India led by Harmanpreet Kaur gained their second recreation on the trot within the Girls’s Asia Cup 2024. They first defeated Pakistan by seven wickets after which defeated UAE by 78 runs of their second recreation on Sunday.
UAE gained the toss and opted to bowl in opposition to India. Within the course of, they paid the value as India piled up a mammoth 201/5. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (66 off 47) and Richa Ghosh (64* off 29) have been the chief contributors with the bat. Shafali Varma scored 37 opening the batting. Smriti Mandhana fell fairly cheaply for 13.
Most T20I Runs For India Girls’s
Harmanpeet Kaur- 3415
Smriti Mandhana-3378
Mithali Raj- 2364
Most runs in Girls’s T20Is:
4348 – Suzie Bates (159 Inns)
3415 – Harmanpreet Kaur (152 Inns)
3405 – Meg Lanning (121 Inns)
3378 – Smriti Mandhana (133 Inns)
3338 – Stafanie Taylor (118 Inns)
En path to 66, Harmanpreet Kaur turned the top-scorer for India in Girls’s T20Is getting previous Smriti Mandhana. Kaur is now on 3415 runs whereas Mandhana is second-highest with 3378 runs. Former Indian girls’s skipper Mithali Raj is the third-highest run-getter for India with 2364 runs.
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Harmanpreet Kaur went previous Mandhana’s tally in her 171st T20I for India. She can be essentially the most capped T20I participant in India in males’s and ladies’s cricket. Mandhana is closing in on her and has performed nearly 40 fewer video games than her.
After doing an excellent job with the bat, the Indian bowlers then stepped up and restricted UAE to 123/7. India used 5 bowlers with each bowler choosing up no less than one wicket. Deepti Sharma the Indian all-rounder picked up two. Tanuja Kanwar who changed Shreyanka Patil within the Indian squad picked up a wicket.
India Girls’s facet headed into this event because the defending champions of the Asia Cup. They’ve gained the event seven instances and have made an excellent begin in the direction of successful their eighth title.
Harmanpreet Kaur was out of the sector for some time and in her post-match presentation speech stated that she was effective. She lauded her gamers for taking part in the way in which they did within the match and ensured a convincing win for India.
Harmanpreet Kaur On Her Innings
“Yeah I am completely effective (she was off the sector in the direction of the top). Nice feeling. When Jemi and I have been batting, we spoke that we needed to run arduous fairly than simply going for dangerous photographs. Our focus was on getting 7-8 runs per over. When Richa got here, I simply instructed her to maintain watching the ball and see how wicket is taking part in. She batted superbly. My function was simply to remain on the pitch and maintain rotating strike. Every time free balls come, convert them to the boundary” stated Kaur.
She additionally praised Richa Ghosh for her quickfire knock and admitted that it was because of her knock that India went previous 200. The keeper-batter hit 12 fours and a six in her-29-ball keep on the crease putting at a strike price of 220.
“Credit score to Richa. Due to her we reached the goal. Particular innings for me (anniversary of her knock in opposition to Australia). Nice reminiscence general every time we discuss girls’s cricket in India. It all the time offers me constructive vibes” Kaur concluded saying.
With two wins, India are topping their group with a wholesome NRR of +3.298. The ultimate league recreation is in opposition to Nepal on Thursday.
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