India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Indian bowlers start well but yet to take a wicket

India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: The Indian bowlers have bowled well so far but they are yet to take their first Japanese wicket.

India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: The Japanese batters look a bit defensive. So far there is no real intention to go for big shots. Must be some strategy. They want to play all 20 overs, it seems. It’s a big game for them, against one of the biggest teams in the world. They don’t want to bomb it by being over-aggressive. May just fold for a nothing total.

India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Just two runs from the first over. A double off the third ball from the bat of Haruna Iwasaki. Lovely drive on the offside. Akari Nishimura Kano is the other Japanese batter. Good start for India. Nandani Sharma to bowl the second over.

India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Japan first. Host nation and there is plenty of support for them in the stands. Now it’s India. Very sober-looking Indian players. The Asia Cup was different. They were lively during national anthems.

India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Gunalan Kamalini, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Shree Charani, Shreyanka Patil, Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma

India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: They will face Bangladesh in the semifinals. The Bangladesh-China game was washed out yesterday without a single ball being bowled and the team from the subcontinent advanced to the next round on account of their better ranking.

India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: India have won the toss and decide to bowl first. That’s a bit surprising. One would have thought, they would bat first and put up a massive score. But maybe, they want to finish the match quickly. Get them out for a low total and then chase it down real quick.

India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: 18 minutes to the toss. Scheduled for 10 am. The boundaries are really small at Nisshin, between 60m and 65m. If India bat first, brace yourself for a run-fest.

India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: There are eight teams in the fray. Quarterfinals, semifinals, final and third-place playoff. The men’s format is slightly different. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are already in the quarters where they are awaiting their last-8 opponents. There is a group stage starting September 24 and the remaining four teams come from there. The rest is the same as the women’s format.

India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Haruna Iwasaki, Akari Nishimura Kano, Mai Yanagida(c), Shimako Kato, Erika Oda, Hinase Goto(w), Ahilya Chandel, Kurumi Ota, Ayumi Fujikawa, Elena Kusuda Nairn, Nonoha Yasumoto, Meg Ogawa, Seika Sumi, Erika Toguchi Quinn, Ayaka Kato-Stafford

India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Gunalan Kamalini, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh Thakur, Shreyanka Patil

India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: To our coverage of India’s quarterfinal against hosts Japan at Kisshin. The match will kick off at 10:30 am. Stay tuned for more updates.