The Indian team scripted history by winning the inaugural edition of the ACC Womens Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 by defeating Bangladesh in the final on Wednesday, June 21 at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok. Shreyanka Patil and Kanika Ahuja played a crucial role in India’s win 31-run victory.
Batting first, India put on 127 runs on the board at the loss of seven wickets. Vrinda Dinesh slammed 36 runs off 29 deliveries, with five boundaries and a six. Kanika Ahuja also played a blazing knock with four boundaries, scoring 30 runs. Sultana Khatun and Nahida Akter picked up two wickets each for Bangladesh.
In response, Bangladesh was bowled out for a paltry 96 runs. Shreyanka Patil once again pulled off a brilliant bowling performance. She took four wickets conceding just thirteen runs. Mannat Kashyap also picked up a three-wicket haul in the innings. India secured a comfortable 31 runs win to lift the ACC Womens Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023. S
Let’s take a look at how fans reacted to Team India winning the ACC Womens Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023:
INDIA WON THE ACC EMERGING CUP 2023.
Incredible performance in the finals, beating Bangladesh by 31 runs, The future stars. pic.twitter.com/6rJSp0Q4o4
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 21, 2023
https://twitter.com/Sporting_ventur/status/1671415250233749505?s=20
Shreyanka's combined bowling figures are
7-1-15-9
She is definitely getting selected in India team for the Bangladesh tour.
— PouLaMi (@Crictopher17) June 21, 2023
🏆 U19 World Cup title
🏆 Emerging Teams Asia Cup titleIndia's youngsters are on a roll! #WomensCricket | #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/NVVvPgjBKd
— Sportstar (@sportstarweb) June 21, 2023
INDIA A CHAMPIONS of Women's Emerging Asia Cup 2023 🙌🏻 pic.twitter.com/RLq1iu1qst
— Bleed Blue (@CricCrazyVeena) June 21, 2023
India A win the Women's Emerging Asia Cup! What a commanding performance from the team!
What a brilliant lot of players, India A was the youngest team in the tournament yet dominated throughout! 🔥#EmergingAsiaCup
— રખડું છૉકરો (@b_kathiyawadi) June 21, 2023
Women's Emerging Teams Asia Cup winner is India
What a team, What a performance
Take a bow
Asia Cup is ours #EmergingAsiaCup #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/LoSBO8tyOc
— Ash (@Ashsay_) June 21, 2023
India blood took 9 wickets in 2 matches 🥵
Congratulations India A on winning the Women's Emerging Asia Cup 😍💙🇮🇳
Kanika, Mannat, Sandhu Vrinda, Uma 💥 pic.twitter.com/oeNJPCYzvS— Jemriti 🇮🇳📴 (@jemi_smriti_fan) June 21, 2023
Kanika Ahuja in the final of this Emerging Women's Asia Cup 2023:
With the bat: 30*(23).
With the ball: 4-0-23-2.The best player of this final, Incredible performance – The future is here! pic.twitter.com/Uw3xqArwix
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) June 21, 2023
Both Shreyanka Patil & Kanika Ahuja have built on a promising WPL campaign with fine displays in the Asian Cricket Council Women's Emerging Teams Cup
4/13 for Shreyanka in final & 30* & 2/13 for Kanika
Both would be in my India T20 squad for Bangladesh tour
— Mohit Shah (@mohit_shah17) June 21, 2023
Team India kicked off the ACC Womens Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 by defeating Hong Kong by nine wickets. They bowled out Hong Kong for 34 runs and then chased it down in six overs. The rest of their league-stage matches were washed out due to rain. India topped the table with the win. They advanced through to the finals, as the semi-final against Sri Lanka got abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Shreyanka Patil shines in ACC Womens Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023
Team India cricketer Shreyanka Patil was one of the best players in the ACC Womens Emegering Teams Asia Cup 2023. She took nine wickets in two matches, with a four-wicket haul and a five-wicket haul in the tournament. Shreyanka finished as the leading wicket-taker. Meanwhile, Mannat Kashyap is second on the list with five wickets. Bangladesh batter Murshida Khatun is the leading run-scorer in the tournament. She scored 59 runs at an average of 29.50.
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