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India rode on vice-captain Smriti Mandhana's record breaking 124 off just 64 balls, her highest score in T20 Internationals, to thrash Hong Kong by 137 runs and enter the Women's Asia Cup final here on Thursday. India had earlier defeated Thailand by 94 runs in their tournament opener. Mandhana single-handedly powered India to 193 for five against Hong Kong. The left-handed opener struck 17 fours and seven hits over the fence during her knock. For Hong Kong, off-spinner Marina Lamplough picked up two wickets for 46 runs. Chasing the target, Hong Kong were bundled out for just 56 in 16.2 overs Brief Score: India: 193 for 5 in 220 overs (Smriti Mandhana 124, Marina Lamplough 2/46). Hong Kong: 56 all out in 16.2 overs (Natasha Miles 15; Deepti Sharma 3/9).
Shafali Verma's belligerent 64 set the tone before Deepti Sharma's record-breaking three-wicket burst without conceding a run powered India to a thumping 94-run win over Thailand in their Women's T20 Asia Cup opener here on Sunday. The flamboyant opener smashed eight fours and three sixes in her 36-ball knock before Thailand's spinners, led by Suleeporn Laomi's three-wicket haul, triggered an inexplicable Indian collapse to restrict the seven-time champions to 159/9. But the total proved more than enough as Thailand folded for 65 in 16.1 overs, with Deepti, playing in her landmark 150th T20I, claiming three wickets in seven balls without conceding a run to take her tally to 171 wickets, becoming the outright leading wicket-taker in Women's T20I cricket. The 29-year-old veteran allrounder, who became the only the third Indian after Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana to reach the 150 T20I landmark, had earlier drawn level with Thailand's Thipatcha Putthawong at 170 wickets after ..
The BCCI is hopeful that the Asia Cup winners Trophy will reach its headquarters in Mumbai "within a day or two" but if the impasse continues, the Indian Board will take the matter to the ICC on November 4. India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan by five wickets in the final in Dubai to win the Asia Cup, but declined to accept the trophy from Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who also serves as ACC and PCB chairman. This was after India skipper Suryakymar Yadav refused to shake hands with his Pakistan counterpart due to the conflict between the two nations. Naqvi has already conveyed that the trophy can be handed over to India but it will be presented by him. More than a month after the triumph, the BCCI still awaits the official handover of the silverware. "Yes, we are a little bit unhappy with the way the trophy has not been being given to us even after a month," BCCI joint secretary Devajit Saikia told PTI Video in an exclusive interaction. "We are pursuing this matter, a