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Cricket Bangladesh women go past Pakistan to set up a final date with India in Women's Emerging Asia Cup
Dhaka, June 20: Bangladesh girls confirmed the final of Women's Emerging Asia Cup after defeating Pakistan. Pakistan's target to go to the final was 60 runs. In the beginning, the girls of Bangladesh squeezed the girls of Pakistan. Pakistan needed 20 runs in two overs to win in the last over. From there, Pakistan's target stood at 13 runs in the last over. But in the end they could not match that equation. As a result, the women of Bangladesh secured the final of the Women's Emerging Asia Cup by winning by six runs.
In the second semi-final at the Tin Kong Road Recreation Ground in Hong Kong, Bangladesh Women 'A' team lost 7 wickets and scored 59 runs in the scheduled 9 overs. In response, Pakistan Women's 'A' team could not score more than 53 runs after playing 9 overs and losing 4 wickets. On Tuesday, it started raining. Due to which the length of the match comes down to 9 overs. Bangladesh stumbled at the start of batting on a rain-soaked wicket. Fatima Sana struck the first blow in the Tigress camp by bowling Sathi Rani for the team's 4 runs. Starting from that. After that, Bangladesh lost 5 more batsmen of the first row to add 12 more runs.
When the team was losing 6 wickets for 16 runs, Nahida Akhtar pulled the team from the edge of the abyss. With his 21-run innings from 16 balls, Bangladesh finally got the capital to fight by losing 7 wickets and scoring 59 runs.
Chasing a small target, Pakistan got off to a great start. Pakistan scored almost half of the runs in the opening pair of Shawal Zulfikar and Emma Fatima. The opening pair of 26 runs was broken when Fatima Sajghar returned with 18 runs. But still they lost their way. In the end, Pakistan stopped at 53 after losing 9 wickets.
Earlier, Bangladesh girls started the Emerging Asia Cup with a big win against Malaysia. In response to the Tigresses' 148 runs, Malaysia stopped at just 51 runs for 8 wickets. Then in the second match, Bangladesh's opponent was Sri Lanka. But due to rain, that match did not take place on the field. As a result, both teams shared the points.
In the third match, the nature is the same. The match was washed away by rain, Bangladesh advanced to the semi-finals with half a point in another inconclusive match.
