Sports Asiad Cricket Indian women’s team reached the final due to the brilliant performance of India Women Vastrakar – Dainik Savera Times

Hangzhou: With the brilliant bowling of Pooja Vastrakar, the Indian women’s cricket team entered the final of the Asian Games for the first time by defeating Bangladesh by eight wickets in the one-way semi-final played on Sunday. Right-arm fast bowler Pooja had replaced Anjali Sarwani in the team just before her departure from India. He took four wickets for 17 runs in four overs, which is his best performance.

Bangladesh team 17. She was out for 51 runs in 5 overs, which is her lowest score against India. Vastrakar and Titas Sadhu kept the Bangladesh batsmen at bay while wreaking havoc with the new ball. Only captain Nigar Sultana (12) could reach double digits. India has 8. The target was achieved in just 2 overs.

Kanika Ahuja (1 not out) and Jemimah Rodrigues (20 not out) led the team to victory. India lost the wickets of captain Smriti Mandhana (seven) and Shefali Verma (17). The Indian team is playing without regular captain Harmanpreet Kaur who is serving a two-match suspension. Harmanpreet had to face suspension for criticizing Bangladeshi umpiring in a series a few months ago.

Vastrakar made a great start by dismissing Shati Rani (0) on the very first ball. In the same over, she trapped Shamima Sultana LBW while Shobhana Mostari also could not survive. Pooja tightened India’s grip by taking three wickets in the first three overs. Titas supported him well and bowled Sorna Akhtar. The spinners did not allow the batsmen to play freely in the middle overs. Bangladesh’s problems increased further due to the runouts of some batsmen.