Shafali Verma want to make an affect with the willow after a poor begin within the lung-opener as India goals to clinch the three-match T20 International sequence towards Bangladesh with one other dominant efficiency within the second sport in Mirpur on Tuesday.
India coasted to a straightforward seven-wicket victory within the opening match on Sunday with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur blazing her solution to an unbeaten 35-ball 54 and Smriti Mandhana trying equally harmful throughout her quick however vital knock of 38.
The sluggish bowlers have been additionally on the right track as the 2 debutants Anusha Bareddy and Minnu Mani gave a superb account of themselves below senior off-spinner Deepti Sharma.
However, what caught out like a sore thumb was Shafali’s three-ball duck and as soon as once more the dearth of footwork was evident towards medium pacer Marufa Akter.
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The younger Haryana lady is among the greatest batting skills within the nation and has already performed 57 T20I video games even earlier than finishing her twentieth birthday.
Her final half-century in T20Is got here final 12 months towards Australian girls throughout a house sequence and since then had a quiet World Cup in South Africa.
What has labored to India’s benefit is the truth that all of Bangladesh’s high seven batters are right-handers and that has allowed the Indian skipper to stay to 1 specific line on a Sher-e-Bangla observe the place the ball at instances stops earlier than coming onto the bat.
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Harmanpreet’s intelligent ploy of loading the off-side cordon with 5 fielders labored splendidly nicely because the Bangladeshi batters have been typically seen attempting to fetch the deliveries pitched on the imaginary fourth or fifth off-stump and hit them by means of the vacant on-side.
But Deepti, Anusha and Minu did preserve a good line, which didn’t enable them to manoeuvre a lot.
It was a superb toss to win for Harmanpreet in the course of the opening sport and if the spin of the coin goes in her favour as soon as once more, she may see how nicely the batting unit performs whereas attempting to set a goal.
This may also give Shafali an opportunity to specific herself freely in Mandhana and Harmanpreet’s firm and provides the glimpse of a participant that everybody desires to pay to look at.
The Teams (From): India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol, Devika Vaidya, Uma Chhetri (wk), Amanjot Kaur, S Meghna, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarwani , Monika Patel, Rashi Kanojia, Anusha Bareddi, Minnu Mani.
Bangladesh: Nigar Sultana (c/w), Shamima Sultana, Murshida Khatun, Sobhana Mostary, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Nahida Akter, Fahima Khatun, Rabeya Khan, Shanjida Akter, Salma Khatun, Marufa Akter, Dilara Akter, Disha Biswas, Sultana Khatun, Shathi Rani.
Match Starts: 1:30 pm IST.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com