Bangladesh boost for India!

Yastika Bhatiarsquos gritty halfcentury and Sneh Ranarsquos allround performance powered India to a dominating 110run win over Bangladesh and kept them in the hunt for a semifinal spot at the ICC Womenrsquos World Cup here on TuesdayOpting to bat India recovered from a midinnings collapse to post a modest 229 for seven riding a responsible 80ball 50 by Bhatia and a late flourish from Rana 27 and Pooja Vastrakar 30Defending the total the spinners led by Rana 430 controlled the proceedings as they struck at regular intervals As a result India bowled out Bangladesh for 119 in 403 overs to register their third win of the tournament The big victory helped India improve their net runrate 0768 furtherlsquoPrepared for No3rsquoThe Mithali Rajled side will take on South Africa in its final league match on Sunday Before that game however if the secondplaced Proteas beat West Indies on Thursday Indiarsquos semifinal chances will get betterBhatia who has backtoback fifties playing at No3 was pleased with her performance ldquoI would have liked some more runs to contribute to the team but nevertheless very happy with the result In domestic Irsquod prepared for No 3 and it was always on mind that whichever order I get Irsquoll have to contribute for the teamrdquo Bhatia who was adjudged the Player of the Match said at the presentation ceremonyldquoSo the preparation was according to that Sometimes the wicket is not that good so singles and strike rotation will be on my mind Itrsquos my first Player of the Match in internationals it really means a lotrdquo she added Indiarsquos decision to bring in senior spinner Poonam Yadav 125 in place of pacer Meghna Singh paid dividends With the spinners operating from both ends on a slow track Bangladesh struggled to force the pace and were reeling at 695 after 25 oversldquoFor a long time wersquove always banked on our spinners and we have quality spinners Todayrsquos surface did help them a lot toordquo Raj saidldquoWouldnrsquot say we are spindominant it also depends on the opposition wersquore playing We havenrsquot played a game in Christchurch yet so thatrsquos a challenge Itrsquos an important game for India and we would want to do well in all departmentsrdquo she addedGoswami Pooja strikeLata Mondal 24 and Salma Khatun 32 provided some resistance with a 40run partnership which was broken by Jhulan Goswami when she dismissed the latter while Vastrakar accounted for Mondal a few overs laterThe pace duo of Goswami 219 and Vastrakar 226 shared four wickets between them while the spinners accounted for the restEarlier Smriti Mandhana 30 and Shafali Verma 42 shared 74 runs for the opening wicket but Ritu Moni 337 and Nahida Akter 242 shared five wickets between them to reduce India from 74 for no loss to 108 for 4Mandhana ended up hitting straight to Fargana Hoque off Akter while Moni struck twice in two balls in the next over to leave India at 74 for 3 in 154 oversBrief scoresIndia 2297 in 50 overs Y Bhatia 50 S Verma 42 N Akter 242 R Moni 337 beat Bangladesh 119 in 403 overs A Khatun 32 L Mondal 24 S Rana 430 by 110 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever