IND-W vs UAE-W Women's Asia Cup 2024: Richa Ghosh, Harmanpreet Kaur power India women to huge win

No late drama as Radha Yadav ran out Egodage on the last ball of the game to restrict UAE to 123/7.

IND-W - 210/5 in 20 overs.

UAE-W - 123/7 in 20 overs.

India women beat UAE by 78 runs and put one foot in the semi-final.

Heena Hotchandani tries to go for a six off Deepti Sharma over deep mid-on but finds Shafali Verma who takes a good catch. A wicket no.2 for Deepti.

UAE-W - 110/6 in 18 overs.

UAE Women need 92 runs off 12 balls to win the game.

Rashda Yadav ends Khushi Kumar's innings with Smriti Mandhana taking an easy catch at covers.

Khushi scored 10 runs off 13 balls. Heena Hotchandani joins Kavisha Egodage (27*) in the middle.

UAE-W - 99/5 in 16 overs.

UAE Women need 103 runs off 24 balls to win the game.

A quick work from Richa Ghosh behind to stump out settled UAE skipper Esha Oza. A big and maiden wicket for debutant Tanuja Kanwar.

Esha scored 38 runs off 36 balls.

UAE-W - 76/4 in 12.3 overs. 

UAE Women need 126 runs in 45 balls to win the game.

Esha Oza and Kavisha Egodage struggle to score big against the Indian spin attack as the required run rate shoots over 15.

UAE-W - 75/3 in 12 overs (Esha - 38* off 35 balls, Kavisha - 17* off 14 balls).

UAE Women need 127 runs off 48 balls to win the game.

Esha Oza and Kavisha Egodage continue to find runs in the middle overs and raise some slim hopes for a comeback.

UAE-W - 67/3 in 10 overs (Kavisha - 12* off 6 balls, Esha - 35* off 31 balls).

UAE-W women need 135 runs in 60 balls to win the game.

UAE struggle for partnerships as Deepti Sharma strikes in her first over to dismiss Samaira Dharnidharka.

Samaira scored 5 runs off 8 balls. Kavisha Egodage joins Esha Oza in the middle.

UAE-W - 43/3 in 8 overs.

UAE Women need 159 runs in 79 balls to win the game.

Pooja Vastrakar bowls out Rinitsha Rajith to give India women their second success. A brilliant start from India with two big wickets in the powerplay.

Rajith scored 7 runs off 3 balls. Samaira Dharnidharka joins Esha Oza (19*).

UAE-W - 35/2 in 7 overs.

UAE Women need 167 runs in 77 balls to win the game. 

Renuka Singh with a breakthrough wicket for India as she dismissed Theertha Satish who tried to go for a big shot over long-on but found Harmanpreet Kaur.

Theertha scored 4 runs off 12 balls. Rinitha Rajith joins Esha Oza in the middle.

UAE-15/1 in 4.3 overs.

UAE Women need 187 runs in 93 balls to win the game.

Renuka Singh and Tanuja Kanwar concede a run each in the first two overs as UAE openers struggle for a strong start in a big chase.

UAE- 2/0 in 2 overs.

UAE  Women need 200 runs in 108 balls to win the game.

Openers Esha Oza and Theertha Satish are out in the middle to kick off UAE's chase.

Renuka Singh to bowl the opening over for India.

UAE Women need 202 runs in 120 balls to win the game.

Richa has taken India past 200. What an inning this was from the wicket-keeper batter. She ends up with 64 from 29 balls. India finish at 201/5 in their 20 overs

Harmanpreet has been run out at the non-striker's end. Some miscommunication there and that has costed the Indian captain her wicket. But Richa gets to her fifty with a cut. A 26-ball half ton.

Harmanpreet Kaur corsses her fifty. A strong knock by the Indian captain

India reaches past 150 in the 17th over. Harmanpreet and Richa Ghosh have provided the stability in the middle after those wickets

The wicketkeeper-batter has raced to 18* off just eight balls. 

Richa Ghosh walks in to replace Jemimah Rodrigues.

Kavisha Egodage removes Jemimah Rodrigues. India are 106/4 after 11.4 overs.

India are 101/3 after 11 overs and are going just over 9 an over.

India are 87/3 after 10 overs.

Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues are steadying the ship for India. The Women in Blue are 73/3 after eight overs.

The UAE bowlers have brought their team back into business with three wickets inside the powerplay. Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues are forced to deal in just singles at the moment.

Vaishanave Mahesh comes into the attack. Born in Chennai, Mahesh can be a wicket-taker and Esha Oza must be expecting the same from her.

Heena Hotchandani castled Dayalan Hemalatha and India are 56/3 after the end of the powerplay.

Dayalan Hemalathan departs for two and India are in a spot of bother.

Shafali Verma fails to put a short ball away and under-edges it to the wicketkeeper. India are 52/2 at the end of five overs.

India have raced to fifty inside five overs.

India are going at 10.5 runs per over and have scored 42 runs in four overs.

Dayalan Hemalatha has replaced Smriti in the middle. India are 36/1 after 3.2 overs.

Kavisha Egodage nets the big fish in the form of Smriti Mandhana. India are 23/1 after 2.2 overs.

Smriti Mandhana smashes a six and follows it up with a silky cover drive for a boundary. India are 23 for no loss after two overs.

India have accumulated eight runs in the first over.

The Indian openers are out in the middle.

Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana are expected to go hard at the UAE bowlers from the outset.

Tanuja Kanwar hails from Himachal Pradesh and plays for Gujarat Giants in the Women's Premier League. She was Gujarat's leading wicket-taker in WPL 2024.

Esha Rohit Oza (c), Theertha Satish (wk), Rinitha Rajith, Samaira Dharnidharka, Kavisha Egodage, Khushi Sharma, Heena Hotchandani, Vaishnave Mahesh, Rithika Rajith, Lavanya Keny, Indhuja Nandakumar

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

UAE have won the toss and are bowling first.

Tanuja Kanwar has been handed her debut cap. She will replace Shreyanka Patil in the playing XI.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) are desperately looking for a win. They lost to Nepal in their tournament opener by six wickets.

Tanuja Kanwar has replaced Shreyanka Patil in India's squad as her injury replacement. Will she replace Patil in the XI?

India will be without the services of Shreyanka Patil. The budding allrounder has been ruled out for the remainder of the tournament with a fractured finger.

The Women in Blue were extremely delighted after dishing out a clinical performance against Pakistan in their tournament opener. Let's revisit a riveting chat between Renuka Singh Thakur and Pooja Vastrakar after India's heroics.

• Played: 12 matches
• Won: 8 matches
• Lost: 3 matches
• No result: 1 match

India are currently third in the ICC women's T20I team rankings whereas UAE are 16th.

Both India and UAE have only met once in T20Is. It was also an Asia Cup meeting and the game was played on October 4, 2022, in Sylhet. India had beaten UAE by 104 runs in that fixture.

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