India skittle out Malaysia for 27, win by 142 runs in Asia Cup
Opener Mithali Raj’s unbeaten 97 followed by medium-pacer Pooja Vastrakar’s 3/6 helped India register a resounding 142-run victory over hosts Malaysia in a Women’s T20 Asia Cup tie at the Kinrara Academy Oval here on Sunday.
After putting on 169 runs, the Indian bowlers managed to bundle out the home team for just 27 as none of the Malaysian batsmen touched double digits.
Opting to bat, India women in blue began proceedings on a shaky note, losing opener Smriti Mandhana (2) and Vastrakar (16) for just 35 runs in 6.1 overs.
However, Mithali kept one end safe and forged a crucial 86-run partnership for the third wicket with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (35 off 23 balls) to take her side past the 100-run mark.
Harmanpreet fell in the 15th over with India’s score at 121.
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Deepti Sharma chipped in with an unbeaten 18 to help India reach 169 runs. Mithali’s 97-run knock came off 69 balls, which contained 13 fours and a six.
Malaysia were off to a disastrous start as they host lost half the side in the first five overs with the score at 12. Captain Winifred Duraisingam (5), Sasha Azmi (9), and Zumika Azmi (4) tried their best to put up some resistance. However the side succumbed in 13.4 overs.
Brief scores: India 169/3 (M Raj 97*, Harmanpreet 32) bt Malaysia 27 in 13.4 overs (P Vastrakar 3/6, P Yadav 2/0, A Patil 2/9) by 142 runs