Women's Asia Cup: Shafali, Deepti shine as India beat Thailand by 74 runs; enter final

Sylhet (Bangladesh), October 13, 2022

Shafali Verma made a quick-fire 47 while Deepti Sharma came up with a phenomenal 3/7 as India defeated Thailand by 74 runs to enter the final of the Women's Asia Cup at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium here on Thursday.

After India posted 148/6 in their 20 overs on a sluggish pitch, their bowlers produced another stunning show to restrict Thailand to 74/9 in their 20 overs.

India now await the winner of the second semi-final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, to be held later in the afternoon, to see who they come up against in the title clash on Saturday.

Brief scores: India 148/6 in 20 overs (Shafali Verma 42, Harmanpreet Kaur 36; Sornnarin Tippoch 3/24) beat Thailand 74/9 in 20 overs (Nattaya Boochatham 21, Naruemol Chaiwai 21; Deepti Sharma 3/7, Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2/10) by 74 runs

IANS