India 95 for 8 (Shafali 19, Sultana 3-21, Fahima 2-16) beat Bangladesh 87 (Nigar 38, Deepti 3-12, Shafali 3-15, Minnu 2-9) by eight runs
Bangladesh lost their last five wickets in the space of eight deliveries to fall eight short of India’s 95, giving India an unbeatable 2-0 series lead in the T20I series being played in Dhaka.
Deepti Sharma and Minnu Mani spun a web around Bangladesh, with the two offspinners combining for five wickets, before Shafali Verma bowled an excellent last over with the game still in the balance.
In the chase, Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana threatened to take the game away from India, with a responsible 55-ball 38, but was dismissed in the penultimate over with the team needing ten off eight balls.
Shafali then picked up three wickets in the final over – which also featured a run-out – to finish the game.
India made to toil for runs
When Harmanpreet Kaur decided…