Women’s Asia Cup: In the Women’s T20 Asia Cup on Tuesday in Sylhet, Jemimah Rodrigues was at her merciless best, hitting an unbeaten 75 off 45 balls as India out-batted an inexperienced the United Arab Emirates by 104 runs. After the UAE temporarily sent shivers down the Indians’ spine by reducing the tournament favourites to 20 for 3 inside the fifth over, Jemimah and Deepti Sharma (64 off 49 balls) added 128 runs in 13.3 overs. But as India posted a difficult 178 for 5 in 20 overs, the difference in quality between the two teams grew more and more obvious.
In their chase, the UAE squad, which also includes 11 players of Indian descent, never even tried to try to be competitive, scoring 74 for 4 at the end of the allotted 20 overs.
Even though the crucial matches against Pakistan and Bangladesh have not yet been played, India has won three straight games and is unquestionably headed for a spot in the semi-finals. While Smriti Mandhana, S Meghana, and an uninspired Shafali Verma swiftly returned to the dugout, Jemimah and Deepti initially stabilised the situation till the 12th over before turning up the heat in the end as the UAE bowlers struggled to manage the run-flow.
Deepti had five fours and two sixes, including one that was slog-swept behind “45” off a medium pacer, compared to Jemimah’s 11 boundaries.
Jemimah had two main scoring areas, one between the cover and extra cover and the other in the arc between square leg and deep mid-wicket.
The UAE captain deployed up to eight bowlers, but the final six overs were a complete disaster as 72 runs were scored during them. The UAE hitters had an extremely cautious attitude in chasing, and they were more concerned with avoiding losing wickets after being down to 5 for 3 by the conclusion of the second over.
In a 59-run stand, Kavisha Egodage (30 not out, 54 balls) and Khushi Sharma (29, 50 balls) did little but avoid being bowled. Smriti Mandhana, the substitute captain for India, was undoubtedly ecstatic with the victory.
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