Opener Sabbhineni Meghna (69) batted with authority to register his maiden T20I half-century as India beat Malaysia by 30 runs utilizing the Duckworth-Lewis technique in a rain-stopped Asia Cup match right here on Monday.
Replacing vice-captain Smriti Mandhana on the helm, Meghna hit a career-best 69 off 53 balls to assist India put up 181 for 4. In reply, Malaysia had been 16/2 in 5.2 overs when rain stopped play, far behind the 46-run mark which was the D/L equal rating when the match was cancelled.
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With the win, India moved as much as the second place on the factors desk with 4 factors behind Pakistan.
After asking India to bat, Meghna took the Malaysian bowling assault to the sword as she posted her career-best rating within the format. Big hit Shafali Verma, who was struggling for type, additionally pitched, however the teenager appeared scratchy for essentially the most a part of her 46-run knock.
Meghna made the many of the alternatives offered to her as she performed the function of an attacker with the very first ball. He hit the ball throughout the bottom within the powerplay, hitting boundaries in each over as India achieved 47/0 within the first six overs.
She was dropped for 14 within the third over by skipper Winifred Duraisingam (2/36) and the right-handed batsman paid the Malaysian for the error as she was on fifty with a boundary.
Poor fielding added to Malaysia’s troubles because the Indian girls appeared set to attain 200-plus.
However, Duraisingam took the massive wicket of Meghna. The Indian tried to drive the ball straight into the arms of additional cowl, sending your entire Malaysian crew right into a frenzy.
Shafali, who had performed second to perfection, hit a few sixes however failed to hold the momentum after Meghna was dismissed. Richa Ghosh moved as much as the third spot and the younger wicketkeeper performed a fluent 33 runs, with the gaps discovered superbly.
But Shafali struggled to select up the tempo as Malaysia tightened their bowling and fielding, whereas a mini-battery additionally collapsed.
In the ultimate over, Shafali was bowled by 17-year-old Noor Dania Ciudad (2/9) on the primary ball earlier than the spinner dismissed Kiran Navgire (0) off the following ball.
It would have been three wickets for {the teenager} if Richa had not been dropped at deep mid-wicket for 31.
Defending 181, spinners Deepti Sharma (1/10) and Rajeshwari Gaikwad (1/6) dismissed openers Winifred Duraisingam (0) and Van Julia (1) earlier than the rain stopped.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
