Bangladesh
women won the toss and decided to bat first and put on a huge total of 255 for
the loss of just 2 wickets in 20 overs. Bangladesh did not have a good start as
they lost their opening pair when their score was just 19, with Shamima Sultana
and Sanjida Islam departing on 5 and 7 runs respectively. Shamma Ali bowled out Sanjida while Shamima got run out.
Then
Nigar Sultana and Fargana Hoque made an unbeaten 236-run partnership with both
scoring their maiden T20I hundreds. Nigar Sultana scored 113 off 65 deliveries
with 14 fours and three sixes, while Fargana Hoque struck 20 boundaries in her
53-ball 110.
However,
coming to chase such a huge target, Maldives were bowled out for just 6 runs in
12.1 overs. For them, Kinaanath Ismail, Sajaa Fathimath and Shamma Ali scored
1, 1 and 2 runs respectively while two runs came as extra. The remaining eight
players could not score any run. As a result, Bangladesh won the match by 249
runs.
Ritu
Moni completed her bowling quota of 4 overs claiming three wickets at the expense
of only 1 run, while skipper Salma Khatun took the equal number of wickets
giving two runs in 3.1 overs. Puja Chakraborty and Nahida Akter took one wicket
each while two batswomen of Maldives were dismissed run-out.
Prior
to this historic match, Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets and Nepal by
10 wickets in their first two matches. The women in Red and Green made it to
the final after their third consecutive win in the tournament on Thursday. The final
will be held at the same venue on December 8.
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