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Women's Asia Cup T20: India beat Pakistan by 7 wickets to Qualify For Final

Speed News Desk 9 June 2018, 13:40 IST

Women's Asia Cup T20: India beat Pakistan by 7 wickets to Qualify For Final

Indian Women's Team beat their arch-rivals Pakistan by 7 wickets to enter the the final of the Women's Asia Cup T20 tournament in Malaysia at the Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.

Despite losing Mithali Raj (0) and Deepti Sharma (0) early, a 65-run third-wicket partnership between Harmanpreet and Smriti Mandhana get them back into game.

Indian Skipper  Harmanpreet Kaur an unbeaten knock 34 and Smriti Mandhana (38) led India's chase easy after Pakistan were bundled out for 72 in their 20 overs game.In the 17th over India needs 3 runs, Kaur finished it off in style with a boundary. Ekta Bisht continued his stunning performance scalped 3 wickets for 14 runs.

The result of the match between third-placed Bangladesh and hosts Malaysia will determine who will face India in the final.

India Women Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Taniya Bhatia (wk), Ekta Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jhulan Goswami, Veda Krishnamurthy, Smriti Mandhana, Mona Meshram, Shikha Pandey, Anuja Patil, Mithali Raj, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Poonam Yadav

Pakistan Women Squad: Bismah Maroof (c), Muneeba Ali, Nahida Khan, Javeria Rauf, Nain Abidi, Javeria Khan, Sidra Nawaz, Nida Dar, Kainat Imtiaz, Sana Mir, Nashra Sandhu, Anam Amin, Natalia Pervaiz, Diana Baig

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