Richa Ghosh Women’s Asia Cup IND VS UAE match report analysis; Smriti Mandhana Harmanpreet Kaur Shafali Verma Deepti Sharma Asia Cup- India beats UAE by 78 runs: This is the second consecutive win, Harmanpreet-Richa took the score beyond 200; match analysis

The Indian women’s team has achieved its second consecutive win in the Asia Cup. The team defeated UAE by a margin of 78 runs on Sunday.

With this victory, the Indian team has presented a strong claim for the semi-finals. The team has 4 points after 2 matches. India’s next match will be against Nepal on 23 July.

At the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, the Indian team scored 201 runs for the first time with the help of half-centuries from captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh. Then the Indian bowlers, led by Deepti Sharma, restricted UAE to 123 runs in 20 overs. Wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh was adjudged player of the match. She played an unbeaten inning of 64 runs, then stumped the rival team captain Isha Ojha.

Match analysis in 4 points…

1. Match Winner- Harmanpreet Kaur

Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur played an inning of 66 runs on 47 balls. She came to the crease after the openers were out on the score of 52 and held one end. Harman made half-century partnerships of 54 runs with Jemimah Rodrigues and 75 runs with Richa Ghosh. It was only because of his innings that the Indian team could reach the score of 201.

2. Top Performers

Richa Ghosh

Wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh played an unbeaten inning of 64 runs on 29 balls. He scored runs with the help of 12 fours and one six at a strike rate of 220.69. He took the team to cross 200 by hitting 5 consecutive fours in the last over. Richa is the first wicket-keeper batsman from India to score a fifty in the Women’s Asia Cup. He also made a stumping.

Shefali Verma

Shefali Verma gave a fast start to the Indian team. He scored 37 runs on 18 balls with the help of 5 fours and one six. On the basis of this innings, the Indian team had completed 50 runs in the powerplay.

Deepti Sharma

Deepti took 2 wickets for 23 runs in her quota of four overs. She shattered UAE’s middle order by dismissing Samaira Dharanidharka and Heena Hotchandani.

3. Turning Point- Richa Ghosh’s batting, scored runs at a strike rate of 220.69

Richa Ghosh made a partnership of 75 runs with captain Harmanpreet Kaur.

Wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh’s batting was the turning point in the match. He scored runs quickly while batting at number 6. His strike rate was 220.69. With this innings, the Indian team was successful in making a strong score.

4. Fighter of the Match- Kavisha Agodage
Kavisha Agodage was the fighter of the match. He took 2 wickets in bowling. Also played an unbeaten inning of 40 runs on 32 balls. However, she could not lead her team to victory.

Playing-11 of both the teams

India : Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Dayalan Hemlata, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh, Radha Yadav and Tanuja Kanwar.

UAE: Isha Rohit Ojha (captain), Teerth Satish, Samaira Dharanidharka, Kavisha Agodage, Khushi Sharma, Heena Hotchandani, Vaishnavi Mahesh, Ritika Rajith, Lavanya Kenny and Induja Nandakumar.