Summary

  • India beat Bangladesh by 18 runs for second win of tournament

  • Bangladesh finish on 124-8; Poonam 3-18, Pandey 2-14; N Sultana 35

  • India 142-6; Verma makes quick-fire 39 from 17 balls

  • Rodrigues 34 off 37 - Ghosh & Salma Khatun both take 2-25

  • India top Group A after victory at the Waca in Perth

  • Australia beat Sri Lanka by five wickets with three balls to spare

Live Reporting

Stephan Shemilt

  1. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Deepti doesn't look as threatening as she normally does.

  2. Ban 90-4

    Target 143

    Now Sultana drives Sharma for four. Bangladesh aren't still in this, are they?

  3. dropped catch

    N Sultana dropped on 24

    Ban 85-4

    A drop, but a very tough chance. Jemimah Rodrigues coming off the cover fence, diving and getting both hands to it, but the ball doesn't stick. Khatun had already sliced two boundaries in the over. 11 from it.

  4. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    India don't need to search for wickets because the run-rate will eventually get Bangladesh out of this game.

  5. Ban 73-4

    Target 143

    There are more than 5,000 inside the Waca tonight. A great crowd. Imagine how many will be inside the MCG if the final is between Australia and India. The required rate is 10 an over.

  6. Ban 67-4

    Target 143

    Fahima Khatun is the new bat, but you fear the rest of this match might be little more than a procession.

  7. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    That's a very good catch from the keeper.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Fargana c Bhatia b Reddy 0 (Ban 66-4)

    Great catch! Taniya Bhatia had a very good game behind the stumps against Australia and now she's taken a ripper standing up to the pace of Arundhati Reddy. An edge from Fargana Hoque sees her go for a duck. Bangaldesh are losing their way.

  9. Ban 61-3

    Target 143

    Fargana Hoque is the new bat, arriving at a time when Bangladesh need to keep the scoring rate high. Hard against Poonam at the best of times, let alone when you're new to the crease. Only one run and the wicket from the over. Poonam at it again.

  10. wicket

    WICKET

    Islam c Bhatia b Poonam 10 (Ban 61-3)

    Poonam Yadav knows her stuff! Sanjida Islam was on the sweep and only Poonam was convinced about the under edge. The tiny spike of sound confirms what Poonam knew. Bangladesh lose their third wicket.

  11. India review

    Ban 61-2

    Poonam has talked Harmanpreet into a review here. She wants Islam caught behind. It looks fanciful...

  12. Ban 60-2

    Target 143

    This is good from Sultana, who uses the pace of Reddy. First a cut shot, then an angle to third man - a couple of boundaries. Bangladesh are just about keeping up with the required rate of eight an over. We may yet have a decent finish.

  13. Ban 50-2

    Target 143

    Nigar Sultana, very successful with the bat over the past year, is the new batter. More importantly, leg-spinner Poonam Yadav is on, defying physics with how slowly she is bowling the ball. Unusually awry, Poonam is swept for four by Sultana.

  14. Alex Hartley
    England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    That's a brilliant catch - she had run around from extra cover to take that. But also a good innings. I'll be really disappointed if Bangladesh don't keep going with the aggression.

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    M Kahtun c Ghosh b Reddy 30 (Ban 44-2)

    A wicket you felt was coming. Bangladesh needed to get a shift on, but Murshida Khatun mishits a Reddy slower ball, sending the ball skywards. When it comes down, Richa Ghosh holds the catch at extra cover.

  16. Ban 44-1

    Arundhati Reddy replaces Shikhar Pandey - pace for pace. Taniya Bhatia, the wicketkeeper, is standing back with a helmet on. Bangladesh are playing a lot of shots, but the ball isn't going very far. A lack of power. You don't need power, when you time it, tough. Khatun goes through mid-off for the first boundary in five overs.

  17. Nicky Shaw
    Ex-England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Bangladesh really need to find the boundary.

  18. Ban 38-1

    Still Gayakwad, bowling her left-armers round the wicket. She has a black headband keeping her long hair tidy. Lots of swiping and smearing from Bangladesh, but not a great deal of bat on ball. The required rate is above eight.

  19. Ban 33-1

    Target 143

    Pandey into her third over. When Islam gets a leading edge, the ball loops back in the direction of the bowler, but the diving Pandey can't get there. End of the powerplay. I wonder how long it will be before we see Poonam Yadav's leg-spin.

  20. Ban 29-1

    Target 143

    This is the 12th time these two sides have played each other in T20s. India have won nine of the previous 11. Rajeshwari Gayakwad is on to bowl her left-arm spin. The fielders in the ring are sitting on the edge of the circle, so there are plenty of singles around. However, this is the fourth over out of five not to yield a boundary.