Women's Asia Cup T20 2024 Points Table: Updated standings after India Women vs Nepal Women, Match 10

India Women faced Nepal Women in the 10th match of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 on Tuesday, July 23, at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla. India won the match by 82 runs after posting a total of 178 runs for the loss of three wickets.

India Women finished in first place in Group A after winning all three matches. They have a Net Run Rate of +3.615. Pakistan Women remained in second position and qualified for the semi-finals. They have a Net Run Rate of +1.102.

Here's the updated Group A standings:

Rank	Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Pts	NRR
1	India Women (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	6	3.615
2	Pakistan Women (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	4	1.102
3	Nepal Women (E)	3	1	2	0	0	2	-2.042
4	United Arab Emirates Women (E)	3	0	3	0	0	0	-2.78

Nepal Women and United Arab Emirates Women finished in the last two places. Nepal won one out of three matches, while the UAE lost all three games. They have a Net Run Rate of -2.042 and -2.780, respectively.

Here's the updated Group B standings:

Rank	Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Sri Lanka Women	2	2	0	0	0	4	4.243
2	Thailand Women	2	1	1	0	0	2	0.098
3	Bangladesh Women	2	1	1	0	0	2	-0.024
4	Malaysia Women	2	0	2	0	0	0	-4.15

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Shafali Verma shines as India dominate Nepal in commanding victory

India Women elected to bat after winning the toss. Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar were rested for this match. Smriti Mandhana captained the Indian side. Shafali Verma and Dayalan Hemalatha added 122 runs for the opening wicket. It was the fifth-highest partnership for India for the first wicket.

Hemalatha scored 47 runs off 42 deliveries before getting dismissed in the 14th over. Shafali didn’t remain in the middle for long and was dismissed in the 16th over after making 81 runs off 48 deliveries. Jemimah Rodrigues played a quick-fire knock of 28 runs off 15 deliveries.

India posted 178 runs for the loss of three wickets in 20 overs. Sita Rana Magar was the pick of the bowlers for Nepal and took two wickets for 25 runs in four overs. Kabita Joshi picked the remaining one wicket.

Nepal scored 31 runs in the powerplay and lost two wickets. Only four batters managed to make a double-digit score for Nepal and no batter managed to cross the 20-run mark.

Nepal finished with 96 runs for the loss of nine wickets and lost the match by 82 runs. Deepti Sharma took three wickets for 13 runs in four overs. Arundhati Reddy and Radha Yadav picked two wickets each. Shafali won the Player of the Match award for her batting performance.