India vs Nepal Highlights Women’s Asia Cup T20 2024: Deepti Sharma stars as India defeat Nepal by 82 runs to qualify for semis
July 23, 2024
India vs Nepal Highlights, IND-W vs NEP-W Asia Cup T20 Match Today: Deepti Sharma starred with 3 wickets as India defeated Nepal by 82 runs to qualify for semifinal stage. Arundhati Reddy and Radha Yadav also chipped in with 2 wickets each.
Indian openers Shafali Verma (81) and Dayalan Hemalatha (47) stitched together 122 runs for the first wicket as India posted 178/3 against Nepal.
Earlier, India’s stand-in captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and elect to bat first against Nepal in their final Group A game at the 2024 Women’s Asia Cup on Tuesday.
Follow highlights of IND W vs NEP W from Dambulla below.
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Women's Asia Cup 2024, IND W vs NEP W Highlights: Catch all the highlights between India Women vs Nepal Women from Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium
When Richa Ghosh walked into bat in Dambulla on Sunday against the UAE, India’s score read 106/4 in the 12th over. Batting entry point in T20 cricket is one of the most critical tactical aspects these days and for India’s sake, the young wicketkeeper couldn’t have asked for better timing. Eight overs and a bit left, a solid foundation laid despite losing three wickets within the powerplay. nd Ghosh made the most of her time in the middle, with a blistering 64 off 29 balls, in an innings that was embellished by 12 fours and a six, finishing with a stunning strike-rate of 220.68. (READ MORE)
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India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: IND win by 82 runs
Last 4 balls and can India wipe out this Nepal innings? Looks for a stump out now. Pretty tight here. The batter might be just in. And yes, it not out. 2 more balls left. And 2 runs to end. A run out check now. And she's in. IND win
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 93/9 after 19.2 overs
Nepal need 86 from 6 now. It's academic from here as India will most definitely go to the semis. Deepti to bowl this one. A check going on for a catch now. Looks clean and that has to be out. That's the third for Deepti.
Kajal Shrestha c and b Deepti Sharma 3(7)
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 93/8 after 19 overs
Down to the last 2 overs and Arundhati will bowl the penultimate one. Just 1 from the first 2 balls. 2 more from Rawal next. And a boundary from misfield by Shafali. 7 from this one.
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 86/8 after 18 overs
Tanuja Kanwar in to bowl the 18th and starts with 4 dots as Bindu can't get off strike. Will this be another maiden? No, Bindu finally gets off the mark with a single. 2 from this one
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 84/8 after 17 overs
Radha Yadav in the attack and she strikes!! Dolly Bhatta comnes across the off stump and the off-pace delivery gets an outer edge and Richa takes the catch.
Dolly Bhatta c Richa Ghosh b Radha Yadav 5(4)
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 81/7 after 16 overs
S Sajana in the attack now and Bindu Rawal with aboundary off the 4th ball!! Nepal are not going down without a fight here. Ends the over with a 4!! 11 from this one
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 70/7 after 15 overs
Renuka Singh back in the attack and gives away 4 leg byes to start!! 2 more runs from the next 3 deliveries. A run out check now. And that's out!! And that's another down.
Puja Mahato run out (Deepti Sharma) 2(12)
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 64/6 after 14 overs
And is this another one?? Yes!! Huge shout for an LBW and Kabita Joshi has been given out LBW in the last ball of the 14th as Deepti snaps up her 2nd.
Kabita Joshi lbw b Deepti Sharma 0(2)
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 64/5 after 13.4 overs
Deepti in to bowl her third over and starts with a dot. The run rate is almost 18 now. And a dot next gets it over 18 r.p.o. Rubina breaks the shackles and goes down the ground for a 6!! Nepal will need a lot more than that. AND SHE'S GONE THE NEXT BALL!! CLEANED UP!!
Rubina Chhetry b Deepti Sharma 15(16)
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 58/4 after 13 overs
Tanuja Kanwar back in the attack and Puja Mahato is on strike. Can't go off strike as Tanuja racks up 3 dots. Tries to go after the bowler does Puja but can't get the desired strike. Maiden over
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 58/4 after 12 overs
Radha Yadav to bowl the 12th and starts with back to back dots as Rubina navigates the spin. After another dot, Rubina goes over mid off for a boundary!! 4 from the over
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 52/4 after 10.2 overs
Arundhati Reddy back in the attack and Sita welcomes her with a boundary and SHE HAS BEEN CLEANED UP THE VERY NEXT BALL!! What a comeback by the bowler as it goes straight through Sita's defence!!
