India vs Bangladesh LIVE Score, Women's Asia Cup T20, 2024 1st Semi Final: India Off To Fiery Start In Low-Run Chase vs Bangladesh

India vs Bangladesh, Women's Asia Cup 2024 Semi-Final, Live Updates: Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana have given India a terrific start in the chase of 81 against Bangladesh. Earlier, three-wicket hauls by Radha Yadav and Renuka Singh helped India restrict Bangladesh to 80/8 in 20 overs in the semi-final of the Women's Asia Cup 2024 on Friday in Dambulla. Opting to bat first, Bangladesh kept on losing wikets at regular intervals. Earlier, Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana won the toss and opted to bat. (Live Scorecard)

India Women (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Uma Chetry, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Tanuja Kanwar, Renuka Thakur Singh

Bangladesh Women (Playing XI): Dilara Akter, Murshida Khatun, Nigar Sultana(w/c), Rumana Ahmed, Ishma Tanjim, Ritu Moni, Rabeya Khan, Shorna Akter, Nahida Akter, Jahanara Alam, Marufa Akter

We are back with the chase.

... THE RUN CHASE ...

India will be very pleased with how they performed, Renuka Singh took three and was the pick. Radha Yadav was also brilliant. The former started things brilliantly and the latter ended it in fine fashion. Overall though, almost all the bowlers played thier part and have put India in a strong position. They now would back themselves to chase this down. Bangladesh on the other hand, need a miracle to defend this. Stay tuned for the second half.

That decision of batting first seems to have backfired big time! The total Bangladesh has got is nowhere close to what they would have thought could challenge this strong Indian team. At one stage though, their position was even worse when they lost 6 wickets for less than 50. Shorna Akter and Nigar Sultana though put up a decent