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India beat Thailand by 74 runs, will take on Sri Lanka in the final

India defeated Thailand by 74 runs to enter the final of the Asia Cup women’s cricket tournament for a record eighth time, where they will face Sri Lanka. The Indian team has won the title six times. Prior to 2012, the tournament was held in the one-day format and India has reached the final four times in the one-day and T20 format. The semi-final against Thailand was one-sided as expected. India made 148 for the loss of six wickets when sent to bat first and in reply restricted Thailand to 74 for nine.

Thailand lost wickets at regular intervals. Earlier, Thailand’s performance against India in the league stage was worse in which they lost by nine wickets. India gave him 15. Was dismissed for 37 runs in 1 over and after that easily achieved the target. India will face Sri Lanka in Saturday’s final, which registered a thrilling one-run win over Pakistan in the second semi-final. The players of Thailand performed better in this match. His four wickets, however, fell for 21 runs in the eighth over.

Off-spinner Deepti Sharma took three wickets for seven runs for India. Medium pacer Renuka Singh took one wicket for six runs. Captain N Chaiwai and Nattaya Bouchatham made 21 for Thailand. Scored 21 runs. Both added 42 runs for the fifth wicket and both of them could reach double digits. Rajeshwari Gaikwad took two wickets while Shefali Verma and Sneh Rana took one wicket each. Batting earlier, Shefali scored 42 runs in 28 balls which included five fours and a six. Jemima Rodriguez scored 27 runs. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, who was out of the last two matches due to injury, scored 36 runs in 30 balls. Pooja Vastrakar scored 17 runs in 13 balls to take India close to 150 runs.

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