Bengaluru, March 15: Indian women's cricket team beat Bangladesh by 72 runs in the opening match of World Twenty20 here on Tuesday (March 15).
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Winning the toss, Bangladesh chose to field and conceded 163 runs to India claiming five wickets and in reply managed to hit only 91 runs for the loss of five wickets.
Brief Scores: India 163/5 in 20 overs (Mithali Raj 42, Harmanpreet Kaur 40; Fahima Khatun 2/31, Rumana Ahmed 2/35) won against Bangladesh 91/5 in 20 overs (Nigar Sultana 27, Sharmin Akhter 21; Anuja Patil 2/16, Poonam Yadav 2/17).
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