Harmanpreet Kaur (34*) and Smriti Mandhana (38) led India's chase after Pakistan were bundled out for 72 in their allotted 20 overs, thanks to Ekta Bisht's 3 for 14.
India dished out an impressive all-round show with the bat and ball after the bowlers restricted Sri Lanka to post a total of 107/7, and chased the target with ease.
Virat Kohli will be presented with the prestigious Polly Umrigar award for the best international cricketer (2016-17 and 2017-18) at the BCCI Awards.
Fargana Hoque and Rumana Ahmed's unbeaten 52 and 42-run knocks helped Bangladesh chase a below-par target of 142 with seven balls to spare.
The Indian eves who had hammered hosts Malaysia by 142 runs in its opening match, put up another dominating show against Thailand to register their second consecutive victory.
India will bank on a strong start from their top order, comprising vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, Mithali, Harmanpreet and teenaged Jemimah Rodrigues.
Considering the dearth of quality Indian players, the Women's T20 league can be started with even four teams, something that has already been suggested by Harmanpreet and Mandhana.
As the women's all-star exhibition match played their first ever IPL game, Harmanpreet Kaur's Supernovas defeated Smriti Mandhana's Trailblazer in a thriller, winning by three wickets at Wankhede.
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Mandhana believes that a women's IPL can take place with four teams but admits that there aren't enough players for an eight-team tournament.
The one-off women's T20 contest will see India women's T20 vice-captain Smriti Mandhana-led IPL Trailblazers compete against IPL Supernovas, which will be captained by Harmanpreet Kaur.
Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the two teams in the one-off Women's T20 Challenge on May 22 ahead of the IPL Qualifier 1 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
The Indian women's squad for the Asia Cup T20 in Malaysia did not have any surprises with all the tried and tested faces finding a slot in the squad.
Australian bowlers never allowed the Indian batswomen to settle and took wickets at regular intervals on a placid track.
Indian women's T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur admitted that the bowling unit needs to improve after England recorded the highest chase in T20 internationals against the hosts.
The hosts lost the lung-opener of the tri-series by six wickets as Australia dominated with both the bat and ball.
Indian bowlers bowled too many boundary-balls with as many 21 fours and six were taken off them which practically gave away the match.
India had thrashed South Africa 3-1 in their last T20 series held in the Rainbow nation and Harmanpreet said the girls were positive in their approach and hoped that the team would do well.
After streamlining the domestic structure and introducing India A tours, the selectors have been asked to handpick a pool of pacers, spinners and wicketkeepers and test them in a camp at the NCA beginning later this month.
Prior to the ODIs, Indian women had also lost both the practice games in Mumbai by massive 321 runs and seven wickets respectively.
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