India finish group league marketing campaign with crushing 9-wicket win over Thailand

The Indian bowlers hardly broke sweat to dismiss minnows Thailand for a paltry 37 earlier than knocking off the runs in simply six overs with 9 wickets in hand to high the seven-team group league within the Women’s Asia Cup.

The emphatic win was India’s fifth victory in six video games, with the one defeat coming in a low-scoring match in opposition to arch-rivals Pakistan. India have 10 factors from six video games and are anticipated to be joined by Pakistan, Sri Lanka and one amongst Thailand and Bangladesh within the semifinals. Bangladesh have a match left and they should simply win it to get pleasure from a greater internet run-rate (+0.423 after 5 video games) over Thailand (-0.949 in 6 video games).

A splendid bowling efficiency from #GroupIndia as Thailand are all out for 37!

3️⃣ wickets for Sneh Rana
2️⃣ wickets apiece for Rajeshwari Gayakwad & Deepti Sharma
1️⃣ wicket for Meghna Singh

Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/1AVHjyOrSL…#AsiaCup2022 | #INDvTHAI pic.twitter.com/1Sn0uYmoDU

— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) October 10, 2022

When stand-in skipper Smriti Mandhana gained the toss, she had no hesitation to place Thailand onto bat and from thereon, it grew to become an ordeal for the inexperienced Thai girls.

The gulf in school was so large that earlier than getting out within the sixteenth over, Thailand might handle solely 37 runs. The solely batter to succeed in double figures was Nannapat Koncharoenkai (12) because the second highest rating was 7 by Nattaya Boochatham. In truth, Nannapat and Natthakan Chantham’s (6) 13-run opening stand was their highest as wickets tumbled like 9 pins as soon as India have been in a position to drew the primary blood.
Predictably, off-break bowlers Deepti Sharma (2/10) and Sneh Rana (3/9) choked the run-flow and was duly backed by left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2/8). Meghna Singh additionally chipped in with a wicket whereas the one one to go wicketless was Pooja Vastrakar. Vastrakar (12 not out) was, nevertheless, was despatched up the order at No. 3 to get some batting time below her belt as she together with opener S Meghana (20 not out) knocked off the runs in simply six overs.

“A big shout out to all girls for making my 100th T20 International special,” stand-in skipper Mandhana mentioned after the match.

“I wouldn’t say weaker opposition and Thailand played good cricket but our bowlers really didn’t give them any chance,” Mandhana was all reward for her bowling unit. Player of the match Sneh Rana mentioned: “A win like this lifts confidence and we would definitely do well in the semifinal.”