Spin duo of Shreyanka Patil and Mannat Kashyap starred with the ball after a sedate batting effort to guide the India U-꧑23 team to the Women's Emerging Asia Cup T20 title with a 31-run win over Bangladesh in the final on Wednesday.
Electing to bat, India first posted a modest 127 for seven before the bowl🅺ers rose to the occasion 🦋with Patil (4/13) and Kashyap (3/20) sharing seven wickets between them to bundle out Bangladesh for 96 in 19.2 overs.
Off-break𝔍꧅ bowler Kanika Ahuja (2/23) also chipped in with two wickets.
It was complete spin show from the Indians with off-s𒐪pinner Patil and slow left-arm orthodox Kashyap ruling 🧸the roost on a slow Mission Road Ground pitch.
Sobhana Mostary and Nahida Akter scored 16 runs each, while Nahida 🐠Akter remained stranded on 17 not out for Bangladesh.
Earlier, Dinesh Vrinda (36 off 29) was the top-scorer ♔for India while Kanika Ahuja remaine🧔d unbeaten on 30 off 23 balls.
It was a struggle for Indian batters as only four of them managed double digit scores with Bangladesh bowlers picking up wickets at regular intervals, not allowing India to ꦫbuild any substantial partnership.
Besides Vrinda and Ahu💦ja, wicketkeeper U Chetry (22) and skipper Shweta Sehrawat (13) were the other two Indian batters to reach double digit scores.
For Bangladesh, slow left-arm orthodox bowler Nahida Akter (2/13) and off-spinner Sultana Khatun (2/30) picked up two wickets apiece. India progressed to the final after their semif😼inal against Sri Lanka was washed out without a ball being bowled on Tuesday.
In a bizarre run of events, India plaℱyed only one game in the run-up to the final, their opener against hosts Hong Kong, which they won by nine wickets.
India's other three matches, including the semifinal against Sri Lanka, were washed out without a ball being bowled🥂.
In fact, rain played spoilsport throughout 🅰the tournament, forcing as many as eight games to be washed out.
