Radha, Hemalatha star as Indian women win rain-marred second T20I

Smriti Mandhana and Dayalan Hemalatha return to the pavilion. Photo: X@BCCIWomen

Sylhet (Bangladesh): Radha Yadav and Dayalan Hemalatha starred as a dominant India beat Bangladesh by 19 runs via Duckworth/Lewis method in a rain-marred second women's T20 International here on Tuesday.

Led by left-arm spinner Radha's splendid show, India bundled out Bangladesh for 119 after the hosts opted to bat.

Radha finished with excellent figures of 3/19, while there were two wickets apiece for Deepti Sharma (2/14) and Shreyanka Patil (2/24).

For Bangladesh, opener Murshida Khatun top-scored with 46 off 49 balls.

Chasing a modest total, India lost an early wicket as Shafali Verma (0) was caught down the leg side after she tried to flick it through fine leg.

Hemalatha, however, blazed away to a 24-ball unbeaten 41 as India raced to 47/1 in 5.2 overs, when the heavens opened up for the second time during the match. Hemalatha smashed five fours and two sixes.

The par score was 28 and the Indian team was ahead by 19 runs, and with the surface rendered unplayable by the heavy rain, the visitors were declared winners.

India thus took a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. The third match will be played on Thursday.

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