The first semi-final of the ninth edition of the Women’s Asia Cup was played between India and Bangladesh. India secured a comfortable 10-wicket victory after chasing down a total of 81, Smriti Mandhana became the second-highest T20I run scorer, further scroll for more such milestones.
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first, a decision that eventually backfired as they were restricted to a score of 80. Renuka Singh troubled the Bangladesh batters, claiming 3 wickets in the powerplay, Bangladesh struggled to build significant partnerships, Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana Joty was their top scorer with 32 runs, while Radha Yadav also scalped 3 wickets for 14. Chasing a total of 81, India registered a comfortable 10-wicket victory with Smriti Mandhana being their top scorer, scoring an unbeaten 55, her maiden half-century in this edition of the Women’s Asia Cup. Following India’s win, they secured a spot in the final of the ninth edition of the Women’s Asia Cup, their ninth consecutive final.
Here are the milestones from the match:
1) Renuka Singh completes 50 T20I wickets
Fastest Indian pacer to complete 50 T20I wickets (By Innings)
Renuka Singh 45 innings
Jhulan Goswami 59 innings
Pooja Vastrakar 60 innings
2) Renuka Singh became the 3rd Fastest pacer to 50 T20I wickets (By Innings)
Pacer to complete 50 T20I wickets ( fastest by Innings)
Anya Shrubshole 29 innings
Megan Schutt 43 innings
Renuka Singh 45 innings
Sophie Devine 47 innings
Rene Farrell 47 innings
3) Deepti Sharma completes 130 T20I wickets.
Most wickets in Women T20Is
Nida Dar 141 wickets 144 inns
Megan Schutt 136 wickets 109 inns
Deepti Sharma 130 wickets 113 inns
Sophie Ecclestone 126 wickets 85 innings
Ellyse Perry 126 wickets 136 innings
4) Bangladesh posted the fourth-lowest total in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup in Knockouts.
Lowest Innings Total in Women’s T20 Asia Cup Knockouts
PAK-W 63/10(19.1) vs IND-W Guangzhou 2012
SL-W 65/9(20.0) vs IND-W Sylhet 2022
THAI-W 74/9(20.0) vs IND-W Sylhet 2022
BAN-W 80/8(20.0) vs IND-W Dambulla 2024
IND-W 81/10(20.0) vs PAK-W Guangzhou 2012
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5) Smriti Mandhana scores second most 50s in Women T20Is
Most 50s in Women T20Is
Suzie Bates 28 159 innings
Smriti Mandhana 25 134 innings
Beth Mooney 23 92 innings
Stafanie Taylor 22 118 innings
Sophie Devine 20 131 innings
6) Smriti Mandha became 2nd to score most runs in Women T20Is, surpassing Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur in the list
Suzie Bates 4348 runs 159 innings
Smriti Mandhana 3433 runs 134 innings*
Harmanpreet Kaur 3415 runs 152 innings
Meg Lanning 3405 runs 121 innings
Stafanie Taylor 3338 runs 118 innings
7 ) Smriti Mandhana scores her highest score in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup
previous Best 51*(25) vs SL-W Sylhet 2022 in the Finals
8) Smriti scores 25th T20I fifty, 2nd in Women’s T20 Asia Cup with both Asia Cup fifties in Knockouts
9) Smriti Mandhana in Women’s T20 Asia Cup Knockouts
5 innings 132 runs 50s: 2 AVG: 44.00
10) Renuka Singh claimed Player Of The Match for the second time, both against Bangladesh in knockout matches.
3/5 vs SL-W Sylhet 2022 Finals
3/10 vs BAN-W Dambulla 2024 Semi-Finals