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The Women’s Asia Cup is nearing its end. This tournament is being played in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Both the semi-final matches will be played on Thursday. In the first match, the Indian team will face Thailand. At the same time, in the second match, Pakistan will face Sri Lanka. In such a situation, if the teams of India and Pakistan are successful in winning their respective matches, then both the teams can once again face face-to-face in the title match to be held on October 15. Pakistan defeated India by 13 runs in the first encounter of this tournament played in round robin format. The Indian team would also like to avenge that defeat. Talking about the performance of the Indian team in the Women’s Asia Cup, the team has played six matches so far and has won five. India has defeated Sri Lanka, Malaysia, UAE, Bangladesh and Thailand. India played the last match of the round robin format against Thailand and won by nine wickets. Team India had bundled out Thailand for 37 runs in this match. In such a situation, the Indian team will repeat the same performance in the semi-finals as well. Regular captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who has been resting from the last two matches, may return to the team in this match. Smriti Mandhana was captaining the last two matches. Smriti Mandhana has not been able to show anything special with the bat in this tournament so far. In such a situation, she would like to score runs against Thailand. At the same time, Shafali Verma has scored 119 runs in four matches so far. She would like to give a good start to Team India along with Mandhana. Jemima Rodrigues is running in excellent form in the middle order. He has scored 188 runs in four innings of six matches so far in this tournament. His average is 94.
Apart from this, S Meghna and Deepti Sharma are also batting well in the lower order. The return of captain Harman will strengthen India’s batting order. India’s performance in bowling has been good. Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana and Rajeshwar Gaikwad have performed brilliantly so far.
India’s Journey in Round Robin Format
1st match: beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs.
2nd match: beat Malaysia by 30 runs (Duckworth-Lewis rule).
Third match: Defeated UAE by 104 runs.
Fourth Match: Lost to Pakistan by 13 runs.
Fifth match: beat Bangladesh by 59 runs.
6th match: beat Thailand by nine wickets.
Talking about Thailand, the team has reached the semi-finals of the Women’s Asia Cup for the first time. He has won three out of six matches so far. Thailand surprised by defeating a big team like Pakistan. In such a situation, this team can surprise a strong team on its day. The match will start at 8:30 am Indian time. The Indian team finished first after the round stage. At the same time, the team of Thailand finished fourth. Mandhana and Shefali
At the same time, the second match of the semi-final will be played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The match will start at 1 pm. Pakistan’s team has performed well in this tournament so far. Under the captaincy of Bismah Maroof, the team won five out of six matches. Pakistan finished the round stage in second place. At the same time, the Sri Lankan team finished third. Pakistan played their last match of the round stage against Sri Lanka and won by five wickets. In such a situation, Pakistan is being considered as the favorite in the semi-finals as well. Pakistan: Muneeba Ali, Sidra Amin, Bismah Maroof (c), Omaima Sohail, Aaliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Nida Dar, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Sadia Iqbal, Tuba Hassan, Aiman Anwar.
The Women’s Asia Cup is nearing its end. This tournament is being played in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Both the semi-final matches will be played on Thursday. In the first match, the Indian team will face Thailand. At the same time, in the second match, Pakistan will face Sri Lanka. In such a situation, if the teams of India and Pakistan are successful in winning their respective matches, then both the teams can once again face face-to-face in the title match to be held on October 15. Pakistan defeated India by 13 runs in the first encounter of this tournament played in round robin format. The Indian team would also like to avenge that defeat.