Women's Asia Cup: Mithali 97*, Malaysia 27

KUALA LUMPUR: As many as six Malaysia batters fell for a duck as India bundled them out for simply 27 to sign in a resounding 142-run victory of their opening Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup fit here on Sunday.


Opting to bat, India scored 169/3 of their allocated 20 overs, driving on senior player Mithali Raj's unbeaten 97 off 69 balls, and then shot the home aspect out in simply 13.four overs in a completely lop-sided fit at Kinrara Academy Oval here.

Pooja Vastrakar grabbed 3 wickets for simply six runs with her medium pace whilst the spin duo of Anuja Patil and Poonam Yadav, who did not concede any run, took two wickets every because the Indian bowlers ran rise up over the clueless Malaysians.

Only 5 Malaysian batters opened their account and none registered double-digit ranking. Sasha Azmi was once their top-scorer with 9 runs from 10 balls.

Malaysia lost part in their aspect inside 5 overs, decreased to a sorry 12/five. Captain Winifred Duraisingam (five off 21 balls) and Zumika Azmi (four off 15 balls) stayed on the crease for a while without any really extensive contribution as India completed an enormous victory.

Earlier, India did not have the best of starts as they found themselves in a tricky spot at 35/2 after the Powerplay overs. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur then supplied the impetus to the Indian innings with a brisk 23-ball 32.

But the day belonged to senior player Mithali, who batted throughout the 20 overs with a strike-rate of 140.57. She hit 13 fours and a six in her 69-ball unbeaten knock.

She, on the other hand, may now not in finding the boundary within the final two overs when she was once 8 away from a century. Mithali's 86-run stand with Harmanpreet got here off simply 53 balls and he or she closed the innings off with Deepti Sharma (18*).

Brief Scores: India Women: 169 for three in 20 overs (Mithali Raj 97 now not out, Harmanpreet Kaur 32) beat Malaysia Women: 27 all out in 13.four overs (Sasha Azmi 9; Pooja Vastrakar 3/6, Poonam Yadav 2/zero) by way of 142 runs