Sita Rana Magar b Arundhati Reddy 18(22)
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 43/3 after 9.2 overs
Radha Yadav in the attack and she strikes!! Indu tries to go big and has just holed it out to Shafali Verma. The captain goes for 14 runs.
Indu Barma c Shafali Verma b Radha Yadav 14(18)
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 43/2 after 9 overs
Deepti to bowl the next over and Barma almost gives it back to Deepti on the followthrough but just short of the Indian bowler. Gets on one knee next and takes a single. Just 3 from this one
21:07 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 40/2 after 8 overs
Tanuja in to bowl the next and Barmahits it over the in-field but can't clear the boundary. Gets just one. Sita on strike and she smashes it over mid-off for a four!! Takes a single next. Indu sweeps next but gets just a single as the Indian fielders are well set. 8 from this one
21:03 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 32/2 after 7 overs
Deepti Sharma to bowl right after powerplay and starts with back to back dots as Indu stays rooted to the spot. She finally gets off mark off the 5th delivery and sita can see this over off. A dot to end. 1 from this over
21:00 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 31/2 after 6 overs
Tanuja Kanwar in the attack now as spin is introduced. Starts with back to back dot balls. Almost a catch out behind but Sita gets a single. A quick single from captain Indu to return the favour. 2 from this one
20:54 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 21/2 after 4.4 overs
Renuka continues and almost an edge from Sita as it falls just short of slip. Takes a single next and Kavita is on strike. And gone!!! Renuka strikes. Kabita tries to play over mid-off again but this one is straight to Mandhana.
Kabita Kunwar c Mandhana b Renuka Singh 6(11)
20:51 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 20/1 after 4 overs
Reddy back again and Sita with a timed shot which fetches her a boundary off the first delivery!! Takes a single next as the fielder at point can cut this one off. Cries for catch it next as Kavita lobs one over the in-field for a four at mid-off. Takes a quick single next. 11 from this over
20:47 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 9/1 after 3 overs
Renuka continues and Kabita Kunwar struggles to get off strike with the first three deliveries all dots. Make that 4 as the next ball just misses the willow's edge and the off stump by inches. Maiden over!!
20:42 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 8/1 after 1.4 overs
Arundhati Reddy in the attack and Khadke smashes the ball into the airrrrr, Shafali underneath it and she has dropped it!! Not the best effort. Reddy with back to back dots now as Khadke lets them go. Follows that up with the ball in the same area and the batter lets that go as well. AND CLEANED HER UP!! Khadka is gone!!
Samjhana Khadka b Arundhati Reddy 7(7)
20:39 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: NEP 5/0 after 1 over
Samjhana Khadka and Sita Rana Magar start for Nepal and renuka with the ball in hand. Khadka with a confident start, placing the first ball for a 4!! It was slightly overpitched and the Neapl batter goes to town on it. Takes a single and Sita is on strike. Back to back dots next as Renuka makes a good comeback. 5 from this over
20:24 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: End of innings!
Sabnam Rai to bowl the last over of the innings. And off her very first delivery, Jemimah Rodrigues steps outside the off stump and finds a boundary down deep mid wicket.
A couple of singles follow. And then, another shot from outside off stump, this time up and over extra cover for four. Fifth ball sees the replica of the shot off the first delivery. Sabnam Rai has been unable to change her line and length and has rightly got clobbered for it.
Just the single to finish the innings. India close their 20 overs with 178/3 on the board.
20:19 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Sanjana departs!
Kabita Joshi to bowl the penultimate over. Goes full and on the off stump, and Sanjana - looking to paddle it fine - misses out on the delivery and ends up getting leg-before.
Richa Ghosh manages to get a boundary off her first ball. Nepal captain Indu Barma is unable to execute a regulation sliding interception. It's been a rather underwhelming night for her in the deep - also dropped Dayalan Hemalatha earlier. 163/3 after 19 overs.
