Team India reached the final of Women’s Asia Cup, Smriti Mandhana did wonders, Bangladesh lost

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|26-07-2024

Team India's winning campaign continues in the Women's Asia Cup. After showing a stormy performance in the league round, now Team India registered a one-sided victory in the first semi-final as well. Team India won by 10 wickets in the semi-final match played in Dambulla. Bangladesh batted first and scored 80 runs in 20 overs. Team India had no problem in achieving this target. Opener Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana batted aggressively and chased the target very easily. Smriti Mandhana scored a half-century in just 38 balls in the semi-final.

Bowlers wrote the script of victory

The script of Team India's victory in the semi-finals was written by the bowlers. Renuka Thakur took 3 wickets for just 10 runs in 4 overs. Radha Yadav also took 3 wickets for 14 runs. Due to this strong bowling, Bangladesh team could score only 80 runs despite playing 20 overs. After this, Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana continued their excellent form and thrashed the Bangladeshi bowlers. Both played cautiously and made a half-century partnership in 43 balls and took Team India's score to 70 runs in 10 overs. In this way, Team India did not face any problem in winning.

India's dominance in Asia Cup

Team India has always dominated the Asia Cup. Team India has made it to the finals every time this tournament started in 2004. Team India has won the Asia Cup 7 times and lost to Bangladesh once. Now Team India has made it to the finals for the 9th time and its path to becoming Asian champion for the 8th time seems clear.

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