Women’s Asia Cup T20 2024 India breach record during stunning second win

Action from the match (Visuals Credit: AC

A brilliant cameo from Richa Ghosh and a splendid half-century from Harmanpreet Kaur led India to their highest total in Women’s T20Is.

India recorded their second successive win in the Women’s Asia Cup T20 2024 with a 78-run victory over UAE in Group A of the tournament.

Sent in to bat in Dambulla, Shafali Verma set the tone with a fiery 18-ball 37 as the team raced to 56 inside the Powerplay overs despite losing three wickets.

Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues stabilised the innings before the latter was sent back by Kavisha Egodage in the 12th over.

Richa Ghosh walked out thereafter, and joined forces with Harmanpreet Kaur.

The duo smashed the bowling to all corners, stitching together a 75-run partnership off just 45 balls.

Harmanpreet brought up her fifty in the 18th over off 41 balls and was eventually dismissed off the first ball of the final over, when the total was still only 181. Richa went about smashing five successive boundaries to end the innings on a high as India posted a 200-plus total for the first time in Women’s T20Is.

Their previous best total was 198/4 against England in 2018.