Jul 26, Kathmandu- seven-time winner India advanced to the Women's Asia Cup 2024 final by defeating Bangladesh by a margin of 10 wickets.

Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first. Despite losing eight wickets in twenty overs, they managed to score just 80 runs. The Indian openers reached the Women's Asia Cup final for the ninth time, finishing the target in 11 overs after surrendering 81 runs.

Renuka Singh Thakur's outstanding bowling earned her the title of player of the match. Bangladeshi captain Nigar Sultana chose to bat first after winning the toss.

The Indian spinners dealt a serious blow to Bangladesh right away. Fast bowler Renuka Singh Thakur sent Bangladesh's top order to the pavilion consecutively and took the team's score to 21/3.

After this, the Indian spinners showed their ability and did not let the Bangladeshi batsmen dominate. Captain Nigar Sultana scored the highest 32 runs for her team while Shorna Akter played an unbeaten innings of 19 runs and took the team to 80 runs.

For India, Renuka Singh Thakur and Radha Yadav took 3 wickets each while Pooja Vastrakar and Deepti Sharma took 1 wicket each. India had a target of 81 runs to reach the final.

Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma, who came in the opening, completed the target in 11 overs and equalized the 6-year-old score with Bangladesh. Bangladesh defeated the Indian team in the final of Asia Cup 2018.

In this situation, the Indian team equalized the score by defeating Bangladesh in the knockout match of the Asia Cup today.

For India, Smriti Mandhana scored 55 runs with 9 fours and 1 six off 39 balls while Shafali Verma scored 26 runs with 2 fours.