Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

S Mandhana
55(39) 9x4 - 1x6
Control %94%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 11 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 5 4 6 14 4 12 10
Nigar Sultana
Nigar Sultana
32(51) 2x4 - 0x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 8 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 1 9 5 8 3 3 3

Best performances - Bowlers

Renuka Singh
Renuka Singh
O4
M1
R10
W3
Eco2.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
RP Yadav
RP Yadav
O4
M1
R14
W3
Eco3.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: S Sudarshanan

END OF OVER:
11 | 13 Runs | IND-W: 83/0 | RR: 7.54

  • Smriti Mandhana55 (39b)
  • Shafali Verma26 (28b)
  • Nahida Akter3-0-34-0
  • Rumana Ahmed1-0-5-0

The first semi-final is done, a no contest really. But don't go too far. We will be back soon with our coverage of the second semi-final - Sri Lanka vs Pakistan. For now, thanks for joining in.

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4:35pm Time for the presentation

Nigar Sultana, Bangladesh captain: "We couldn't understand what we wanted. Losing too many wickets in the powerplay hurt. When top order is not making runs, it is difficult for teams to come up with runs. It is about mentality. They are capable of playing shots, but against India, they play differently. We need to work on our batting, because of that we are losing games. Before World Cup, we will try and rectify our mistakes. Shorna has job to do in the five-six overs, unlucky today to not get strike. She is showing her capability, she came from the Under-19s and is showing character."

Renuka Singh, Player of the Match: "I am very happy. It was a big match for us and to do well is a good feeling. The idea is to work on the basics. I executed what we prepared yesterday. Got a lot help from the wind blowing across. I like bowling with the new ball, and got to bowl my spell early. I was happy with all my wickets, because you get rewarded for your work."

Harmanpreet Kaur, India captain: "Our bowlers did a great job. Did what we spoke in the team meetings. Proud of our bowling. A lot of pressure on us, because we have been dominating Asian cricket. We want to keep doing what we are doing for a long time. We prepare ourselves very hard in nets, so that when we go out there, we don't feel pressure. Everyday, the bowlers are coming up with positive approach. They are hitting the right lines and lengths, and they give me confidence. Consistency is important for us, we just want to keep doing well. [Pakistan or Sri Lanka?] Any team works, we will watch tonight and whoever is there, we'll prepare well."

4:26pm India storm into yet another Women's Asia Cup final. And it has been a truly dominant show. Renuka set the tone early with her three-wicket burst inside the powerplay. That meant Bangladesh were kept to 80 for 8 with Nigar top-scoring for them. And then Shafali and Mandhana sealed the win, despite it taking a tad longer than what everybody would have expected. A third ten-wicket win at the competition in the last five matches, no such win was achieved in the history of the competition before this edition.

Ar Ramesh Kumar: "in Asia cup , no one is near to India ... in the same way , should be in world cup too .. come on India ... create history in the upcoming world cups too"

10.6
4
Nahida Akter to Mandhana, FOUR, Just over extra cover, and India romp into the final. Backs away and thumps it over the off side to seal India's win in style, a ten-wicket drubbing
10.5
4
Nahida Akter to Mandhana, FOUR, Smartly done to get to a fantastic half-century, Mandhana. Flatter and quicker outside off, she hangs back and delicately dabs it to get it through the vacant short third region
10.4
4
Nahida Akter to Mandhana, FOUR, Gets one away finally. Tossed up, full on off, Mandhana gets down on a knee and slog-sweeps it to bisect deep square leg and deep midwicket
10.3
0
Nahida Akter to Mandhana, no run, Backs away early, Nahida bowls it slightly quicker on middle, which Mandhana slaps it to cover
10.2
0
Nahida Akter to Mandhana, no run, Fuller on middle, defending it back towards the bowler
10.1
1
Nahida Akter to Shafali Verma, 1 run, Around the wicket, tosses it full and outside off, Shafali slogs it towards deep midwicket

Nahida for her third