The Indian women’s cricket team has reached the semi-finals of the Women’s Asia Cup. India defeated Bangladesh by 59 runs in a one-sided fashion in the match played on Saturday. This is India’s fourth win in five matches in this tournament and the team has booked a place in the semi-finals. The last four matches will be played on October 13.
Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to bat first. Indian team scored 159 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the target of 160 runs, Bangladesh’s team could only score 100 runs. India’s Shefali Verma was the player of the match. She played an innings of 55 runs in 44 balls as well as took two wickets in 4 overs spending just 10 runs.
IND W vs BAN W: Shefali Verma Scored 55 runs
Shefali Verma scored 55 runs off 44 balls. Shefali hit 5 fours and 6 sixes in her innings. She and Mandhana shared a 96-run partnership for the first wicket. At the same time, Jemima Rodrigues scored an unbeaten 35 off 24 balls.
For Bangladesh, Rumana Ahmed took 3 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Salma Khatoon took 1 wicket for 16 runs in 3 overs. At the same time, Shefali Verma also got bowled in 14.5 overs by Rumana.
IND W vs BAN W: Shefali’s amazing with the ball after the bat
Shefali also did wonders with the ball after playing an innings of 55 runs. He took 2 wickets for 10 runs in 4 overs. Apart from him, Deepti Sharma took 2 for 13 in 4 overs. While Renuka Singh and Sneh Rana took 1-1 wickets.
