Salma Khatun-led Bangladesh thrashed Indian women’s cricket team by seven wickets in the 9th match of the Women’s Asia Cup on Wednesday. The match was played at the Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur.

Opting to bat first, Harmanpreet Kaur’s squad scored 141 runs for 7 wickets in front of Bangladesh. Following the target, Salma Khatun’s side chased down the target with ease.

From Bangladesh, wicket-keeper batswoman Shamima Sultana (33 runs off 23 balls) and Ayasha Rahman (12 runs off 10 balls) opened their innings and put up 29 runs partnership for the first wicket.

Rajeshwari Gayakwad gave India its first breakthrough by sending Ayasha Rahman back to pavilion. And soon, Shamima Sultana was removed by Pooja Vastrakar. And Poonam Yadav brought India back into the game by removing Nigar Sultan ( 1 runs off 5 balls) at the score of just one run.

However, after three early dismissals, Fargana Hoque (52 runs off 46 balls) along with Rumana Ahmed (42 runs off 34 balls) took charge of Bangladesh innings and guided their side to victory.

Earlier, after winning the toss, Harmanpreet Kaur opted to bat first and soon the decision backfired as India lost opener Smriti Mandhana (2 runs off 4 balls) in the second over of the game to Salma Khatun.

Following Mandhana’s departure, Pooja Vastraker (20 runs off 20 balls) joined Mithali Raj (15 runs off 12 balls) at the crease but soon Raj was sent back for a run-out; Vastraker came next.

After two run-outs, skipper Harmapreet and all-rounder Deepti Sharma stabilised the Indian innings. However, Salma Khatun broke Kaur-Deepti’s partnership by sending them to the pavilion in successive overs.

Meanwhile, Mona Meshram scored unbeaten 14 runs off 12 balls.

Fall of Wickets:

India:

11-1 (Smriti Mandhana, 1.4), 26-2 (Mithali Raj, 3.2), 70-3 (Pooja Vastrakar, 9), 120-4 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 15.6), 121-5 (Deepti Sharma, 17.1), 123-6 (Anuja Patil, 17.4), 134-7 (Jhulan Goswami, 19.2)

Bangladesh: 29-1 (Ayasha Rahman, 4.3), 45-2 (Shamima Sultana, 5.6), 49-3 (Nigar Sultana, 7.5)

India Women Playing XI: Mona Meshram, Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Anuja Patil, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Jhulan Goswami, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad BenchVeda Krishnamurthy, Ekta Bisht, Shikha Pandey, Jemimah Rodrigues

Bangladesh Women Playing XI: Shamima Sultana (wk), Ayasha Rahman, Fargana Hoque, Nigar Sultana, Fahima Khatun, Rumana Ahmed, Salma Khatun (c), Jahanara Alam, Khadija Tul Kubra, Nahida Akter, Sanjida Islam