The Indian women's cricket team lifted the inaugural Asian
Cricket Council's Twenty20 Asia Cup after beating arch-rivals Pakistan by 18
runs in a low-scoring final at Guangzhou, china.
India's decision to bat
first seemed to have backfired when the team folded for 81 but the bowlers did
a splendid job to dismiss Pakistan to 63 in 19.1 overs.What was particularly
impressive about the Indian bowlers was their discipline, giving away just a
couple of wides from 19.1 overs, which they took to bowl out their opponents.
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"So happy for the girls even though I'm disappointed not to
have played because of my ankle. Winning this Asia Cup is a great achievement
and what's been special is how our team has become like a family over the
years, everyone contributes and plays for each other," said an elated
skipper Mithali Raj, who could not be a part of the team in final.
Electing to bat first,
Indian women did not have a good beginning as they lost both their openers
within the first couple of overs. Anuja Patil was the first one to be shown the
way to the pavillion by Sadia Yousuf. Sulakshana Naik soon followed suit to
leave India tottering at two for four. Poonam Raut (25) and stand-in skipper
Harmanpreet Kaur (20) tried to resurrect the Indian innings. The duo mixed
caution with aggression to raise 32 runs for the third wicket before Poonam
fall prey to tweaker Bismah Maroof.
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With Amita Sharma returning to the dugout in a hurry,
Harmanpreet joined hands with Reema Malhotra (18) to take the Indian innings
ahead. However, the two couldn't do much as skipper was made to pay for her
impetuosity by leg-spinner Sana Mir.
Indian tail couldn't
offer much with the bat as it was bundled out for just 81. Mona Meshram was the
last casualty, playing the last ball of the innings straight down to long on.
Pakistan, after an
initial jolt in the form of Qanita Jalil (2), tried to build their innings on
the back of Bismah Maroof (18) and skipper Sana Mir's (11) stand of 27 runs.
But with both the
batters falling within a span of one over things never looked the same for
Pakistan as they kept on losing the wickets on regular intervals.
The team lost nine
wickets for the addition of just 32 runs to hand India a comfortable 18-run
win.
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