New Delhi. The men’s team won the title by defeating the Indian team in the Under-19 Asia Cup final and now the women’s team also showed a strong game. The batting of the women’s team, which came to avenge the defeat of the men’s team, betrayed them. After winning the toss, Bangladesh decided to field first. Batting first, the Indian team could reach only 117 runs for 7 wickets.
India had a very ordinary start and wickets kept falling one after the other. On behalf of the team, opener batsman Gongadi Trisha kept India’s innings in check and scored a brilliant half-century. He scored 52 runs in 47 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 brilliant sixes. Apart from this, Mithila Vinod scored the second highest run and scored 17 runs in 12 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. Captain Nikki Prasad scored 12 runs in 21 balls with the help of one six. Joshitha and Shakeel remained unbeaten in the end and played an important role in making the team score 117 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Due to India losing wickets at regular intervals, no good partnership could be formed.
The bowling from Bangladesh was excellent. The team’s star bowler Farzana Ismin took 4 wickets for 31 runs in 4 overs. Whereas Nishita Nishi took 2 wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs and was successful in preventing India from making a big score.
Bangladesh has a good chance to win this trophy where they need only 118 runs in 20 overs. In such a situation, it has to be seen whether the Bangladesh batsmen can absorb this pressure or whether the Indian bowlers make a comeback for the team in this match.
FIRST PUBLISHED : December 22, 2024, 09:50 IST