Bengaluru: Indian women's team produced a clinical performance to thrash their Bangladeshi counterparts by 72 runs in the opening group league fixture of the ICC World T20, here this evening.

Batting first, India scored a healthy 163 for five with skipper Mithali Raj scoring 42 off 35 balls and the hard-hitting Harmanpreet Kaur smashing 40 off 29 balls with three fours and two huge sixes.