Indian women emerge victorious in rain-curtailed encounter against Malaysia in the Asia Cup

Put into bat first, India roared wild, riding on the back of Sabbhineni Meghana’s powerful blast of 69 that came from only 53 balls while Shafali Verma finally managed to arrest her decline with a well-constructed 46 that came off just 39 deliveries.

Richa Ghosh created further problems for the Malaysians along with Taniya Bhatia with a power-packed 33 off just 19 balls that propelled India to a staggering 181 for the loss of 4. Amidst some heavy battering, Nur Dania Syuhada was the pick of the Malaysian lot with impressive figures of 2 for 9 from her solitary over.

Chasing a monumental 182, the Malaysians could not get off to a start and kept on rolling and rumbling against a high-flying Indian bowling unit. Deepti Sharma struck with the wicket of the Malaysian skipper, Winifred Duraisingam, with a peach while Rajeshwari Gayakwad removed Wan Julia.

If a slow start wasn’t enough to dampen the Malaysian spirits, the heavens cracked open just after the hallowed mark of 5 overs was completed and it started pouring vehemently leaving the game in shambles and also providing the much-needed essentials for the match officials to pick the winner of the contest.

As the Duckworth-Lewis method came into play, given the situation, Malaysia should have completed at least 46 runs by then to at least tie the encounter. Much to their woes, they were only stationed at 16 for the loss of 2 that gave India a second consecutive win, which did an ocean of good to their current campaign, providing them with the much-needed early steam.

Sabbhineni Meghana was awarded the player-of-the-match for her explosive 69 that set India perfectly on their way to a ginormous total.