Buoyant India will look to increase their successful run and seal a semifinal berth after they face Nepal of their ultimate Group A recreation of the 2024 Women’s T20 Asia Cup on Tuesday. India registered convincing wins of their first two matches of the continental event, beating conventional rivals Pakistan and United Arab Emirates by seven wickets and 78 runs respectively to place one foot within the semifinals. Minnows Nepal hardly have any time to get well from the beating they acquired by the hands of Pakistan of their earlier outing on Sunday, the identical day when the event’s overwhelming favourites and defending champions India bulldozed the hapless Emirates aspect.
While India are primed to enter the last-four, Pakistan improved their internet run charge with the comfy win over Nepal lifting them to the second spot in Group A.
India will, nevertheless, not be bothered by how the opposite groups are doing and can look to maintain the momentum they’ve gained with two convincing victories heading into the semifinals.
India have flexed their muscle groups in each batting and bowling to date within the event, and are more likely to proceed in the identical vein come Tuesday.
If the swashbuckling opening duo of Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma fired with the bat within the victory over Pakistan, after the bowlers’ wonderful show, skipper Harmanpret Kaur and Richa Ghosh led the present within the middle-order within the hammering of the UAE.
The big-hitting Ghosh, particularly, was in damaging temper as she carted 64 in simply 29 balls whereas Kaur compiled 66 in 47 deliveries.
While Kaur performed the anchor’s function to perfection, it was Ghosh’s blazing knock which helped India rating their first-ever 200-plus complete in T20Is.
As far because the Indian bowling is anxious, the likes of Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar and Deepti Sharma have been doing an exquisite job of each containing runs and taking wickets.
Even Tanuja Kanwar, who was roped in as a alternative for injured off-spinner Shreyanka Patil, carried out her obligation with aplomb, freely giving solely 14 runs whereas taking a wicket in her full quota of 4 overs.
The Indu Barma-led Nepal, which began the event with a historic six-wicket victory over the UAE, is nicely conscious of the duty.
They will definitely take confidence from their first-ever win within the occasion however the Himalayan nation will want much more than that to even come near difficult a dominant India.
Teams:
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh, D Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Tanuja Kanwar, Sajana Sajeevan.
Nepal: Indu Barma (C), Kajol Shrestha, Rubina Chettri, Sabnam Rai, Sita Rana Magar, Rajmati Airee, Puja Mahato, Bindu Rawal, Roma Thapa, Mamta Chaudhary, Kabita Joshi, Kabita Kunwar, Dolly Bhatta, Kritika Marasini, Samjhana Khadka.
Match begins at 7 PM IST.
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