IND W vs BAN W 3rd T20I: Bangladesh win by 4 wickets, India clinch series 2-1

IND W vs BAN W 3rd T20I Indian batters struggles against spin bowling continued as Bangladesh managed to pull off a fourwicket consolation win in the third and final womens T20 International here on ThursdayIndia produced another underwhelming batting performance to end up with 102 for nine after opting to batIt seemed Bangladesh who could not chase 96 in the previous game had taken the selfdestructing route again but managed a successful chase in 181 oversOpener Shamima Sultana 42 off 46 held the innings together for BangladeshIndia sealed the series 21 but their performance left a lot to be desiredThe three match ODI series between the two teams will begin here on July 16Batting on spinfriendly wickets was the biggest let down as the batters lacked the firepower to put pressure on the slow bowlers Barring skipper Harmanpreet Kaur none of the batters could clear the fence in the three gamesWith batting figures of 5434 in first T20I and 4041 in third T20I Harmanpreet Kaur was declared the lsquoPlayer of the SeriesrsquoThe performance of rookie offspinner Minnu Mani was among the few positive stories to have come out for IndiaWhen the new head coach takes charge of the team he will have plenty of work to do before the side returns to play the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh next yearEarlier Harmanpreet struck a solid 40 off 41 balls before a batting collapse in the death overs saw India lose their last six wickets for 11 runsAlso ReadIND W vs BAN W 3rd T20I Indian batters disappoint as they end innings at 1029Leggie Rabeya Khan was the standout bowler for Bangladesh with three wickets for 16 runs in four overs Offspinner Sultana Khatun was impressive in the powerplay removing the star opening duo of Shafali Verma 11 and Smriti Mandhana 1The surface has proved to be tricky throughout the lowscoring series and considering that Harmanpreet opted to bat firstThe opening duo Shafali and Mandhana once again failed to provide a good start to leave India at 27 for two in six oversMandhana got herself into an awkward position while trying to work one towards the leg side and ended up getting a leading edge with Bangladesh captain and keeper Nigar Sultana doing the restShafali was caught at long on failing to clear the fenceJemimah Rodrigues 28 off 26 and Harmanpreet stitched a 45run stand to take the innings forward before the former was stumped off legspinner Shorna Akter Unlike the previous game Jemimah showed positive intent in her innings and made good use of her feet against the spinnersThe lack of sixhitters in the squad was exposed again as Harmanpreet was the only one to have cleared the ropes Once Harmanpreet was stumped in the 17th over wickets fell in a heap as Indian batters failed to get the required boundariesBrief ScoresFirst InningsH Kaur 4041 J Rodrigues 2826 R Khatun 316 S Khatun 217Second Innings S Sultana 4246 N Sultana 1420 D Vaidya 216 M Mani 218With PTI inputs