steam in the center overs in the wake of putting on 46 runs for the initial stand. Murshida (9 off 16) was excused run-out off a free-hit from Radha Yadav in the seventh over when Deepti Sharma terminated a sharp toss from point. Dilhara scored five clean limits in her 27-ball stay to give a strong groundwork yet left in the eighth over when she was gotten behind off a more slow conveyance from Renuka Singh. Bangladesh chief Nigar Sultana and Sobhana Mostary shared 30 runs off 36 for the third wicket before Mostary was run out in the fourteenth over. This set off the breakdown as Bangladesh went from 85 for 2 to lose the following six wickets for 32 runs. Radha got done with 2 for 22 while Shreyanka and Pooja Vastrakar got a wicket each.