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Indian women’s cricket team beat Bangladesh in practice match

Risha Ghosh’s blistering half-century followed by a brilliant performance by the bowlers helped the Indian women’s cricket team beat Bangladesh by 52 runs in their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup warm-up match here on Wednesday. Chasing India’s target of 184 runs, Bangladesh team lost wickets at regular intervals and the team could only manage 131 runs for eight wickets. Devika Vaidya (2/21) was India’s most successful bowler while Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Anjali Sarwani, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav and Shefali Verma took one wicket each.

For Bangladesh, only captain Nigar Sultana (40) and opener Murshida Khatoon (32) were able to bat. Batting first after winning the toss, India lost three wickets for 35 runs in the power play, after which Risha (91 not out) and Jemimah Rodrigues (41) shared a 92-run partnership for the fourth wicket, taking the team score to five wickets. But reached 183 runs. Risha hit nine sixes and three fours in her 56-ball knock while Jemima hit six fours and a six in her 27-ball innings. Pooja Vastrakar finally scored an unbeaten 13 off four balls with two sixes. Nahida Akhtar took two wickets for 24 runs from Bangladesh.

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