IND-W vs BAN-W Highlights: India romp into yet another final of Women's Asia Cup with easy win over Bangladesh

Smriti Mandhana finishes in a hurry!! She reached her half-century as well as India chased down 81 runs without losing a single wicket in just 11 overs.

Excellent from Smriti as she smashes 25th T20I fifty.

India are 65/0 after nine overs and now it is only a matter of time before India officially make it to the final.

Brilliant from Smriti and Shafali as India have reached 50

No chance for Bangladesh yet!! India are 45/0 after five overs. 

India are almost halfway through the chase having scored 33 runs in four overs.

As expected, India have started well with Smriti and Shafali looking comfortable in the middle. It is not a blazing start but India are well on-course to chase down 81 runs comfortably.

India's innings start! How many overs will they take to chase this total down?

After losing the toss, India have done extremely well to restrict Bangladesh to just 80 runs. It all started with Renuka Singh picking up three wickets for just 10 runs and Bangladesh could never recover from those early blows. Their skipper Nigar Sultana was the top-scorer with 32 runs off 51 balls but none of the batters looked comfortable in the middle. Bangladesh could hit only six fours and a six in their innings and they will need a miracle to stop India from getting to 81.

A maiden last over from Radha Yadav and Bangladesh have set a target of 81 runs for India.

Nigar Sultana is gone and their hopes of reaching close to 100 have taken a blow. 80/7 with five balls to go...

Last two overs left and Bangladesh have scored only 67 runs. How many can they add?

Bangladesh continue to go down in this semifinal as Deepti Sharma strikes. Good glove work from Richa Ghosh as she stumps Ritu Moni to leave Bangladesh reeling at 44/6 in 14th over

Rabeya Khan departs as Pooja Vastrakar bangs one short and gets her caught at mid-on. Bangladesh are 33/5 after 11 overs.

Nigar Sultana (10* off 22 balls) needs to bat right till the end to get Bangladesh to a respectable total. Bangladesh are 32/4 after 10 overs.

Drinks break!!!

Radha Yadav castles Rumana Ahmed on the first delivery of her spell. Rumana departs for an 11-ball one. Bangladesh are 30/4 after 9.1 overs.

Bangladesh are crawling at 3.3 runs per over.

India's leading wicket-taker of the tournament Deepti Sharma comes into the attack.

Renuka Singh delivered a maiden over to finish with figures of 3/10 in her four-over spell.

Bangladesh are 25/3 after seven overs.

Rumana Ahmed and Nigar are in the middle for Bangladesh. The pair needs to stitch a big partnership to get Bangladesh out of trouble.

Renuka gets the big fish. She gets rid of the in-form Murshida Khatun. Bangladesh are 21/3 after 4.5 overs.

Renuka Singh dismisses Ishma Tanjim. Bangladesh are in a spot of bother with 17/2 after three overs.

Murshida Khatun is the leading run-getter for Bangladesh in the tournament and needs to bat all the way.

Ishma replaces Dilara in the middle to partner Murshida. Bangladesh are 16/1 after two overs.

Dilara Akter holes out at deep midwicket. Bangladesh lose their first wicket for seven.

India have made three changes to their XI from their last game against Nepal. Uma Chhetry, Pooja Vastrakar and Harmanpreet Kaur have come in for Dayalan Hemalatha, Arundhati Reddy and S Sajna.

The Bangladesh openers are out in the middle and Renuka Singh has the ball in hand.

 Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Uma Chetry, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Tanuja Kanwar, Renuka Thakur Singh

Dilara Akter, Murshida Khatun, Nigar Sultana(w/c), Rumana Ahmed, Ishma Tanjim, Ritu Moni, Rabeya Khan, Shorna Akter, Nahida Akter, Jahanara Alam, Marufa Akter

Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to bat first.

Indian players trained really hard in the lead-up to their semifinal clash against Bangladesh.

• Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: Bangladesh lost by seven wickets
• Bangladesh vs Thailand: Bangladesh won by seven wickets
• Bangladesh vs Malaysia: Bangladesh won by 114 runs

• India vs Pakistan: India won by seven wickets
• India vs UAE: India won by 78 runs
• India vs Nepal: India won by 82 runs

1. Deepti Sharma: 8 wickets
2. Renuka Singh: 4 wickets
3. Pooja Vastrakar: 3 wickets
4. Radha Yadav: 3 wickets
5. Shreyanka Patil: 2 wickets

1. Shafali Verma: 158 runs
2. Harmanpreet Kaur: 71 runs
3. Richa Ghosh: 70 runs
4. Dayalan Hemalatha: 63 runs
5. Smriti Mandhana: 58 runs

Matches: 4

Wins for India: 2

Wins for Bangladesh: 2

Matches: 22

Wins for India: 19

Wins for Bangladesh: 3

Hello to all the cricket nuffies out there. After an engaging group stage round, the Women's Asia Cup has reached its business end as India find themselves against Bangladesh in the first semifinal. Kindly stay tuned to our live blog as we bring you all the instant updates from the fixture.