India crush Bangladesh by 72 runs in womens World T20

BANGALORE: Experienced India women defeated Bangladesh by 72 runs in a one-sided opening match of the Women’s World Twenty20 here at the M Chinnaswami Stadium on Tuesday.Chasing a huge total of 164, Bangladesh women could not resist against India’s’ off-spinner Anuja Patil and leg-spinner Poonam Yadav, who restricted them to 91 for five in their 20 overs. Both bowlers took two wickets each for 16 and 17, respectively.Bangladesh women’s main scorers were Nigar Sultana (27 not out) and Sharmin Khan (21).Earlier, India women blasted their way to 163 for 5, comfortably surpassing their previous T20I best of 151, also against Bangladesh at the 2014 edition.Mithali Raj (42) and Vellaswamy Vanitha (38) did the early running, Harmanpreet Kaur (40) gave impetus in the middle, while Veda Krishnamurthy sustained the surge at the death and remained not out on 36.For Bangladesh, Fahima Khatoon and Rumana Ahmed claimed two wickets each.