🏏Women’s Asia Cup 2022: India W vs SL W - Finals 15/10/22🏏 - Page 68

Sharma to Lata Mondal, OUT

Sharp spin and it bowls Lata! Tossed up full and outside off, Mondal had her weight on the back foot and looks to cut it. But ends up missing it on the inside owing to the big turn.

Lata Mondal b Sharma 1 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50

India Women 159/5

Bangladesh Women (19.3/20 ov, T:160) 97/7

Bdesh Wmn need 63 runs in 3 balls.

Current RR: 4.97

• Required RR: 126.00

• Last 5 ov (RR): 28/4 (5.60)

INDW 159/5 (20)

BANW 100/7 (20) CRR: 5

India Women won by 59 runs

India are assured of a semi-final spot thanks to the huge win! It ended up being a one-way traffic eventually.

India are assured of a semi-final spot thanks to the huge win! It ended up being a one-way traffic eventually. Bangladesh would have been hopeful after keeping India to 159 - they were 91 for 0 in the first ten overs - but their batters failed to come to party. The openers Murshida and Fargana were quite slow in taking off and that hurt them. Sultana did well to strike some crucial boundaries in the second half of the chase but it was all a bit too little too late, in the face of some strong, disciplined Indian bowling. Lack of support from other batters meant Bangladesh were nowehere in the reckoning.

Smriti Mandhana, India captain: "It was disappointing in the last match the way we played. We came back well. Really proud of the girls. Today it was a whole team performance. Shafali batted well at the start, Jemi did well in the end. I liked Deepti's approach for those five balls. We were clinical as a bowling unit."

Time for the presentation. Nigar Sultana, Bangladesh captain is first up: "We didn't bowl well in the powerplay and after. We bowled too many loose balls and they hit well. Even though we couldn't get a lot in our batting powerplay, that [bowling] cost us eventually. Even though we controlled the first innings after ten overs, our main bowlers didn't bowl in the right areas.. [Delay in introducing leggies] It was our plan because Meghla, Nahida bowled well in the powerplay and I kept them on."

Shafali Verma | Player of the Match: I am always ready to give my best for the team (with the bat and ball). It was a bit difficult pitch for batting as the ball kept low. I have put in a lot of hardwork, want to thank my family and friends for their support. We are very happy with our performance, everyone played really well.

That brings an end to our coverage of today's double-header. We'll be back tomorrow with another double-header folks. Do jon us. For now, it's a goodbye from our side..

TOMORROW,8:30 AM IST16th Match, Sylhet, October 09, 2022,Women's Asia Cup

MAL-W

THI-W

TOMORROW,1:30 PM IST17th Match, Sylhet, October 09, 2022,Women's Asia Cup

PAK-W

UAE-W