Women’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup: India ‘A’ defeat Bangladesh by 31 runs to emerge champions

The spin duo of Shreyanka Patil and Mannat Kashyap shone with the ball as India ‘A’ defeated Bangladesh by 31 runs to win the ACC Women’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

After choosing to bat first, India scored a modest 127 for 7, but the bowlers were up to the challenge. Patil (4/13) and Kashyap (3/20) shared seven wickets between them to help India bowl out Bangladesh for 96 in 19.2 overs.

For her solid all-round performance in the final, Kanika Ahuja bagged the player of the match award where she picked up 2/23 and scored an unbeaten 30 off 23 runs while batting.

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They come up with a comfortable 32-run win over Bangladesh to win the Women's Emerging Teams Asia Cup final in Hong Kong. pic.twitter.com/StHrOHojTW— The Field (@thefield_in) June 21, 2023

The top scorer for India was Vrinda Dinesh (36 off 29) while Ahuja finished the game with her unbeaten 30.

In addition to Vrinda and Ahuja, wicket-keeper batter Uma Chetry and captain Shweta Sehrawat were the only other Indian batters who had managed double-figure scores as the Bangladeshi bowlers picked up regular wickets, making it difficult for India to put up any meaningful partnerships.

Both off-spinner Sultana Khatun (2/30) and slow left-arm...

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