Cricket is the game of passion and skills. Majority of the Indian Audience loves the game of cricket and their excitement also rises from time to time, just like recently in the finals of India vs South Africa on 29 June 2024. But do you know about the Asia cup match on 28 July 2024 where India has placed her position in the semi finals? No.. not the Men’s Asia Cup but the Women’s Asia Cup. Lets analyze Bangladesh Women vs India Women’s national cricket team match scorecard performance with the results and the major highlights and what was the result of the final.
Bangladesh Women vs India women’s national cricket team match starting
Bangladesh Women won the toss and decided to bat first. This was a kind of pressure for the India Women Cricketers since men cricketers performed well in the world cup approximately 1 month ago. This match was played on Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium located in Dambulla, Sri Lanka which has the capacity of 16800 seats
Bangladesh women vs India women’s national cricket team match scorecard
Let’s go through the Bangladesh Women vs India women’s national cricket team match scorecard
Bangladesh Women
Since, Bangladesh Women decided to bat first, lets analyze their performance through their scorecard below
| Batswoman | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dilara Akter (wk) Catch- Uma Chetry, Ball- Renuka Singh | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 150.00 |
| Murshida Khatun Catch- Shafali Verma, Ball- Renuka Singh | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 |
| Ishma Tanjim Catch- Tanuja Kanwar, Ball- Renuka Singh | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Nigar Sultana (c) Catch- Deepti Sharma, Ball- Radha Yadav | 32 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 62.75 |
| Rumana Ahmed Ball- Radha Yadav | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
| Rabeya Khatun Catch- Shafali Verma, Ball- Pooja Vastrakar | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| Ritu Moni Stump- Richa Ghosh, Ball- Deepti Sharma | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Shorna Akter Not Out | 19 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 105.56 |
| Nahida Akter Ball- Radha Yadav | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Marufa Akter Not Out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
There were 4 extras which comprised 1 No Ball, 2 wide and 1 leg bye. The total runs scored by the team Bangladesh Women was only 80 runs with 8 wickets in 20 overs. Some players like Jahanara Alam didn’t get the chance to bat. The highest run taker was captain Nigar Sultana who scored 32 runs in 51 balls having the strike rate of 62.75. Now, what you are thinking is what is the concept of strike rate? It is basically the percentage of number of runs a player scored with the number of balls played. Higher the strike rate is better for the batter.
The highest number of 6s was played by Dilara Akter(1) and the highest number of 4s was played by Murshida Khatun, Nigar Sultana and Shorna Akter(2 each).
Indian Women bowler performance
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renuka Singh | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2.50 |
| Pooja Vastrakar | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 |
| Tanuja Kanwar | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Deepti Sharma | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3.50 |
| Radha Yadav | 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3.50 |
The highest wicket taker from Bangladesh Women was Renuka Singh and Radha Yadav (3 each) and the maximum runs were given by Pooja Vastrakar(25). The lowest no. of economy rate was with Renuka Singh(2.50). Now, you are thinking, economy in cricket? Let me just elaborate it, it basically means the no. of overs a bowler bowled with respect to the runs sacrificed. Lower the economy rate, better for the bowlers.
India Women
After completion of an innings, and upto half an hour break, India Started to bat. Lets analyze their performance through their scorecard
| Batswoman | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shafali VermaNot Out | 26 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 92.86 |
| Smriti Mandhana Not Out | 55 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 141.03 |
There were 2 extras which comprised 1 No Ball and 1 wide. The total runs scored by the team India Women was 83 runs with no wickets in 11 overs. Some players like Uma Chetry, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Tanuja Kumar and Renuka Singh didn’t get the chance to bat. The highest run taker was Smriti Mandhana who scored 55 runs in 39 balls having the strike rate of 141.03. The highest number of 6s was played by Smriti Mandhana(1) and the highest number of 4s was played by Smriti Mandhana(9).
Let’s analyze how the Bangladesh Women bowler performed in the match
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marufa Akter | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 |
| Nahida Akter | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 11.33 |
| Jahanara Alam | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.67 |
| Rabeya Khatun | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Rumana Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 |
The highest wicket taker from Bangladesh Women were taken by all players(0 each) and the maximum runs were given by Nahida Akter(34). The lowest no. of economy rate was with Rabeya Khatun and Rumana Ahmed(5.00).
Important note: The term (c) stands for captain of their team and (wk) for the wicketkeeper of their team.
India women vs Bangladesh Women‘s national cricket team match results
India Women won the semi finals of Asia Cup by 10 wickets and are ready to be on the finals list on 28 July 2024. The players and the audience were celebrating and expecting their 8th title on the ground of Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium located in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. The player of the match was given to Renuka Singh who took 3 wickets and surrendered 10 runs in just 4 overs
Bangladesh women vs India women’s national cricket team match highlights
After the match, the Bangladesh women captain stated “We need to fix our batting. We are losing a lot of games because of it and couldn’t understand what we wanted. We lost too many wickets in the PowerPlay and that impaired us. When the top order is not making runs, it is difficult for teams to come up with runs.” while Player of the match Renuka Singh says, “When you work hard, every wicket is special. It’s a big match and it feels good to do well.” and the captain of India women cricket team Smriti Mandhana says, “Bowlers did very well. Good to see plans being performed.
They’re coming up with brilliant ideas, hitting the right line and length. They step up when I need them to and I can’t ask for more. Consistency is important for us. We’ve been doing well for a long time. We hope to keep doing well and have been dominating Asian cricket and want to keep doing what we are doing for a long time. We prepare ourselves very hard in nets, so that when we go out there, we don’t feel pressure.”
The final Match
We don’t get the results we expect. Hence, on 28 July 2024, Sri Lanka Women won by 8 wickets, India Women scored 165 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs while Sri Lanka Women scored 167 runs with 2 wickets in 18.4 overs. The player of the match was given to Harshitha Samarawickrama(SL-W) while the player of the tournament was given to Chamari Athapaththu(SL-W).
