The 5th match of the Women's Asia Cup 2024 is being played between defending champions India and the United Arab Emirates. In this match, a brilliant performance was seen from the batsmen of the Indian team. In this match, Team India has scored the highest score in the history of T20 cricket and the history of Women's Asia Cup. In this innings, captain Harmanpreet Kaur and wicketkeeper-batsman Richa Ghosh played half-century innings from the team's side.

Team India made its highest score

UAE won the toss and decided to bowl first at Sri Lanka's Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, which proved wrong for the Indian batsmen. Team India batted fast from the beginning. However, the team lost 3 wickets for 52 runs, then the fourth wicket also fell at 106 runs. But after this Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh batted brilliantly, due to which the Indian team scored 201 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. This is the highest score of the Women's Asia Cup so far and this is the first time that the Indian team has scored 200 runs in T20.

Highest score of Indian women's team in T20

201/5 – UAE, 2024

198/4 – England, 2018

194/5 – New Zealand, 2018

Explosive innings of Richa Ghosh

Richa Ghosh played a strong innings for Team India in this match. She scored an unbeaten 64 runs in just 29 balls. During this, she hit 12 fours and 1 six at a strike rate of 220.68. This is also her first half-century in T20 career. She also did the feat of hitting 5 consecutive fours in the last over of this innings, due to which Team India managed to touch the 200-run mark. At the same time, this is also the highest score of any batsman from India playing at number 6.

Richa Ghosh creates HIS HER STORY

She becomes the first wicket-keeper batsman to score a half-century in #WomensAsiaCup history, leading #TeamIndia to 200 mark for the first time in T20Is #INDvUAE | LIVE NOW | #WomensAsiaCupOnStar (Only available in India) pic.twitter.com/gJQCgg0hsw

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) July 21, 2024

Harmanpreet Kaur's captaincy innings

Harmanpreet Kaur also played a captaincy innings in this match. She showed amazing game while handling the team. 66 runs came from her bat in 47 balls. During this, Harmanpreet Kaur hit 7 fours and 1 six. At the same time, opener Shefali Verma gave a fast start and scored 37 runs in 18 balls. On the other hand, Smriti Mandhana could score only 13 runs and Jemima Rodrigues also managed to score only 14 runs.