India have topped Group A and grow to be the primary workforce to qualify for the semifinals.
India’s girls’s cricket workforce is thru to the Girls’s Asia Cup 2024 semifinal. Regardless of resting Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar, the Girls in Blue recorded a commanding 82-run victory over Nepal. Deciding to bat first, interim captain Smriti Mandhana despatched Dayalan Hemalatha to open alongside Shafali Verma and by no means even got here out to bat.
Shafali faculties Nepal
Hemalatha and Shafali began issues off with a bang, stitching a 122-run opening stand. Shafali did a lot of the heavy lifting within the partnership, whereas Hemalatha performed second foil. Sita Rana Magar, who ended up being the very best Nepalese bowler, broke up the opening stand as Hemalatha went out for 47. In her subsequent over, Rana Magar received Shafali stumped for 81 and shifted the momentum in the direction of Nepal. Her twin strikes have been the rationale why India did not cross the 200-run mark.
Within the remaining six overs, the Girls in Blue managed to attain simply 56 runs regardless of having 8 wickets in hand. S Sajana’s promotion up the order failed as she chewed up 12 balls to attain simply 10. If not for Jemimah Rodrigues’ 15-ball 28, India may not have even crossed the 170-run mark. Regardless of underscoring, India felt they have been forward within the sport and their bowlers would show so quickly.
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Deepti downs Indu Barma & Co
Defending 178, Arundhati Reddy began with a wicket in her first over. Renuka Singh joined the get together, and Nepal was two down within the energy play. Captain Indu Barma and Sita Rana Magar struck a small partnership, however the gradual scoring finally gave in, and when Indu fell, a domino impact began. Each second over, a wicket began to fall, and from 43/2 in 9.1 overs, Nepal have been lowered to 96/9 in 20 overs.
Arundathi could have began it, however it was Deepti Sharma who ended the proceedings. The off-spinner received probably the most wickets of any bowler. She began by sending Rubina Chhetry and Kabita Joshi again within the house of two balls and ran Puja Mahato out. Her final wicket got here within the last over of the match, Kajal Shrestha, after which it was throughout.
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