India beat Bangladesh by 31 runs to win Women’s Emerging Asia Cup

Mangacock. Shreyanka Patil and Mannat Kashyap’s spin spell helped India beat Bangladesh by 31 runs in the final to win the Women’s Emerging Asia Cup T20 title here on Wednesday. Batting first after winning the toss, India posted a competitive score of 127 for seven and then Shreyanka (4 for 13) and Mannat (3 for 20) spun Bangladesh for 96 in 19.2 overs. done. Off-spinner Kanika Ahuja also took two wickets for 23 runs. The spin trio of Shreyanka, Mannat and Kanika gave no chances to Bangladesh batsmen on the slow pitch of Mission Road Ground.

Nahida Akhtar top-scored for Bangladesh with 17 not out while Shobhana Mostari scored 16 runs. Earlier, Dinesh Vrinda top-scored for India with 36 off 29 balls while Kanika scored an unbeaten 30 off 23 balls. Bangladesh bowlers kept the pressure on the Indian batsmen by taking wickets at regular intervals. Apart from Vrinda and Kanika, wicket-keeper U Chhetri (22) and captain Shweta Sehrawat (13) were the only ones to reach double digits for India.

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For Bangladesh, left-arm spinner Nahida took two wickets for 13 runs while off-spinner Sultana Khatun took two wickets for 30 runs. India had made it to the final on Tuesday after their semi-final against Sri Lanka was washed out without a ball being bowled. India played only one match before the final against the hosts Hong Kong. This was the team’s first match in the tournament which it won by nine wickets. Thereafter, three of India’s matches, including the semi-final against Sri Lanka, were washed out without a ball being bowled. Eight matches could not be played in the tournament due to rain.