In the ongoing ninth edition of the Women’s Asia Cup. The tournament got underway on 19th July, with the final to be played on 28th July. A total of eight teams are participating, with the teams divided into two groups. In the 5th match of the tournament India posted their highest-ever T20I score as well as the highest-ever score in the T20I Asia Cup. In this article are more such milestones.
The fifth match of the Women’s Asia Cup was played between India and UAE. UAE elected to bowl first, but the decision backfired as India eventually scored a total of 201. UAE capitalized in the first six overs, taking three wickets, but India had crossed 50 runs in the powerplay. It was the Indian skipper alongside wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh who stepped up to the occasion. Harmanpreet Kaur smashed 66 off 47 balls, while Richa Ghosh scored an unbeaten 64, which was also her maiden fifty in the T20I format. UAE couldn’t accelerate throughout the innings and eventually lost the match by 78 runs. Kavisha Egodage was UAE’s top scorer with an unbeaten 40, while Deepti Sharma topped the bowling chart for India with 2 for 23 in four overs. Richa Ghosh was awarded the Player of the Match for her unbeaten 64 off 29 balls, which also included one stumping behind the stumps.
Here are the milestones from the match:
1) Tanuja Kanwer becomes only the 2nd Indian player to get an International debut in the Women’s Asia Cup.
Mansi Joshi vs BAN-W 2016
Tanuja Kanwer vs UAE-W 2024
2) Harmanpreet Kaur became the 4th most capped player at International matches
Players with the most capped player at International matches
Mithali Raj 333
Suzie Bates 324
Ellyse Perry 314
Harmanpreet Kaur 310*
Charlotte Edwards 309
3) Harmanpreet Kaur’s scored 12th T20I fifty, 2nd in Women’s T20 Asia Cup
4) Richa Gosh became the 1st Indian WK to score a fifty in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup, overall third in the tournament.
5) India posted the highest score in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup of 201 against the UAE
Highest score in Women’s T20 Asia Cup
IND-W 201/5(20) vs UAE-W Dambulla 2024
IND-W 181/4(20) vs MLY-W Sylhet 2022
IND-W 178/5(20) vs UAE-W Sylhet 2022
PAK-W 177/5(20) vs MLY-W Kuala Lumpur 2018
IND-W 169/3(20) vs MLY-W Kuala Lumpur 2018
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6) India posted their highest T20I score of 201/5
Highest score by IND-W in Women T20Is
201/5 vs UAE-W Dambulla 2024
198/4 vs ENG-W Brabourne 2018
194/5 vs NZ-W Providence 2018
187/5 vs AUS-W DY Patil 2022
185/4 vs WI-W Gros Islet 2019
7) Harmanpreet Kaur becomes 2nd with most T20I career runs surpassing Meg Lanning
Most T20I career runs
Suzie Bates 4348 runs 159 innings
Harmanpreet Kaur 3415 runs 152 innings
Meg Lanning 3405 runs 121 innings
Smriti Mandhana 3378 runs 133 innings
Stafanie Taylor 3338 runs 118 innings
8) Richa Ghosh posted third highest score, when batting at 6th or lower in Women’s T20I
Highest score batting at 6 or lower in Women T20Is
Deandra Dottin 112*(45) vs SA-W Basseterre 2010
Rachel Haynes 69*(40) vs NZ-W North Sydney 2022
Richa Ghosh 64*(29( vs UAE-W Dambulla 2024
Grace Harris 64*(35) vs IND-W Brabourne 2022
Eimear Richardson 63*(41) vs NL-W Deventer 2019
9) Theertha Satish completed 50 T20I dismissals after Shafali Verma was caught behind.
10) Deepti Sharma is now fifth in the list of most wickets in women’s t20Is
Nida Dar 140 wickets 143 innings
Megan Schutt 136 wickets 109 innings
Sophie Ecclestone 85 innings 126 wickets
Ellyse Perry 136 innings 126 wickets
Deepti Sharma 111 innings 126 wickets