Shafali Verma's fifty, Deepti's blast, India set a target of 150 runs for Bangladesh in the semi-finals of Women's Asia Cup 2026.

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IND vs BAN: The first semi-final match of Women's Asia Cup 2026 is being played between India and Bangladesh women's cricket team. Team India, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 149 runs for 6 wickets. That means Bangladesh will now have to score 150 runs to win. Opener Shafali Verma played the highest innings of 64 runs for Team India. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 24 unbeaten runs. Apart from this, Richa Ghosh contributed 21 runs and Pratika Rawal contributed 20 runs. Whereas for Bangladesh, Sultana Khatun took 2 wickets. While Nahida Akhtar and Rabeya Khan got 1 success each.

Smriti Verma was out early

Team India, who came to bat first in this semi-final match against Bangladesh, started the innings with Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma. India had a bad start. Team India lost the first wicket in the second over at the score of 9 runs. Sultana Khatoon dismissed Smriti Mandhana. Mandhana walked out after scoring only 2 runs. Shafali Verma also had a catch dropped in the same over.

Half-century partnership between Shafali Verma and Pratika Rawal

After this, Shafali Verma, along with Pratika Rawal, who came to bat at number-3, took India's innings forward, but then Team India got the second blow at the score of 59 runs. Rabeya Khatun dismissed Pratika Rawal and sent her to the pavilion. Pratika was out after scoring 20 runs on 24 balls.

Shafali Verma returned to the pavilion after playing a brilliant innings.

After this, the Indian team got its third blow at the score of 92 runs in the 14th over. Opener Shafali Verma was out after playing a brilliant innings. Sultana Khatun made him her victim. Shafali played a stormy inning of 64 runs in 40 balls, which included 7 fours and 3 sixes.

Deepti Sharma scored fast runs, captain Harmanpreet Kaur remained unbeaten

After the dismissal of Shafali Verma, captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh made a small partnership, but Richa could not do anything special and was out after scoring 21 runs in 16 balls. During this, 2 sixes came from his bat. After this, Deepti Sharma played an inning of 13 runs in 6 balls and took Team India's score beyond 140. Deepti hit a four and a six. Whereas captain Harmanpreet Kaur remained unbeaten after scoring 24 runs on 28 balls. He hit 2 sixes.

This is the playing 11 of both the teams:

Playing 11 of Indian women's cricket team: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Prema Rawat, Shri Charani, Kranti Gaur, Nandini Sharma.

Playing 11 of Bangladesh women's cricket team: Dilara Akhtar, Zuaria Firdous, Sobhana Mostori, Nigar Sultana (wicketkeeper/captain), Sharmin Akhtar, Shorna Akhtar, Fahima Khatoon, Nahida Akhtar, Rabeya Khan, Sultana Khatoon, Marufa Akhtar.

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