20:14 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: 150 up!
S Sanjana advances down the ground to hit one over the bowler's head for four. First boundary for her. Looks to carve one over the keeper down fine leg off the next ball but misses out on the trajectory. 150 up for India.
Jemimah picks the gap behind square on the on side for four. 154/2 after 18 overs.
20:11 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Jemimah with her first boundary!
Jemimah Rodrigues is the new batter in for India. Off the second delivery of the over, she paddles Kabita Joshi fine for her first boundary. Eight runs come from the over. India will certainly feel they are short of where they would've anticipated themselves to be given by their score at the halfway stage. 143/2 after 17 overs.
20:06 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Shafali departs!
Now this is the wicket Nepal were looking for a long time. Shafali Verma (81) had got away with her missed strokes dancing down the ramp early in her innings, but not this time, not against a spinner. Misses on the length and Kajal Shreshta does the rest. Sita Rana Magar gets the wicket. 135/2 after 16 overs.
20:01 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Highest T20I score for Shafali
Shafali Verma with a powerful drilled stroke up and over extra cover for four. This is now her highest score in the shortest format. She's taking her chances, as she does with a gentle whip down the ground that's misjudged by the fielder by the fence. Four more for the Indian opener. 131/1 after 15 overs.
19:57 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: First wicket for Nepal
Shafali Verma shuffles down and whips a floated delivery on the pads into the gap at cow corner for four.
The partnership comes to an end at last. Dayalan Hemalatha goes for glory down the long on region but finds the fielder stationed at the boundary. Rubina Chhetry almost fumbles it, almost. Nepal have their first wicket. 122/1 after 14 overs.
19:55 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: IND with the upper hand
Indu Barma bowls another economical over. Just the six runs off it. But the issue here for Nepal is the fact that India have all 10 wickets intact and that a death overs onslaught is very much on the cards. 114/0 after 13 overs.
19:50 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Hemalatha dropped!
Sita Rana Magar into her second over. Tosses one up and Dayalan Hemalatha dances down the track - looking to clear the boundary over long off, and for a while it looks like she might. Nepal captain Indu Barma gets her hand to it but is unable to hold onto the ball, and worse, ends up conceding a four as the Indian openers keep going. 108/0 after 12 overs.
19:46 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: 100 up for India!
India back at collecting boundaries. Dayalan Hemalatha goes after Indu Barma off the first delivery, meets the short delivery by pressing back and slapping the ball down backward point for four.
Shafali Verma then, goes low to execute a slog sweep for four more. India, 101/0 after 11 overs.
19:40 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Halfway stage
Indu Barma gives away only four runs off her first over.
Sita Rana Magar comes into the attack from the other end. Her over costs just six. Bit of a dip in the run rate as the Indian innings reaches the halfway mark. India after 10 overs are 91/0.
19:36 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Fifty up for Shafali!
Kabita Joshi into her second over. Serves a juicy full toss and Shafali collects four runs off it. A strong bottom hand comes into play to get another boundary off a tossed up delivery later in the over. Fifty up for Shafali Verma off 26 deliveries. Eight fours and a six to get there.
Meanwhile, at the other end, Dayalan Hemalatha has started to pick up the pace as well. Advances down the track to smash her first six of the innings. 81/0 after eight overs.
19:31 (IST)23 Jul 2024
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Shafali with the first six of the game!
Rubina Chhetry into the attack. Tosses a fuller delivery outside off and Shafali plants her front foot out before clobbering it clean over mid-wicket for the first SIX of the game.
Later in the over, slog-sweeps another similar delivery to fetch her seventh four of this innings. 64/0 after seven overs.
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: 50 up!
First over in the game that hasn't seen an India boundary so far. Kabita Joshi concedes just the two runs off her first over. Fifty up for India as the field restrictions are lifted. 50/0 after six overs.
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Boundaries keep on coming for IND
Another flick from Shafali, this time behind the square, for another four. And just like that, she has got into the 30s. Dayalan Hemalatha has struggled to middle the ball, for majority of her innings so far. But as Puja Mahato dishes in a slower delivery on the off stump, her punch through covers is well timed as any of the shots so far this game. 48/0 after five overs.
