The young and new looking Indian team led by the dashing
all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur, reached the final of T20 Asia Cup by beating Nepal comprehensively on Friday.The Women in Blue have remained invincible in the tournament
winning five out of five matches.
India played its final match of the league against the minnows Nepal and
continued its winning streak by clinically outperforming the not so extra-ordinary
Nepal team. Riding on Shikha Pandey’s (39 not out off 32 balls) heroics, India
was able to post a decent total of 120-5 at the end of 20 overs. In the second innings, Nepal was left clueless
as its batting line-up collapsed like a pack of card for a paltry 21. Poonam
Yadav was the pick of the bowlers picking up 3-9 and was well-complimented by
Anuja Patil and Meghana, both of them, grabbing two wickets each.
Not only as a team, but also at the individual level, India has had a great run at the T20 Asia Cup so far. Mithali Raj is the leading run-getter (147 runs with an average of 73.5) and Ekta Bisht (4 matches and 8
wickets) is sitting comfortably at the top of the highest wicket-taker table.
Brief Scores: India
Women 120-5 in 20 overs (S Pandey 39*, V Vanitha 21; R Belbashi 2-21) beat
Nepal Women 21-10 in 16.3 overs (P Yadav 3-9, A Patil2-3, S Meghana 2-3) by 99
runs
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