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India wins the series 2-1 despite the presence of familiar adversaries.

The team that participated in the T20 World Cup in South Africa without a head coach will shortly have one.

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Ask anyone who has been following the Indian women’s cricket team for a while where they were on July 20, 2017 — the day India qualified for the World Cup final for the first time since 2005. After 12 years, the team reached the final of a global competition, which was a momentous occasion. In the subsequent stage of the championship game, their batting order collapsed. From 191 and 4 to 219 and out, India fell short by nine runs.

Six years after that auspicious occasion, India has reached the quarterfinals of every T20 World Cup, but has lost each time due to a batting collapse. Similar issues have manifested again in the recently concluded T20I series against Bangladesh. Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur were primarily responsible for India’s successful chase of 114 in the first Twenty20 International of the tour. Mandhana and Kaur departed early in the second T20I, and the floodgates opened for the relatively inexperienced Bangladesh bowlers as India lost seven wickets for 62 runs. On Thursday’s final T20I, they lost five wickets for 11 runs, mirroring the previous day’s events. Except this time, the hosts maintained their composure to defeat India by four wickets. India may have won the series 2-1, but their middle-order, read after Harmanpreet Kaur, needs improvement, particularly on sluggish surfaces like those they faced this week. The fact that the next T20 World Cup will be held in Bangladesh is all the more reason for prompt action.

The team that participated in the T20 World Cup in South Africa without a head coach will shortly have one. Clarity of role for players, particularly all-rounders batting in the lower order, will continue to be one of the primary obstacles. In the T20 format, where a wicket can alter the flow of play, this disadvantage remains a sore spot. A year of preparation can help a team that has lost multiple close matches, particularly in knockout competitions, overcome this final obstacle.

Brief scores: India 102/9 in 20 ovs (Harmanpreet 40, Jemimah 28; Rabeya 3/16) lost to Bangladesh 103/6 in 18.2 ovs (Shamima 42).
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