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Women's Asia Cup T20 Final: Despite Harmanpreet Kaur's 56, India stutter to below par 112/9 against Bangladesh

Here's the first innings report from the Women's Asia Cup T20 final between India and Bangladesh.

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India posted a below par 112/9 from their quota of 20 overs in the final of the Women's Asia Cup T20 against Bangladesh on Sunday. The total was achieved on the back of a well-compiled half-century from skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.

Bangladesh captain Salma Khatun won the toss at the Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur, and elected to bowl in what seemed like decent conditions to bat. India, though, got off to a poor start with the in-form Smriti Mandhana getting run-out for seven in the fourth over.

It kept going downhill for the Indians from there as wickets fell consistently. Kaur was the lone batter to show some fight as she walked in at four and batted right through till the end. The 29-year-old got out on the final delivery of the innings and finished with 56 from 42 balls with seven fours.

Veteran Mithali Raj (11), Veda Krishnamurthy (11) and Jhulan Goswami (10) were the only others in the Indian team to even get to double digit scores. There was one odd dismissal in the Indian innings, with Anuja Patil get out obstructing the field. The middle-order batswoman was guilty of changing directions while attempting to get back inside the crease.

For Bangladesh, Rumana Ahmed and Khadija Tul Kubra picked two wickets while Jahanara Alam and Khatun got a wicket each.

Here are a few glimpses of the Indian team from Sunday

On Saturday, India sailed into the final of the women's Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament with a seven-wicket drubbing of arch-rivals Pakistan in their last round robin match. Electing to bat after winning the toss, Pakistan were restricted to 72 for seven in the allotted 20 overs at the Kinrara Academy Oval.

Left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht was the most successful India bowler, claiming impressive figures of 3/14 in her four-over spell. The others chipped in with a scalp apiece, although pace spearhead Jhulan Goswami went wicket-less surprisingly. Bisht was named Player of the Match.

Chasing a meagre target, India completed the task with as many as 23 balls to spare. Opener Smriti Mandhana top-scored with 38 off 40 balls while skipper Harmanpreet Kaur made 34 in 49 deliveries. This was India's fourth win in five matches, their only reverse being the shocking defeat to Bangladesh. But they bounced back in style, winning against Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

(Inputs from PTI)

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