India lost to Bangladesh in their third match of Asia Cup by 7 wickets at the Kinrara Academy Oval Kuala Lumpur. This was India’s first ever defeat at the hands of Bangladesh in any format and also their first loss in the tournament since 2012.
Mithali Raj, rested in the last match against Thailand, was back in the squad. She opened the innings with Smriti Mandhana after India won the toss and elected to bat first. But both the openers were back in the pavilion with the scorecard at 26. Pooja Vastrakar and Harmanpreet Kaur slightly rejuvenated the innings but soon Pooja fell at her personal score of 20. Deepti Sharma joined the skipper and made a sensible 32. Harmanpreet scored 42 runs. India ended their innings at 141 for 7.
Bangladesh chased the score easily with Fargana Hoque and Rumana Ahmed responsible batting of 52* and 42. They had a match-wining 93-run third wicket partnership. Earlier, during the Indian innings, Rumana Ahmed bagged three wickets conceding 21 runs. She was declared the ‘Player of the Match’.
