India dismiss Pakistan to reach women's Asia Cup final

India's dominance over Pakistan in women's cricket had continued as India crushed Pakistan by 7-wickets to reach final of the women's Asia Cup for record 7th time on Saturday, June 9.

Pakistan yet to beat India in women's cricket as It was the 10th match between the two nations and India have won all of them.



In this virtual Semi-final, Pakistan had won the toss and opted to bat first.

However, Pakistan could score only 72 for 7 in 20 overs. Sana Mir was the top scorer with unbeaten 20 off 38 balls while opener Nahida Khan was the second highest scorer with 18 off 27 balls.

None of the other batters could cross 2-digit mark and result in they reduced to the modest total of 72.



India's bowling had been excellent again as Ekta Bisht was the star performer who conceded only 14 runs in 4 overs and picked 3 wickets.

Anuja Patil was the only bowler who conceded 6-runs per over while other bowlers finished with under 4-runs per over.

Poonam Yadav 11 for 1, Deepti Sharma 13 for 1, Shikha Pandey 6 for 1 bowled really well to restricted Pakistan way below par score.



In a replay of 73, India didn't face any difficulty despite losing Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma on 5.

Both the batters couldn't open their account and both were dismissed by Anam Amin. However, Smriti Mandhana and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur didn't give Pakistan any chance to create history.

However, Mandhana got out just three runs before the target. She scored 38 off 40 balls after putting 65-run partnership with Harmanpreet Kaur.

Kaur hit the winning run as India chased down the target in 16.1 overs. Kaur remained unbeaten on 34 off 49 balls.

Pakistan didn't have much success with the ball as they could manage only 3 wickets.

However, Anam Amin was the star bowler for them as she finished her spell with 10 for 2 in for overs. Ekta Bisht awarded Player Of The Match for her brilliant spell of spin bowling.

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