Women’s Asia Cup 2022 Day 3 Round Up: India and Pakistan register easy wins

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 It was a good day for both India and Pakistan as they registered comprehensive wins on the 3rd day of the 2022 Women’s Asia Cup played at Sylhet International Ground 2 on Monday.

Dominating performance by Pakistan

After outplaying Malayisa in the first game, Pakistan women’s team proved too strong for the defending Champions Bangladesh winning the match easily thanks to disciplined bowling effort and impressive batting.

Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof won the toss and decided to field first. The decision paid off as the Pakistani bowlers especially spinners created enough pressure on Bangladeshi batters with disciplined lines and lengths. Diana Baig started the procession grabbing the wicket of Shamina Sultana taking the inside edge onto the stumps.

Sadia Iqbal dismissed Fargana Haque who tried to play a big shot and was dismissed. Baig grabbed her second wicket getting rid of Rumana Ahmed leaving Bangladesh in deep trouble at 3 for 3. At the end of the first six overs, Bangladesh women scored just 12 with a loss of 3 wickets.

After a brief partnership between Lata Mondal and Nigar Sultana, Nida Dar bowled lovely delivery to Lata Mondal. The Pakistani bowlers never allowed the Bangladeshi batters to score runs at a quick pace and picked wickets at regular intervals. With the scoreboard reading 58 for 7, the rain arrived.

After the rain delay, Salma Khatun looked impressive but did not get much support from the other end. It was a superb bowling effort as Pakistan restricted Bangladesh to 70 for 8 in 20 overs.

Chasing 71 runs to win, Muneeba Ali and Sidra Ameen showed intent right from word go not allowing the Bangladeshi bowlers to settle. The Pakistan openers never looked discomfortable ending the first six overs at 40 for 0.

Salma Khatun got the only wicket for Bangladesh dismissing Muneeba Ali with lovely catch by wicketkeeper Sultana. Muneeba and Sidra Ameen added 49 runs for the opening wicket. Sidra Ameen and Pakistan captain Maroof completed the formalities as they won the match by 9 wickets with 46 balls to spare.

Pakistan women 72 for 1 in 12.2 overs ( Sidra Ameen 36*, Salma Khatun 1/27) beat Bangladesh women 70 for 8 in 20 overs ( Salma Khatun 24*, Diana Baig 2/11, Nida Dar 2/19) by 9 wickets.

For her unbeaten 36 off 35 balls, Sidra Ameen was named the player of the match award. Pakistan registered their 2nd successive win of the tournament.

 

Impressive win by Indian team

The Indian team registered dominating win in a rain-curtailed match against the lower-ranked Malaysian side. Malaysian captain Winifred Duraisingham won the toss and decided to field first. India made four changes to the squad from the first match.

Sabbinheni Meghana and Shafali Verma opened the innings for India. Meghana looked impressive with her intent to put enough pressure on Malaysian bowling. Shafali Verma showed intent keeping the momentum going for the Indian team with big shots. At the end of the first six overs, Indian women ended at 47 for 0.

Meghana and Shafali Verma kept the scoreboard ticking with attacking shots as Malaysian fielding and catching was not great. Meghana completed her maiden T20I fifty off 38 balls while Shafali Verma looked in an attacking mood also.

Malaysian captain Duraisingham enjoyed dismissing Meghana caught by Mahirah. Meghana and Shafali Verma added 116 runs laying a strong foundation for a big total. Richa Ghosh was promoted at number 3 and looked in great touch putting the bad balls away.

Nur Dania grabbed two wickets in an over getting wickets of Shafali Verma and Kiran Prabhu off successive deliveries. Ghosh and Verma added 42 runs for the 2nd wicket. Dayalan Hemalatha provided the impetus with 2 big shots to help Indian women post 181 for 4.

The Indian bowlers took 2 wickets to dent the Malaysian innings. With the scoreboard at 16 for 2 in 5.2 overs, rain arrived. Indian team won the match easily by 30 runs via the DLS method to register the second win.

Indian women 181 for 4 in 20 overs (Meghana 69, Verma 46, Nur Daina 2/9, Winfried 2/36) beat Malaysia 16 for 2 in 5.2 overs ( Mas Elysa 14*, Gakywad 1/6) by 30 runs via the DLS method.



 





Indian women beat Malaysia in their second match of Asia Cup 2022 

 

 

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