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India VS Bangladesh Match: India kept its hopes of reaching the semi-finals strong by defeating Bangladesh by 5 wickets in the 23rd match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. Shefali Verma, who played an important role in India’s victory by playing a explosive inning of 53 runs in 34 balls, was named ‘Player of the Match’. Chosen.

With this victory, the Indian team registered its third win in four matches and reached second place in the points table of Group A. Australia is at first position after winning all four matches. The next match of the Indian team will be against Australia on June 28.

Team India reached second place in the group

The Indian team has kept its semi-final hopes alive by defeating Bangladesh. The team is in second place after winning three out of four matches. Whereas Australia is on top by winning all its matches. At the same time, South Africa is in third place with two wins in three matches. Bangladesh is in fourth place, while Pakistan and Netherlands are out of the tournament.

Bangladesh collapsed for 136 runs

In the match played at Emirates Old Trafford, Bangladesh team, after losing the toss and coming to bat first, could only score 136 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. The team had a bad start and Dilara Akhtar was out after scoring just 4 runs. After this, Shobhana Mostari (22) and Zuaria Firdous (33) made a partnership of 51 runs for the second wicket. Captain Nigar Sultana played a useful inning of 32 runs in 27 balls and took the team to a respectable score.

Indian bowlers performed tremendously in the match. Radha Yadav bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets for 28 runs. While Shri Charani took 2 wickets, Renuka Thakur and Nandini Sharma took 1 wicket each.

Shefali Verma played a brilliant innings

Chasing the target of 137 runs, the Indian team won the match by losing 5 wickets in 16.5 overs. Smriti Mandhana (8) and Shefali Verma added 31 runs for the first wicket. After this, Shefali laid the foundation of the team’s victory by making a 45-run partnership with Yastika Bhatia for the second wicket. Shefali played a quick inning of 53 runs in 34 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six.

Although India lost wickets frequently in the middle overs, captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodriguez brought the team closer to victory by adding 30 runs for the fifth wicket. In the end, Harmanpreet and Deepti Sharma (5 not out) gave India an easy victory. For Bangladesh, Ritu Moni took 2 wickets, while Marufa Akhtar, Rabia Khan and Nahida Akhtar got 1 wicket each.