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The final four of the ongoing edition of the Women's Asia Cup 2024 are decided. As expected India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh have sealed their spot in the semi-finals of this tournament. Both SL and BAN picked up dominant wins in their final group games on July 24 (Wednesday) to ensure their qualification into the next round.
Bangladesh women beat Malaysia by 114 runs
Murshida Khatun and captain Nigar Sultana's astonishing half-centuries helped the Bangladesh women post a massive total of 191 runs in 20 overs at the loss of just 2 wickets. Then they were absolutely dominating with the ball as well. They restricted Malaysia women to 77/8 in the second inning to win the match by a massive margin of 114 runs. Nahida Akter got two wickets in her four-over spell by giving just 13 runs and the rest of the bowlers got one wicket each. Rumana Ahmen who only bowled one over was the only wicket-less Bangladesh bowler. Murshida Khatun won the Player of the Match for her 80-run knock-off 59 balls.
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"Definitely, a win always feel good. The way we batted, was wonderful. Consistency by batters has been pleasing, Murshida has done well, with ball, Nahida and Rabeya - very happy. We're looking forward to play good cricket, execute game plans. I have belief in my team, I know how capable they are. Ball was coming on nicely," said Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana in the post-match presentation.
Sri Lanka pick up a dominant 10-wicket win over Thailand
Sri Lanka will head into the semi-finals as the second-only unbeaten team after India. They defeated Thaliand in a dominant fashion in their final group game. Bowling first SL women restricted THAI-W on a paltry total of 93/7. Kavisha Dilhari was the pick of bowlers as she got two wickets in her four-over spell by giving just 13 runs. Then during the second innings, openers Vishmi Gunaratne and Chamari Athapaththu effortlessly chased down the target with 10 wickets and 51 balls remaining.
“Enjoying my cricket, don't want to take too much risk. Just wanna play my natural game. Approach was see-ball-hit-ball. I enjoy hitting sixes because I work hard doing power hitting in the nets, so I continue it in the middle. I didn't think of my individual landmark, was just thinking of winning the game [when asked about the bye they took to finish the game]. We wanna take it one game at a time, just be serious but at the same time not take too much pressure on my shoulders,” said Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu in the post-match presentation.
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