Both teams are coming off home series defeats to Australia, and will look to fine-tune their plans for the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh in September-October
Srinidhi Ramanujam
It was rather ill-tempered the last time these two sides met in Bangladesh, with Harmanpreet Kaur smashing the stumps and slamming umpires for “pathetic decisions”, and the home captain Nigar Sultana criticising her “manners”. Nine months later, the bigger picture is the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh this September-October, as India and Bangladesh begin their preparations with a five-T20I series in Sylhet, starting Sunday.
Building towards T20 World Cup
Bangladesh were thrashed 3-0 at home by Australia a few weeks ago, and despite that drubbing they haven’t changed their squad much for this series. India’s last T20I series was also a 2-1 defeat at home to Australia in December-January, where…