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: More 4s from Shafali!
Another powerful shot from Shafali. Walks down to reach a Sabnam Rai delivery and smashes it through the mid-on region for four. Then, a more aesthetic shot. A wristy-flick through mid-wicket for four more. Timed it well and the fielder running from the left had no chance at intercepting it. 35/0 after four overs.
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Shafali continues to play the brute!
Kabita Kunwar continues from the other end and Shafali Verma trots down the ground to loft one over the covers region for four. Her third boundary off five balls.
She gets lucky a couple deliveries later, balloons one down over the mid off and it just falls safe of the back-tracking fielder's reach. 25/0 after three overs.
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: First boundary for Hemalatha
A couple of freebies now to Hemalatha but she hasn't found the right connection to fetch boundaries off them. The ball isn't coming as nicely as well. Sabnam Rai with not much pace on the ball. Four dot balls, followed by an in-swinger that's hit just over an extending bowler down long off for four. First boundary after six deliveries for Hemalatha. 15/0 after two overs.
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Shafali with early boundaries!
Kabita Kunwar with the ball for the first over. Shafali clips a fullish delivery on the pads down mid wicket to get off the mark on the first ball. Hemalatha gets a cover drive going for a single to get her first run.
First boundary of the game comes off a sliced shot from Shafali down deep backward point for four. A full toss off the last delivery, and Shafali just helps it down the vacant wide long on boundary for four more. 10/0 after first over.
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Here we go!
Indian openers Dayalan Hemalatha and Shafali Verma walk into the middle. The management has given Hemalatha another go at the top. Both her and Shafali are yet to score at their freewheeling best. Perfect opportunity to do so, against a Nepal side that is under more pressure to carve out a result here. Off we go in Dambulla!
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Captains on the mic
Smriti Mandhana: In the last few years, T20 cricket has changed. It's a collective effort, we've looked to take on whatever is in our range. The outfields are quick, the tracks are flat, sometimes even 200 isn't enough. We'll look to trust our process and look to bat. 180 will be great, it's about playing one ball at a time. Harman and Pooja are resting.
Indu Barma: We are ready for both. We have some youngsters who are keen to get into the contest. We are ready for every challenge, we look to give our 100%. We have two changes.
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: India vs UAE, as it happened
Richa Ghosh made the most of her time in the middle, with a blistering 64 off 29 balls, in an innings that was embellished by 12 fours and a six, finishing with a stunning strike-rate of 220.68.
That innings was critical in powering India to 201/5 – the first time they crossed 200 in women’s T20Is – as they made it two comfortable wins out of two to start their Asia Cup campaign. (READ MORE)
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: India vs Pakistan, as it happened
The ‘Greatest Rivalry’ is now a familiar refrain from Indian cricket broadcasters when it comes to building up a match against Pakistan. Often though, the action on the field doesn’t live up to the hype. It was one of those occasions on Friday in Dambulla, as Harmanpreet Kaur’s India breezed to a comfortable 7-wicket win against their neighbours to kick off their Women’s Asia Cup title defence. (READ Vinayakk Mohanarangan's report)
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Squads
India Women: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur Singh, Tanuja Kanwar, Arundhati Reddy, S Sajana, Uma Chetry, Asha Sobhana
Nepal Women: Samjhana Khadka, Sita Rana Magar, Kabita Kunwar, Indu Barma(c), Rubina Chhetry, Roma Thapa, Puja Mahato, Bindu Rawal, Kajal Shrestha(w), Kabita Joshi, Kritika Marasini, Rajmati Airee, Mamta Chaudhary, Dolly Bhatta, Sabnam Rai
India vs Nepal Live Score Women’s Asia Cup T20: Welcome!
After consecutive, big wins against Pakistan and United Arab Emirates, India will look to wrap up their group stage camapign unbeaten as they Nepal on Tuesday in Dambulla.
Defending champions Harmanpreet Kaur and Co have looked on song - with bat and ball - and look in fine form going into the T20 World Cup in October, which will be played in similar conditions.
Nepal on the other hand, went on to lose against Pakistan by nine wickets after having won their opening game against UAE. Stay tuned for all the updates as we take you through this fixture.