The 2024 Women’s T20 Asian Cup is being held in Sri Lanka. The tournament started on July 19, 2024, and will continue till July 28. The T20 series began with a match between Nepal Women’s Team and UAE Women’s Team. India and UAE Women’s Teams met for the third match at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla. Esha Oza says this as India defeats UAE in the 2024 Women’s Asian Cup.
In the match, the UAE Women’s team won the toss and opted to bowl first. The Indian Women’s team scored 201/5 in 20 overs. The UAE Women’s team countered this with a dismal 123/7 in 20 overs, losing the match by 78 runs. India’s Richa Ghosh emerged as the Player of the Match. Richa scored 64 runs in 29 balls. She had an impressive strike rate of 220.69.
“We learned a lot,” said UAE captain Esha Rohit Oza after losing the match
UAE captain Esha Rohit Oza had a forgettable performance in the match. Oza scored 39 runs off 36 balls, maintaining a strike rate of 105.56. She also bowled for 2 overs, conceding 26 runs and taking no wickets. She had an economy rate of 13.
At the post-match ceremony, Esha Oza addressed the audience and spoke about her experience in the match. She also admitted that her team had done better than last time, learning from their mistakes.
“It was a great experience. I learnt a lot. In the Indian innings, we saw how to build an innings and also how to finish it. We used this as an experience to help us learn that. You are never satisfied when you play against such an opponent because the batting is deep,” Esha said.
Talking about the first wickets, he added: “Three wickets is a great start but you need to take all 10. We got a better score against a better team, that means we learned from our mistakes.”
Here are the playing lineups for both teams.
Here are the XI that will be playing for both India and UAE. India saw a minor change in the lineup from their last match as Shriyanka Patil was ruled out of the tournament due to a finger injury. She was replaced by Tanuja Kanwer.
India Women (Starting XI): Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur Singh, Tanuja Kanwar
UAE Women’s Team (Starting XI): Esha Rohit Oza(c), Theertha Satish(w), Rinitha Rajith, Samaira Dharnidharka, Kavisha Egodage, Khushi Sharma, Heena Hotchandani, Vaishnave Mahesh, Rithika Rajith, Lavanya Keny, Indhuja Nandakumar
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