In the 10th match of the Women's Asia Cup 2024, defending champion Team India is playing its last group stage match against Nepal. In this match, a stormy innings was seen from the bat of young opener Shefali Verma. Shefali Verma gave a tough lesson to the bowlers of Nepal and played an important role in taking the team to a big score. This match is being played at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium in Sri Lanka.

A storm named Shefali hit Sri Lanka

Opener Shefali Verma batted fast from the beginning of the match. She played an innings of 81 runs in 48 balls. During this, 12 fours and 1 six were seen from Shefali's bat. Shefali Verma scored these runs at a strike rate of 168.75. On the basis of her innings, Team India managed to score 178 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs.

Smriti Mandhana did not bat

Usually, Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana open the innings for Team India. But she did not open in this match, not only this, she did not even come down to bat. Actually, Smriti Mandhana is captaining the team in place of Harmanpreet Kaur in this match. Harmanpreet Kaur has been given rest. In such a situation, Smriti Mandhana also gave a chance to other players by not batting.

In this match, Dayalan Hemalatha opened with Shefali Verma. Dayalan Hemalatha scored 47 runs during this period, which included 5 fours and 1 six. There was also an opening partnership of 122 runs between the two. After this, Jemima Rodriguez scored an unbeaten 28 runs. On the other hand, Sita Rana took two wickets for Nepal, while Kavita Joshi got one wicket. Team India has almost confirmed its place in the semi-finals. India is the most successful team of this tournament. It has won the Asia Cup title 7 times out of 8.