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India Women and Bangladesh Women took on each other in the first semi-final of the Asian Games 2023 at the Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field on Sunday. Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana won the toss and decided to bat first but it proved to be a blunder for her side as they completely surrendered against the Indian bowling attack.
The ferocious Indian bowling attack led by Pooja Vastrakar bundled out Bangladesh just at the score of 51 runs in 17.5 overs. Vastrakar stunned everyone with her outstanding spell as she scalped 4 wickets at the cost of just 17 in her quota of four overs.
Other than him, Titas Sadhu, Amanjot Kaur, and Devika Vaidya also claimed one wicket each for India. Star all-rounder Deepti Sharma also bowled a brilliant economical spell as she conceded only 4 runs in 2 overs, including one maiden over.
Except for skipper Nigar Sultana’s 12-run knock, none of the Bangladesh batters couldn’t even reach the double-digit individual score in the first innings.
Shafali and Jemimah powered India to an easy run-chase
While chasing the target, Team India comfortably chased down the target only in 8.2 overs, scoring 52 runs for the loss of just 2 wickets; they won the match by a massive margin of 8 wickets to enter into the final of the Women’s Cricket Competition in the ongoing Asian Games 2023.
Opener Shafali Varma and star middle-order batter Jemimah Rodrigues played the crucial knocks of 17 and 20 runs, respectively to help India win the match with 70 balls to spare in the second innings.
Now, in the summit clash of the tournament, India will take on the winner of the second semi-final between Pakistan Women and Sri Lanka Women. Cricket fans are also expecting a high-octane India vs Pakistan final in the Women’s Cricket Competition of the Asian Games 2023.
Here’s how fans reacted to the Indian Women’s win in the semi-final against Bangladesh:
India's dominance continues! 🇮🇳
— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket) September 24, 2023
They beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets to secure their spot in the Asian Games Finals! 🏆#CricketTwitter #AsianGames pic.twitter.com/f9UintGDaY
Indian women's cricket team beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets to enter the final of Asian Games. #indvsBang #cricket
— Nikhil Sirohi (@NikhilSirohi20) September 24, 2023
Congratulations #Indian women's cricket for their excellent win against #Bangladesh by 8 wkts and enter the final of #AsianGames pic.twitter.com/o0ZfuZWent
— Aniruddha Pal (@Anirudd66301677) September 24, 2023
An emphatic performance to make it a #SuperSunday!
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) September 24, 2023
Indian Women's Cricket Team (52/2) beat Bangladesh (51 all-out) by 8 wickets to reach the FINAL of #AsianGames2023, another 🥈 is assured but I am sure we are here to win 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃. 🥇🏏#Hangzhou | #AsianGames | #IndianCricket pic.twitter.com/JNXDhVmh3q
ॐ नमः शिवाय 🔱🙏
— Nagendra Solanki (@Solanki_1992) September 24, 2023
INDIA in the FINAL 😍🇮🇳
They seal their FINAL berth beating Bangladesh comfortably by 8 wickets.#CricketTwitter #AsianGames #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/yvdXlATxYO
ASIAN GAMES 2023: The Indian women's cricket team has made the final of the tournament! 🇮🇳🏏
— Game On (@gameonbynewj) September 24, 2023
India beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the semi-final today to book their place in the gold-medal clash.#cricket #INDvsBAN #AsianGames #AsianGames2023 #GameOn #AajNEWJDekhaKya pic.twitter.com/j327up6UHQ
#AsianGames2023: India confirms its first-ever Asian Games medal in #cricket as the women’s team defeated #Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the semifinal. They will play the winner between #Pakistan & #SriLanka
— Anirban Paul (@anirpaul) September 24, 2023