India reached the semi-finals of Women’s Asia Cup: Nepal team could not score as many runs as Shefali-Dayalan, no batsman crossed 20; Analysis

Shafali Verma was declared Player of the Match.

The 7-time champion Indian team has made it to the semi-finals of the Women’s Asia Cup. Team India defeated Nepal by 82 runs on Tuesday. This is India’s third consecutive victory.

The Indian team won the toss and chose to bat at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium. India scored 178 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs with the help of a century partnership between Shefali Verma and Dayalan Hemalata. In the reply innings, the entire Nepal team could score only 96 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. All the Nepali batsmen could not even score as many runs as Shefali-Dayalan. Shefali scored 81 runs. She was selected as the Player of the Match. Match analysis in 4 points…

1. Match Winner- Shefali Verma

Opener Shefali Verma proved to be a match winner for the Indian team. She came out to open the innings and scored 81 runs in 48 balls at a strike rate of 168.75. Her innings included 12 fours and a six. She shared a century partnership with Dayalan Hemalatha.

2. Top Performers

Dayalan Hemalatha

The Indian team made a change in the opening pair for this match. Dayalan Hemalatha came to open the innings with Shefali. She played an innings of 47 runs in 42 balls. Hemalatha hit 5 fours and a six.

Deepti Sharma

Spin all-rounder Deepti Sharma took three wickets for 13 runs in her quota of 4 overs. She took the wickets of Rubina Chhetri, Kavita Joshi and wicketkeeper Kajal Shrestha.

Radha Yadav

Radha Yadav gave just 12 runs in 3 overs and took two wickets. She dismissed captain Indu Burma and Dolly Bhatt.

Arundhati Reddy

Medium pacer Arundhati Reddy came in with the second over of the innings and bowled Samjhana Khadka. She also bowled Sita Rana Magar in the 17th over.

3. Turning Point: Shefali-Dayalan’s century partnership

The opening partnership of Indian openers Shefali Verma and Dayalan Hemalatha proved to be the turning point of the match. Both of them scored 122 runs in 84 balls. On the basis of this partnership, the Indian team managed to score 178 runs.

Fighter of the Match- Sita Rana Magar

Sita Rana was the fighter of the match. She took two wickets in bowling. She also came as an opener in the run chase and held one end till the 11th over. She scored the highest 18 runs.

Playing-11 of both the teams

India: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Shefali Verma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh, Radha Yadav, Tanuja Kanwar, Arundhati Reddy and Sajeevan Sajna.

Nepal: Indu Barma (captain), Samjhana Khadka, Sita Rana Magar, Kabita Kunwar, Dolly Bhatt, Rubina Chhetri, Pooja Mahato, Kajal Shrestha (wicketkeeper), Kavita Joshi, Sabnam Roy and Bindu Rawal.