Indian Women’s Team Enter Ninth Consecutive Asia Cup Finals

Indian Women’s team entered its ninth consecutive Asia Cup finals after Hammering Bangladesh Women’s by 10 wickets in the first semi-final of Asia Cup 2024 in Dambulla on Friday, 26th July. India has previously lifted the coveted trophy seven times.

After being invited to bowl first, the Indian bowling lineup destroyed the Bangladeshi batting unit with their exceptional bowling display, restricting them to a paltry 80 runs. For India, seamer Renuka Singh was the pick of the bowlers with 3/10 in her spell of four overs. Left-arm spinner Radha Yadav also bagged three wickets for 14 runs. For Bangaldesh, skipper Nigar Sultana played a lengthy inning and scored 32 off 51 balls.

To chase down the total, Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana opened the innings and scored 26 off 28 balls and 55 off 39 balls respectively to take India home by ten wickets and 54 balls to spare. The aggressive duo launched an attack on the mentally broken Bangladeshi team from the beginning to finish the game as early as possible.

Renuka Singh Thakur was rewarded with the Man of the Match for his superb blowing of 3/10 in four overs.

The final of the Asia Cup 2024 will be played on 28th of the July in Dambulla with the winner of the 2nd semi-finals between Sri Lanka and Pakistan.