The India women's team had little trouble in overpowering Bangladesh in the opening T20I of the three-match series on Sunday.

Opting to bowl, the Indian spinners used the conditions to their advantage and restricted Bangladesh to a meagre 114/5.

In reply, captain Harmanpreet Kaur (54 not out 35 balls) and her deputy Smriti Mandhana (38 off 34 balls) added 70 runs for the third wicket to chase down the target in just 16.2 overs.

The skipper hit six boundaries and two sixes and made the best use of the two reprieves that she got off left-arm spinner Nahida Akter's bowling. Mandhana was the pace-setter for India as she hit some delectable boundaries, five of them in all, including a rasping square cut off seamer Marufa Akter and an inside-out lofted cover-drive.

It wasn't however a happy outing for opener Shafali Verma, who was trapped leg-before for a duck. Jemimah Rodrigues too did not last long, scoring 11 before being dismissed.

This was after the Indian bowlers set it up perfectly for the batters. The spin attack, led by the experienced Deepti Sharma (0/14 in 4 overs), along with debutants — slow left-arm orthodox Anusha Bareddy (0/24 in 4 overs) and off-break bowler Minnu Manni (1/21 in 3 overs) — executed the plan of bowling on one side of the wicket perfectly.

Brief scores: Bangladesh Women 114/5 in 20 overs. India Women 118/3 in 16.2 overs (Harmanpreet Kaur 54 n.o., Smriti Mandhana 38). India Women won by 7 wickets.

With inputs from PTI