The Indian women's team confirmed its place in the Asia Cup semi-finals with its second consecutive win. After defeating Pakistan, India registered a huge 78-run win against UAE.
Batting first, India scored a mammoth score of 201 runs for 5 wickets against UAE on the basis of Richa Ghosh's stormy fifty and Harmanpreet Kaur's captaincy innings. Chasing the target, UAE could only score 123 runs for 7 wickets.
In the Women's Asia Cup, India confirmed its place in the semi-finals with a big win against UAE on Sunday. After losing the toss and opting to bat first, captain Harmanpreet Kaur faced difficulties and scored a brilliant half-century for the Indian team.
After this, Richa Ghosh's explosive innings took the team to 201 runs. Smriti Mandhana could score only 13 runs in this match while Shefali Verma contributed 37 runs. After the fall of 3 wickets, captain Harmanpreet played an innings of 66 runs in 47 balls.
Coming to bat at number six, Richa Ghosh scored a stormy fifty with the help of 9 fours and 1 six in just 26 balls. Richa became the first wicketkeeper to score a T20 fifty in the history of Women's Asia Cup. The Indian team created history by becoming the first team to score 200 runs in the tournament.
5 bowlers of the Indian team took wickets against UAE. Deepti Sharma took 2 wickets while Renuka Thakur, Tanuja Kanwar, Pooja Vatrakar and Radha Yadav took 1 wicket each.
