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Bangladesh beat India to clinch Asia Cup crown

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Published: 06:26, 10 June 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Bangladesh beat India to clinch Asia Cup crown

Sports Desk: It was dream come true for Bangladesh and a befitting end of a fairy tale as Tigresses overcame all the hurdles to beat the fancied India by three wickets in a nerve wrecking final of the Women’s Asia Cup final to lift their maiden crown at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

Six time champions in a row India were asked to bat first and they struggled all the way to put on a face saving 112 for nine wickets in their allotted 20 overs and in reply Bangladesh chasing their first ever run chase in the final faltered midway but managed to hold on against experienced Indian bowline up to reach home in the very last delivery of the match scoring 113 for seven wickets in 20 overs.

 


For Bangladesh, Rumana Ahmed earned two wickets of 22 runs and Khadija Tul Kubra hit two wickets off 23 runs.

Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field first in the match against India.

This is Bangladesh’s second win against India in the tournament as the Tigresses earlier got a seven-wicket victory in the league phase.    

Bangladesh started the campaign in the meet with a six-wicket loss against Sri Lanka in the first game, and then bounced back for four successive victories; registering seven-wicket wins each against Pakistan and India, crushed Thailand by nine wickets before Saturday’s huge70-run victory against host side Malaysia for final berth.

However, before the day Bangladesh never tasted any title of continental or international tournament in the team-event of any sports disciplines.

 

Teams:

Bangladesh XI: Shamima Sultana (wk), Ayasha Rahman, Fargana Hoque, Sanjida Islam, Fahima Khatun, Jahanara Alam, Nigar Sultana, Rumana Ahmed, Salma Khatun (c), Khadija Tul Kubra, Nahida Akter

India XI: Mithali Raj, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Anuja Patil, Jhulan Goswami, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Ekta Bisht, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav

 


 

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