Women's T20 World Cup: Richa Ghosh Shines As India Beat Bangladesh In Warm-Up Fixture
Besides Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues made a fluent 27-ball 41 during which she hit six fours and a six.
Stellenbosch: Richa Ghosh smashed an attacking unbeaten 91 as India defeated Bangladesh by 52 runs in a warm-up match ahead of the Women's T20 World Cup here on Wednesday.
Opting to bat, India made an imposing 183 for 5 riding on Ghosh's exploits with the bat and then restricted Bangladesh to 131 for 8.
Coming on to bat at No 4, Ghosh's knock came off just 56 balls with the help of three boundaries and nine hits over the fence.
Besides Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues made a fluent 27-ball 41 during which she hit six fours and a six.
India, however, did not have the best of starts, losing three wickets for 35 runs with Yastika Bhatia (10), U-19 T20 World Cup-winning team skipper Shafali Verma (9) and Harleen Deol (10) all departing cheaply.
Ghosh then took the attack to the opposition along with Rodrigues, adding quick 92 runs for the fourth wicket to lay the platform for India's imposing total.
Left-arm spinner Nahida Akter picked up two wickets for Bangladesh.
In reply, Bangladesh kept losing wickets at regular intervals and never looked to be in the hunt.
Captain Nigar Sultana top-scored with a 36-ball 40, while opener Murshida Khatun made 32.
Leg-break bowler Devika Vaidya (2/21) scalped two wickets for India, while Shafali (1/13), Radha Yadav (1/17), Deepti Sharma (1/15), Rajeshwari Gayakwad (1/20) and Anjali Sarvani (1/22) picked up a wicket each.
India's dominant win comes after their 44-run loss to defending champions Australia in their first warm-up fixture. In that match while the Indian bowlers had done to blow away the star-studded top-order of the oppsoition, tail-enders Georgia Wareham (32) and Jess Jonassen's (22) unbeaten 50-run partnership gave the Meg Lanning-led side a decent score of 129/8 which eventually turned out to be more than enough.
In response, the Indian batters were bowled out for 85.
In India's last three outings, their top-order hasn't clicked at all with the Women in Blue losing their way even in the Women's T20I Tri Series final against South Africa and Harmanpreet Kaur & Co. would want to fix that before their first match of the competition against Pakistan on February 12.
(With Inputs From PTI)
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