India Win By 82 Runs | India vs Nepal Highlights of Women's T20 Asia Cup 2024: Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma Shine As India Enters Semifinal

That's It! India were heavy favourites going into the game and once again they have played like one. Shafali Verma and Dayalan Hemalatha gave India a nice score with the bat and the bowlers led by Deepti Sharma defended it comfortable. India won all three of their group games and will enter the semifinal undefeated. 

Out! Deepti Sharma in action again and this time it is Puja Mahato who is dismissed. Puja pushed the ball, set off for a run, turned back knowing that there is no run but was casual in walking inside the crease. Deepti pounced on the ball and knocked the stumps over. Puja Mahato run out (Deepti Sharma) 2(12).

Out! Nepal's innings is just collapsing at this moment. Deepti Sharma dismissed both Rubina Chhetry and Kabita Joshi in one over and the tail of the Nepal batting is out now. Deepti knocked over the stumps of Chhetry and one of her full deliveries caught Joshi flush in front of the stumps. India are narrowing on the win now. Rubina Chhetry b Deepti Sharma 15(16) and Kabita Joshi lbw b Deepti Sharma 0(2).

Out! Another body blow for Nepal and this time it is the wicket of captain Indu Barma. Nepal were struggling to accelerate and as Indu Barma attempted to go big, she didn't get enough on the contact and Shafali Verma took a comfortable catch. India are now looking at an win and a semifinal berth. Indu Barma c Shafali Verma b Radha Yadav 14(18).

Out! Kabita Kunwar get holed out in the hands of mid-off. The pressure of the asking rate was getting big and she took her chances only to miscue one from Renuka Singh straight to the hands of mid-off fielder. India continue to stay ahead in the game and Nepal are now struggling with the asking rate. Kabita Kunwar c Mandhana b Renuka Singh 6(11).

Out! Body blow for Nepal in just the second bowler. Their most in-form batter Samjhana Khadka gets dismissed by Arundhati Reddy. Khadka went hard on the ball but it sneaked between the huge gap between her bat and pad, rattling the stumps. India are on the move here. Samjhana Khadka b Arundhati Reddy 7(7).

India have put on a good score on the board but not what they have considered at the halfway mark. Shafali Verma and Dayalan Hemalatha stayed a little longer than they should have and their wickets meant the new batters didn't have enough time to settle. A little intent went missing in them middle overs and that has costed India nearly 25 runs. It is still a very good score and India will back themselves to defend it. 

Out! Sajeevan Sajana departs. Kavita Joshi strikes this time. Sajana wanted to move across and access the square leg area but missed the ball and got caught infront of the wickets. Kajal Shrestha was almost pleading and the umpire responded positively to her appeal. S Sajana lbw b Kabita Joshi 10(12).

Out! One brings two and Sita Rana Magar is the one to do it again. Shafali Verma was charging at the bowler far too often and Magar noticed it. She slowed the next ball down with air in it, the ball dipped and turned out of the reach of Shafali and Kajal Shrestha did no mistake to knock her bails off. Shafali Verma st Kajal Shrestha b Sita Rana Magar 81(48).

Out! Finally the partnership breaks and Sita Rana Magar will be thanking Rubina Chhetry for it. Dayalan Hemalatha went for the big shot again but this time didn't get the required connection with the ball gently lobbing to Rubina Chhetry who grabbed the ball after two attempts. Hemalatha c Rubina Chhetry b Sita Rana Magar 47(42).

Neither of Shafali Verma or Dayalan Hemalatha is showing any signs of faultering as they have put up a partneship of 100 runs and look comfortable to go further big. They are now set and ready to go harder on the bowlers launching India to a very big total. 

Shafali Verma continues her great form in the ongoing Women's Asia Cup T20 2024 as she completes her half-century against Nepal in just 26 deliveries. As always, Shafali has provided India with a solid start and on the way, she also reached her half-century. 

India have not flinched at all as they raced to 50 runs in the powerplay. The two openers have utilised the powerplay field restrictions well and collected a few boundaries. They now have the platform to launch and should be eying a big score. 

A good start for India as they have straightaway looked to attack and targeted the zone behind the bowler. They have collected a few boundaries riding on the intent from Shafali Verma and Dayalan Hemalatha and provided India a steady launch upfront. 

Nepal Women (Playing XI): Samjhana Khadka, Sita Rana Magar, Kabita Kunwar, Indu Barma(c), Dolly Bhatta, Rubina Chhetry, Puja Mahato, Kabita Joshi, Kajal Shrestha(w), Sabnam Rai, Bindu Rawal.

India Women (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana(c), Dayalan Hemalatha, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, S Sajana, Radha Yadav, Tanuja Kanwar, Renuka Thakur Singh, Arundhati Reddy.

Toss Update: India won the toss and opted to bat first

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