The Indian cricket team played its last group stage match against Nepal in the Women's Asia Cup 2024. This match was played at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium in Sri Lanka, where Team India won in a one-sided manner and also confirmed its ticket to the semi-finals. The special thing was that Pakistan also benefited greatly from this victory of Team India. In fact, along with India, Pakistan also made its place in the semi-finals.

Team India achieved a hat-trick of victories

Team India defeated Nepal by 82 runs in this match. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur was rested in this match.

In such a situation, Smriti Mandhana took over the command of Team India in the match. Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to bat first and put a big score on the board. Team India managed to score 178 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. During this, an explosive innings was seen from the bat of opener Shefali Verma.

Shefali Verma played an innings of 81 runs in 48 balls, which included 12 fours and 1 six. In this match, Dayalan Hemalatha opened with Shefali Verma, she scored 47 runs with the help of 5 fours and 1 six. At the same time, Jemima Rodriguez contributed 28 runs not out.

Nepal's batting flopped

After bowling, Nepal's team also flopped in batting. In response to the target of 179 runs, Nepal's team could only score 96 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. During this, Deepti Sharma was India's most successful bowler. Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets for 13 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Arundhati Reddy and Radha Yadav took 2-2 wickets each.

India and Pakistan reached the semi-finals

Actually, the teams of India, Pakistan, Nepal and UAE were in the same group. During this time, Team India won all its matches and topped the points table with 6 points.

Pakistan's team won 2 out of 3 matches and lost against India. Due to which they finished second in the points table with 4 points. Nepal, on the other hand, finished third with 1 win in three matches. On the other hand, the UAE team had to face defeat in all three matches.

Pakistan's team won 2 out of 3 matches and lost against India. Due to which they finished second in the points table with 4 points. Nepal, on the other hand, finished third with 1 win in three matches. On the other hand, the UAE team had to face defeat in all three matches.