India triumph in must-win game against Bangladesh to stay alive for semis spot

India womens team beat Bangladesh by 110 runs in a mustwin game to secure their third victory in six matches here at Seddon Park to stay alive for a place in the ongoing ICC Womens World Cups semifinalDefending 230run target Indian bowlers Jhulan Goswami and Rajeshwari Gayakwad bowled a tight line to choke the flow of runs and that put Bangladesh batters under pressure and they lost the wicket of opener Sharmin Akhter caught by Sneh Rana of Gayakwads bowling at the score of 12In the space of three runs Bangladesh lost another wicket as Pooja Vastrakar dismissed Fargana Hoque for an 11ball duck to leave their side in trouble at 15 for 2Captain Nigar Sultana walked in to bat but she too was sent packing by Sneh Rana caught by Harmanpreet Kaur for 3 as Bangladesh was in further trouble at 28 for 3Opener Murshida Khatun who was losing partners at the other end also lost her wicket for 19 dismissed by Poonam Yadav caught by Harmanpreet Kaur who took her second catch of the match to leave Bangladesh tottering at 31 for 4Sneh Rana got her second scalp as she dismissed Rumana Ahmed for 2 caught by Yastika Bhatia with Bangladesh losing half of its side for 35 runsBangladesh team desperately needed a partnership and Salma Khatun and Lata Mondal took their teams total beyond the 50run mark But the 40run partnership was broken by experienced Jhulan Goswami who dismissed Salma Khatun for 32 caught by wicketkeeper Yastika Bhatia to leave Bangladesh at 75 for 6Lata Mondal was joined by Ritu Moni and the duo struck a 23run partnership to take Bangladeshs total to 98 Lata became the second victim of Vastrakar as she was dismissed for 24Bangladesh team scratched their way to triplefigure mark and at the score of 100 they lost their eighth wicket in the form of Fahima Khatun who was dismissed leg before wicket by Sneh RanaIn her next over Sneh Rana got her fourth wicket of the match dismissing Nahida Akhter caught and bowled for a nineball duck to leave Bangladesh with very little hope at 104 for 9Veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami delivered the final nail in the coffin for Bangladesh as she cleaned up Ritu Moni for 16 as Bangladesh were bowled out for 119 in 403 overs as India registered a 110run win to register their third win of the tournament in six matchesEarlier in the day India captain Mithali Raj won the toss and decided to bat first where the womens in blue got off to a flying start as openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana batted aggressively to take Indias total to 50run mark in 10 overs without losing a wicketThe Indian team was going strong at the score of 74 in the 15th over with Nahida Akter dismissing southpaw Smriti Mandhana for 30 from 51 balls In the next opener Shafali Verma too was dismissed as he was stumped by Bangladesh wicketkeeper Nigar Sultana off Ritu Monis bowling In the very next ball captain Mithali Raj was dismissed for a golden duck caught in the covers by Fahima Khatun off Ritu Monis bowling to leave India from 74 for no loss to 74 for 3Centurion in the game against West Indies Harmanpreet Kaur walked in to bat along with Yastika Bhatia took Indias total beyond the triplefigure mark in 25th overThe 34run partnership was broken as Harmanpreet Kaur was run out by Fargana Hoque for 14 to leave India in a spot of bother at 1084 in 28th overThe previous edition finalist desperately needed a partnership and Yastika Bhatia and wicketkeeper batter Richa Ghosh struck a partnership to take the teams total beyond the 150run mark The 54run partnership was broken as keeper Nigar Sultana stumped Richa Ghosh for 26 as half of the Indian side was back to the pavilion with 162 runs on the boardYastika Bhatia continued with her rich run of form as she notched up a second consecutive halfcentury Immediately after that Yastika was out caught at short fine leg by Nahida Akter of Ritu Monis bowling for 50 off 80 balls at 176 for 6Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana took the teams total beyond the 200run mark in 47th over Rana was dismissed by Jahanara Alam in the final over for 27 off 23 balls hitting two boundaries Pooja Vastrakars unbeaten 30 took Indias total to 229 in 50 overs setting a target of 230 for BangladeshBrief Scores India 2297 in 50 overs Yastika Bhatia 50 Shafali Verma 42Ritu Moni 337 vs Bangladesh 11910 in 403 overs Salma Khatun 32 Sneh Rana 430This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever