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Bangladesh upset India in low-scoring encounter
Bangladesh Women registered their maiden victory of the ICC Women’s ODI Championship 2022-25 – and handed India their first defeat – in a low-scoring rain-affected contest in Dhaka, successfully defending a paltry 152.
They had the 18-year-old Marufa Akter to thank for the upset win, by 40 runs, as the pacer opened her account in ODI cricket with a 4 for 29 that overshadowed a 4-31 from India’s debutant Amanjot Kaur earlier in the day, and leg-spinner Rabeya Khan who carried on from where she left in the T20Is and picked 3-30.
Having opted to bowl first in overcast conditions, India were on the right track when Amanjot first ran out Sharmin Akhter for an 18-ball duck in the eighth over and then returned with the ball in the next to send her opening partner, Murshida Khatun, packing for 13 for her maiden ODI scalp. After a string of 34 dot balls, Fargana Hoque broke the shackles with a cover drive as she forged a vital 49-run partnership for the third wicket with her captain, Nigar Sultana.
Rain interrupted just as Bangladesh began their recovery, and after a nearly two-hour delay, the game was curtailed to 44 overs per side. As India grew desperate for a breakthrough – even though the partnership moved at a sedate pace – Harmanpreet Kaur threw the ball back to Amanjot, who had Fargana edging behind. She picked her third when she trapped Nigar plumb in front, on 39 just after the hosts had crossed the 100-run mark.
From there on, Bangladesh could only crawl to 152/9 by the penultimate over with Shorna Akter retired out due to severe abdominal pain. However, India’s batting implosion meant the revised target of 154 was more than enough for the hosts to shock them.
Smriti Mandhana was quick to punish the two short balls from Marufa early on, but the rookie had the last laugh when she got the Indian vice-captain poking at an outswinger outside off. On her India comeback, Priya Punia failed to impress and became Marufa’s second victim, after contributing 10 off 27. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was in and out in a jiffy, and Rabeya joined the party soon after when she had Yastika Bhatia bowled for 15. She struck again to end Jemimah Rodrigues’s fight on 10. India had slipped to 61/5 at the end of the 16th over.
Deepti Sharma (20), who eventually top-scored in India’s underwhelming batting show, and Amanjot managed to keep Bangladesh at bay for a bit, taking India to 91 in the process. But Marufa returned in the 29th over and struck twice in successive balls to land the decisive blows. Rabeya completed the team hat-trick when she put an end to Deepti’s fight, effectively bringing curtains on India’s chase.
Brief scores:
Bangladesh 152 all out in 43 overs (Nigar Sultana 39, Fargana Hoque 27; Amanjot Kaur 4-31) beat India 113 all out in 35.5 overs (Deepti Sharma 20; Marufa Akter 4-29, Rabeya Khan 3-30) by 40 runs (Match reduced to 44 overs per side)
A 34 ball 51 from Lahiru Udara and a four wicket haul by Nuwan Thushara helped Kandy Royals defeat Kandy Royals defeat Dambulla Sixers by 34 runs in the sixth match of the Lanka Premier League 2026 played at Dambulla on Tuesday [21st]
Scores:
Kandy Royals 194/6 in 20 overs [Kusal Perera 25, Lahiru Udara 51, Moeen Ali 24, Wanidu Hasaranga 29, Angelo Mathews 29, Vijay Shankar 13*; Fazalhaq Farooki 2-20, Mohammad Wasim 1-42, Dushmantha Chameera 1-37, Maheesh Theekshana 1-39, Vishwa Lahiru 1-40]
Dambulla Sixers 151/8 in 20 overs [Shahibzada Farhan 74, Dinesh Chandimal 12, Niroshan Dikwella 26, Reeza Hendricks 27; Shaheen Shah Afridi 1-32. Nuwan Thushara 4-29, Wanidu Hasaranga 1-19, Duushan Hemantha 2-23]
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Accordingly, considering a resolution forwarded by the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to grant the policy approval to revise the Drug Dependent Persons (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act No 54 of 2007 and direct the Legal Draftsman to formulate a draft bill including the relevant amendments.
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