Women's Asia Cup: India Creates History, Blazes Past Records With Unmatched T20I Total

After the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 Sunday Match in Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, Dambulla between India and UAE, the Indian Women's Cricket team has added their name to the History Books. The team set another record and created history in this tournament with an unmatched T20I Total. 

Read the given news article and learn in detail about Women India’s fantastic performance in the Asia Cup tournament. 

Women’s Asia Cup 2024

The Women’s Asia Cup for this year started on July 19th (Friday), and its final match is expected to occur on July 28th (Sunday). Indian Women’s team is performing well in this tournament. They have won both of their matches against Pakistan and UAE in this cricket event. 

The Indian Women's Cricket team has added their name to the History Books after the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 Sunday Match in Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, Dambulla against the UAE. The team set another record and created history in this tournament with an unmatched T20I Total. 

Women’s Asia Cup 2024: India vs UAE Best Performers

The finest Partnership between Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh was specifically noticed. Their flow set the tone of a record-breaking performance. Both of them ruled over the bowlers of UAE in their last match on Sunday (21st July) and performed awesomely in the final overs.  

How much did India score as a team against UAE on 21st July?

In their dominant game against UAE, the women’s team India created a total of 201/5 in 20 Overs. With this, they have registered the very first 200-plus total in the Women’s T20Is.

Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana, the openers of the squad made a strong base in the start. Later, the middle-order players, captain Harmanpreet Kaur, and Richa Ghosh, got all the attention. 

Richa Ghosh, popular as an aggressive bats-women, brilliantly played with her bat, on the other hand, Harmanpreet Kaur the skipper of the squad, hit superbly in the innings. Both Ghosh and Karu made a half-century and kept the scoreboard on the high side for India. 

Who became the first Wicketkeeper-batter to score a half-century in Asia Cup History?

Richa Ghosh, from the Indian Women’s team, became the first wicketkeeper-batter to score a half-century in the Asia Cup history. She made this record on 21st July in a match against UAE. 

• She made a rapid 64 only in 29 balls including 12 fours and one huge six in this innings. 
• Her performance in this match supported the Indian side and made them achieve a great total of 200 runs for the first time in the Asia Cup Sunday match. 
• It was the very first 200-plus total in the Women’s T20Is.

How did the captain of the Indian Women’s Cricket team perform against UAE?

Harmnpreet Kaur, the captain of the Indian Women's Cricket team, supported Richa Ghosh in making a huge total for the team in the match against UAE. She has scored an unbeaten 66 runs in just 47 balls. Due to this, India was able to maintain a higher run rate. Her captaincy was visible when she smartly rotated the strike and used each ball as a great scoring opportunity. 

How much did the UAE women score in this match?

The Women UAE team in the second innings on Sunday (21st July) scored a total of 123/7 runs in 20 overs against Women India who scored 201/5  in 20 overs in the first innings.

Conclusion

The blog covers all the fresh record made by India in the Women T20I format  in which they scored over 200 runs for the very first time while playing against UAE in an Asia Cup 2024 match on 21st July (Sunday).