India reached the final of the Women's Asia Cup. They reached the final for the ninth time. The Indian women's team has played the final every time in the history of the Asia Cup. Harmanpreet Kaur continued the trend. India defeated Bangladesh in the semi-finals. They won the match by 10 wickets. Batting first, Bangladesh scored 80 runs, losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Two openers, Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma, chased down the run in just 11 overs. In the final, India will face the winners of the Sri Lanka and Pakistan semifinal matches on Sunday.
Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana won the toss and elected to bat first. Nothing good did Bangladesh except win the toss. Dilara Akter was dismissed in the first over. Indian bowler Renuka Singh catches the eye with the new ball. She took three wickets in the power play. After Dilara, Ishima Tanjim and Murshida Khatun also returned. The batsmen of Bangladesh were struggling to understand Renuka's swing.
Bangladesh captain Nigar kept his wicket on one side, but on the other hand, regular wickets were falling. Rumana Ahmed, Rabeya Khan, and Ritu Moni also did not get runs. After Renuka's pace, Radha Yadav caught the eye with a spin. Bangladesh lost six wickets for 44 runs. It looked like they were going to go all out. Nigar somehow dragged the team along. Se scored five runs. Shorna Akhtar Karim has 19 runs. Radha took two wickets in the 20th over. He gave the maiden. Renuka took 3 wickets for 10 runs, and Radha Yadav took 3 wickets for 14 runs.
It was known that the target of 81 runs would not be very difficult for India. That's it. India's two openers, Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma, started hitting with open hands. They use the power play. Although the goal was low, they did not try to play slowly. India scored 46 runs in the powerplay.
After the powerplay, India's run rate slowed down a bit due to the spread of fielding. Of course, there was no problem with winning. None of the bowlers on the Bangladesh team could dismiss both Indian openers. Mandhana scored a half-century. In the end, India won by 10 wickets with 54 balls to spare. Mandhana remained unbeaten at 55, and Shafali at 26.
