END OF OVER:
20 | 3 Runs | UAE-W: 74/4 (105 runs required, RR: 3.70)

  • Kavisha Egodage30 (54b)
  • Chaya Mughal6 (7b)
  • Dayalan Hemalatha3-0-8-1
  • Deepti Sharma3-0-11-0

India's next assignment in this tournament is against Pakistan on Friday, in what is a top-of-the-table clash. But until then, on behalf of my co-commentator S Sudarshanan and our scorerss Ranjith P and K Vairavan, this is Aaditya Narayan signing off. Goodbye.

Jemimah Rodrigues, Player of the Match: I'm batting well, I'm timing the ball really well. So I just want to go and bat well for the team. I know that the longer I bat, the more partnerships I build like the one with Deepti today, it will help the team. I wanted to pick up momentum after the three early wickets, I told Deepti as well that we needed to build momentum. It took some time, but I am batting well, and I wanted to continue that for the team.

Smriti Mandhana, India Captain: Credit to them, they bowled really well in the powerplay to restrict. Jemi and Deepti batted brilliantly for their 100-run partnership to get us back in the game. They (UAE) batted well, there was one dropped catch, but they batted really well to not give their wickets away. We had plans for our bowlers to get some practice, and are happy with what we managed. We wanted all our batters to have a hit, Pooja [Vastrakar] and KP [Navgire] finished off well too. So, good signs us for us ahead of Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Chaya Mughal, UAE Captain: The way we started bowling, the first ten overs were really good. A lot of positives we will take forward from here. We're noting the areas we need improvement on, and we will work on them. When you have a good start, you need to continue with that momentum. The first ten overs were really good, but they're Team India, they know how to come back strongly. We are also learning from them. We've got good openers, unfortunately they didn't work today, but our middle order proved themselves today, and hopefully in the coming matches, we will see more performances.

4:45pm: A rather uneventful second innings, but India take the win they wanted and also get themselves a big boost to their net run-rate. Having been set 179 to win, the UAE lost three wickets in the first two overs, but then Khushi Sharma and Kavisha Egodage fought well and stemmed the flow of wickets, even if they couldn't quite get going in terms of the scoring rate. Earlier, the UAE bowlers dared to dream after reducing India to 20/3 in 5 overs, but Jemimah Rodrigues played another superb knock to finish unbeaten on 75, and she was ably supported by Deepti Sharma's 64 as well.

19.6
1
Hemalatha to Egodage, 1 run, tossed up outside off, Egodage advances and swats it to mid-on for a single. India win by 104 runs
19.5
0
Hemalatha to Egodage, no run, full toss on the stumps, driven straight to mid-off
19.4
0
Hemalatha to Egodage, no run, length ball outside off, turns back in again, Egodage adjusts and steers it to slip
19.3
1
Hemalatha to Chaya Mughal, 1 run, tossed up on off, swatted away to deep midwicket
19.2
0
Hemalatha to Chaya Mughal, no run, length ball outside off, sharp turn back in, foxes the batter who was looking for the cut
19.1
1
Hemalatha to Egodage, 1 run, full ball on off, Egodage advances and drives it to sweeper cover

Last over coming up, Hemalatha will bowl it

END OF OVER:
19 | 6 Runs | UAE-W: 71/4 (108 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 3.73, RRR: 108.00)

  • Chaya Mughal5 (5b)
  • Kavisha Egodage28 (50b)
  • Deepti Sharma3-0-11-0
  • Dayalan Hemalatha2-0-5-1
18.6
4
Sharma to Chaya Mughal, FOUR, length ball on off, Mughal slog sweeps in the gap, Navgire dives at deep square leg but pushes the ball into the boundary
18.5
0
Sharma to Chaya Mughal, no run, tossed up outside off, Mughal advances and slaps it straight to extra cover
18.5
1w
Sharma to Chaya Mughal, 1 wide, full ball but too far down leg
18.4
0
Sharma to Chaya Mughal, no run, tossed up full outside off, beats the batter who was looking to play a slog sweep
18.3
1
Sharma to Egodage, 1 run, full ball on off, Egodage looks for the slog sweep, doesn't get enough power on it and trickles to Renuka at deep midwicket
18.2
0
Sharma to Egodage, no run, flatter and shorter, pulled to midwicket
18.1
0
Sharma to Egodage, no run, length ball on off, turning back in, strikes the batter on the pad, but Deepti's appeal was stifled as it was going well down leg

Deepti comes into the attack

END OF OVER:
18 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | UAE-W: 65/4 (114 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 3.61, RRR: 57.00)

  • Chaya Mughal1 (2b)
  • Kavisha Egodage27 (47b)
  • Dayalan Hemalatha2-0-5-1
  • Pooja Vastrakar4-0-15-0
17.6
0
Hemalatha to Chaya Mughal, no run, length ball on off, Mughal looks to drive, hits it slightly aerially, but it falls short of the extra cover fielder
17.5
1
Hemalatha to Egodage, 1 run, full ball on off, lofted straight over the head of the bowler, but Rodrigues runs to her left from long-on to keep it down to one
17.4
1
Hemalatha to Chaya Mughal, 1 run, full ball on off, Mughal swats it to deep midwicket across the line

The skipper Chaya Mughal comes to the crease now

17.3
W
Hemalatha to Khushi Sharma, OUT, length ball on off, Sharma advances again and lofts it, but this time it goes straight to Rodrigues at long-on. A good partnership has come to an end

Khushi Sharma c Rodrigues b Hemalatha 29 (65m 50b 3x4 0x6) SR: 58.00

17.2
0
Hemalatha to Khushi Sharma, no run, full on off this time, she advances and looks to turns it towards long-on, the bowler half-stops it and Navgire cleans up from mid-off to ensure no runs were taken
17.1
0
Hemalatha to Khushi Sharma, no run, tossed up outside off, Sharma advances and drives it to mid-off

A lot of comments coming in questioning the intent of these two batters. Let's not forget that they're still incredibly inexperienced at this level, and the Indian bowlers have barely given anyhing away

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs | UAE-W: 63/3 (116 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 3.70, RRR: 38.66)

  • Kavisha Egodage26 (46b)
  • Khushi Sharma29 (47b)
  • Pooja Vastrakar4-0-15-0
  • Dayalan Hemalatha1-0-3-0
16.6
0
Vastrakar to Egodage, no run, full ball angling into the pads again, eked out to midwicket
16.5
1
Vastrakar to Khushi Sharma, 1 run, yorker on leg stump, well dug out as Sharma steers it to long-on

Keeper comes up to the stumps

16.4
4
Vastrakar to Khushi Sharma, FOUR, Oh gorgeous shot! Vastrakar keeps it full outside off, Sharma advances and gives herself a hint of room and slaps it in the gap between extra cover and mid-off
16.3
1
Vastrakar to Egodage, 1 run, full length on the pads, driven to long-on

UAE Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1ER OzaTheertha Satish
2nd4ER OzaKKN Egodage
3rd0NM CherriathKKN Egodage
4th58KKN EgodageKhushi Sharma
5th11Chaya MughalKKN Egodage