Verma’s unbeaten 100 and Mandhana’s 37 assist India put up 195-4 earlier than bowling Bangladesh out for 81
NAGOYA:
Smriti Mandhana turned the very best run-scorer in ladies’s T20 worldwide cricket on Sunday as India crushed Bangladesh by 114 runs within the Asian Video games semi-finals with fellow opener Shafali Verma hitting her maiden hundred.
Mandhana scored 37 off 19 balls with 5 fours and two sixes in her aspect’s 195-4 in 20 overs on the Korogi Athletic Park floor in Nagoya.
Within the course of she went previous New Zealand all-rounder Suzie Bates’s 4,758 runs on the prime of the all-time listing to face on 4,788 runs from 171 innings.
Verma was the star on the day for India, scoring 100 not out off 49 balls with three fours and 9 sixes — her maiden T20 worldwide century.
Verma reached her hundred off the ultimate ball of the 20 overs, and was clearly emotional as she took off her helmet and raised her bat in celebration in the direction of her applauding teammates on the boundary.
India then skittled Bangladesh for 81 in 15.4 overs.
India will meet Sri Lanka in Tuesday’s remaining after they earlier chased down Pakistan’s 177-4 with greater than two overs to spare.
Sri Lanka raced to 178-2 off 17.5 overs largely because of captain Chamari Athapaththu’s glowing unbeaten 83 off 50 balls, laced with six sixes and 7 fours.
Pakistan will play Bangladesh for the bronze medal, additionally on Tuesday.