New Delhi: The Indian women's cricket team has confirmed its place in the final of the Asia Cup. In the first semi-final match played in Sylhet, India defeated Thailand. The heroine of India's victory was Deepti Sharma, who bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets for just 7 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Shafali Verma played an important role in the victory by scoring 42 runs in 28 balls with the bat. Captain Harmanpreet also played a helpful inning of 36 runs.
Batting first, Team India scored 148 runs in 20 overs. On a bowler-friendly pitch, the Indian batsmen had some trouble playing freely. Later, the Indian bowlers also took advantage of this and bowled out Thailand for just 74 runs to register a spectacular victory by 74 runs. Earlier, Team India had a poor start. Smriti Mandhana scored just 13 runs. After this, Jemimah Rodrigues hit some good shots, but she could not score runs at a fast pace. Yet he played a valuable inning of 27 runs off 26 balls. Shafali Verma, on the other hand, batted stormily. She scored 42 runs in 28 balls with the help of 5 fours and a six. Apart from her, captain Harmanpreet scored 36 runs in 30 balls.
On a spin-friendly pitch, The Indian bowlers wreaked havoc on Thailand. Deepti Sharma bowled brilliantly in the Powerplay. The right-arm off-spinner took 3 wickets for just 7 runs in 4 overs. Along with her, Rajeshwari Gayakwad also took 2 wickets for just 10 runs. Renuka Singh and Sneh Rana also kept the Thai batsmen tied. In the end, Thailand's team could score only 74 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs.
Let us know that now Team India has a golden chance to become the champion of Asia for the 7th time. India has won 6 consecutive Asia Cups in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2016. After this, in 2018, they had to face defeat in the final against Bangladesh. Now in the 2022 Asia Cup, Team India is once again in the final and it has a golden opportunity to win the trophy for the 7th title.
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