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India A vs Bangladesh A final: The excitement of the Women’s Rising Stars Asia Cup being played in Bangkok has reached its peak. After both the semi-final matches played on 20th February, it is now clear that the title clash will be between India A and Bangladesh A. This high-voltage final match will be played on Sunday, 22 February at Terdthai Cricket Ground.
Women’s Rising Stars final will be played between India and Bangladesh.
New Delhi. The picture of the title match of Women Rising Stars has become clear. The teams of India A and Bangladesh A will face each other in the great match to be held on 22 February. In the semi-final, India defeated Sri Lanka A by 5 wickets due to the brilliant all-round performance of Radha Yadav (4 wickets and 31 runs unbeaten). Whereas in the second semi-final, Bangladesh A registered a big win by 54 runs by bowling out Pakistan A for just 56 runs on the basis of excellent bowling. Now both the teams will clash for the trophy on Sunday.
Captain Radha Yadav gave a brilliant all-round performance and took the India A team to the final of the Women’s Rising Stars T20 Asia Cup by winning by five wickets over Sri Lanka A. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first but it cost them dearly. The Indian bowlers, led by Radha, destroyed their batting line-up and dismissed them for 118 runs. Left arm spinner Radha took four wickets for 19 runs. Radha got good support from another left arm spinner Tanuja Kanwar (two wickets for 20 runs) and leg spinner Prema Rawat (two wickets for nine runs).
Women’s Rising Stars final will be played between India and Bangladesh.
Vrinda Dinesh was the top scorer by scoring 42 runs.
Opener Sanjana Kavindi (31 runs) was the top scorer for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s score in the 10th over was 71 runs for two wickets. But after this they could not face the Indian spinners and lost the remaining eight wickets for 47 runs in nine overs. The biggest partnership for Sri Lanka was the 36-run partnership between Kavindi and fellow opener Hansima Karunaratne (14). While chasing the target, India had lost three wickets for 21 runs at one time but after that it did not face much trouble. Vrinda Dinesh was the top scorer for the team by scoring 42 runs.
Pakistani team collapsed in 16.4 overs
But Radha, while contributing with the batting, scored unbeaten 31 runs with the help of seven fours in 18 balls, due to which India achieved the target in 13.3 overs. On the other hand, Bangladesh, batting first in the second semi-final, scored 118 runs for 8 wickets. In reply, Pakistan A team collapsed for 56 runs in 16.4 overs.
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