IND W vs THA W: Shefali Verma scored a stormy half-century, Team India gave Thailand a target of 160 runs to win.

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IND W vs THA W : The third match of the Women's Asia Cup 2026 is being played between India and Thailand. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur lost the toss at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. In this match, Thailand captain Naruemol Chaiwai won the toss and decided to bowl first. Indian women's cricket team, batting first after losing the toss, scored 159 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Shefali Verma scored the most runs for India. He played a explosive half-century inning of 64 runs for the team. Now Thailand has to score 160 runs to win this match.

Valuable innings came from the bats of Mandhana and Pratika

In this match, Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana came to start the innings for India. Both of them made a partnership of 38 runs in 2.6 overs for the first wicket. India got the first blow in the form of Mandhana, she was run out after scoring 19 runs with 4 fours in 10 balls. After that, India got the second blow from debutant Pratika Rawal. Raval played an inning of 22 runs in 18 balls with 2 fours and 1 six with a strike rate of 122.22. He was dismissed by Suliporn Laomi.

Shefali Verma created a stir by scoring a half century

Shefali Verma, who came to open the innings for India, created a stir by playing a half-century. Shefali completed her half-century by scoring 50 runs in 26 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes. Shefali played an inning of 64 runs in 36 balls with 8 fours and 3 sixes. Thanks to his innings, Team India has completed 100 runs in 60 balls i.e. 10 overs.

These batsmen of Team India returned to the pavilion cheaply

After this, Harmanpreet Kaur returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs and Richa Ghosh returned to the pavilion with a personal score of 0. After this, Deepti Sharma played an inning of 5 runs in her 150th international match. She ran out and returned to the pavilion. For the team, Bharatiya Phoolmali played an inning of 16 runs and Prema Rawat played an inning of 6 runs. Nandani Sharma contributed 1 run, Kranti Gaur 15 runs and Shri Charani contributed 6 runs for the team.

Whereas Suliporn Laomi took the most wickets for Thailand. He dismissed three Indian batsmen, which included the wickets of Shefali Verma, Pratika Rawal and Richa Ghosh. Whereas Thipatcha Puthavong took 1 wicket and Sunida Chaturongaratana took 2 important wickets.

Playing-11 of India and Thailand

India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Prateek Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh (wicket keeper), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, N Sri Charani, Kranti Gaur, Nandani Sharma.

Thailand: Aphisara Suwanchonrathi, Nattakan Chantam, Phannita Maya, Nannapat Koncharoenkai (wk), Chanida Suthiruang, Naomi Hamilton, Suleporn Laomi, Nannaphat Chaihan, Sunida Chaturongrattana, Thipacha Puthavong (c), Onnicha Kamchomphu.

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