Indian Women defeated Bangladesh Women by a margin of 44 runs in the first match of the 5-match T20 International series on the basis of excellent performance by the bowlers. In this match played at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, India won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Indian Women, batting first, scored 145 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. The highest score of 36 (29) runs from the team came from the bat of Yastika Bhatia. In this innings he hit 6 fours. Shefali Verma played an inning of 31 runs in 22 balls with the help of 3 fours and a six. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur played an inning of 30 runs in 22 balls with the help of 4 fours. Yastika and Harman added 45 (33) runs for the third wicket. Yastika and Shefali made a partnership of 43 (31) runs. Rabeya Khan took maximum 3 wickets for Bangladesh. Marufa Akhtar took 2 wickets. Fahima Khatoon Fariha Trisna was successful in taking one wicket each.

Chasing the target, Bangladesh could score only 101 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. For Bangladesh, the maximum runs came from the bat of captain Nigar Sultana. He played an inning of 42 runs in 40 balls with the help of 4 fours and one six. Murshida Khatoon scored 13 runs in 18 balls with the help of one four. Shorna Akhtar scored 11 runs in 18 balls with the help of one four. Renuka Singh Thakur took maximum 3 wickets for India. Pooja Vastrakar managed to take 2 wickets. Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav and Shreyanka Patil took one wicket each.

Indian Women's playing eleven: Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Sajeevan Sajna, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Thakur Singh, Radha Yadav.

Bangladesh Women's playing eleven: Dilara Akhtar, Murshida Khatoon, Shorna Akhtar, Nigar Sultana (captain and wicketkeeper), Fahima Khatoon, Rabeya Khan, Shobhana Mostari, Nahida Akhtar, Sultana Khatoon, Marufa Akhtar, Fariha Trisna.