The Indian team defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in its first match and the United Arab Emirates by 78 runs in the second match. Nepal was successful in defeating the Emirates in its first match but suffered a crushing defeat by nine wickets against Pakistan in the second match. India seems certain to make it to the semi-finals.

The Indian team, full of confidence after easy wins in the first two matches, will try to make it to the semi-finals by registering a big win against Nepal in its last match of Group A of the Women's Asia Cup T20 cricket tournament here on Tuesday. The Indian team defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in its first match and the United Arab Emirates by 78 runs in the second match.

India won both the matches

Nepal was successful in defeating Emirates in its first match but suffered a crushing defeat by nine wickets against Pakistan in the second match. India seems certain to make it to the semi-finals while Pakistan has improved its run rate significantly by registering a big win in the last match.

However, the Indian team will focus on continuing its winning streak rather than looking at the position of other teams. It has performed well in both batting and bowling departments in the tournament so far and it will be committed to continue this.

Indian team in great form

The opening pair of Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma batted brilliantly against Pakistan while captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh scored half-centuries against Emirates. Explosive batsman Ghosh scored 64 runs off 29 balls against Emirates, helping India cross the 200-run mark for the first time in women's T20 international cricket.

Harmanpreet played the role of a mastermind by scoring 66 runs in 47 balls. As far as Indian bowling is concerned, Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar have performed brilliantly so far.

Nepal was defeated by Pakistan

Even Tanuja Kanwar, who was included in the team in place of injured off-spinner Shreyanka Patil in the last match, performed her responsibility well and gave only 14 runs in four overs and also took one wicket.

Nepal's team led by Indu Burma had a good start with a win against Emirates but could not do anything against Pakistan. Now their team will be well aware of the challenge posed by India and if they have to trouble the Indian team then their players will have to give their best performance.

The two teams are as follows

India Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Uma Chhetri (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh, D Hemalatha, Asha Shobhana, Radha Yadav, Tanuja Kanwar, Sajna Sajeevan.

Nepal: Indu Burma (captain), Kajol Shrestha, Rubina Chhetri, Sabnam Rai, Sita Rana Magar, Rajmati Airee, Pooja Mahato, Bindu Rawal, Roma Thapa, Mamta Chowdhury, Kabita Joshi, Kabita Kunwar, Dali Bhatta, Kritika Marasini, Samjhana Khadka.