JPNW vs INDW Asian Games 2026: The Indian women's cricket team has performed brilliantly in bowling against Japan in the fourth quarter-final of women's cricket of the Asian Games 2026. Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, Team India restricted Japan's innings to 57 runs. Japan team scored 57 runs after losing 10 wickets in 20 overs. Now India has a target of 58 runs to make it to the semi-finals.
Mr. Charani showed the magic of spin
Sri Charani was the most impressive among the Indian bowlers. He took 4 wickets for 10 runs in 4 overs. The Japanese batsmen were constantly in trouble in front of his accurate bowling. Sri Charani prevented Japan's innings from scoring big by taking wickets at crucial junctures.
Shafali Verma also made a great contribution with the ball. He took 2 wickets for 13 runs in 4 overs. Whereas, Shreyanka Patil and Deepti Sharma got 1 success each. The Indian bowlers maintained control over the run rate throughout the match.
Ayaka Kato-Stafford scored the most runs
For Japan, Ayaka Kato-Stafford scored 25 runs in 47 balls. She was the highest run scoring batsman of the team. Haruna Iwasaki scored 10 runs in 22 balls, while Akari Nishimura Kano could only score 2 runs in 10 balls.
Japan got 7 runs as extra in its innings. Most of the batsmen of the team could not make big partnerships in front of the Indian bowling. For Japan, Ayumi Fujikawa remained unbeaten after scoring 4 runs on 5 balls.
India has a target of 58 runs
After Japan's innings ended on 57 runs, the Indian women's team would have to score 58 runs to win. This match is a quarter-final, so India will be eyeing to achieve the target and make it to the semi-finals.
This performance of the Indian bowlers has put the team in a strong position. Now it will be the responsibility of the batsmen to chase the target with patience and take India's medal campaign forward in the Asian Games.