A 98 run opening partnership between Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma and a blitz knock from captain Harmanpreet Singh took India to 172/3 in their Group A Women's T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka in Dubai on Wednesday.
In only his second T20I, Nitish scored a brilliant 74 in just 34 balls, with four boundaries and seven sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 217.65.
After being reduced to 41/3, Rinku and Nitish put up a 108-run partnership and Hardik Pandya delivered a fine cameo to push India to a massive total. India needs to defend 222 runs to win the series 2-0.
India is 1-0 up in the series. In the first T20I held in Gwalior, Men in Blue had secured a seven-wicket win to start off the three-match series on a positive note.
Australia bowler Megan Schutt on Tuesday etched her name on the elite list as she became the leading wicket-taker in the history of the Women's T20 World Cup.
Ahead of the second T20I of the three-match series between India and Bangladesh, former cricketer Aakash Chopra believed that tri-nation T20I and ODI series instead of the billateral series as sometimes the billateral series does not give proper results to the broadcasters.
Team India will look to seal the series as they lock horns with Bangladesh in the second T20I of the three match series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday.
The Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian side will lock horns with Sri Lankan team in the 12th match of the ongoing ICC Women's T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
Six-time champions Australia continued its dominance over New Zealand with an emphatic 60-run victory in the ongoing Women's T20 World Cup on Tuesday at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana fended off India's concern regarding their Net Run Rate before squaring off against Sri Lanka in the ongoing Women's T20 World Cup.