Patil shines as India A claim ACC Women’s Emerging Teams Cup title with comfortable win over Bangladesh
- Shreyanka Patil takes 4 wickets as India A bowl Bangladesh out for 96 and win by 31 runs at Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground
- Young spinner finishes with figures of 9 wickets for 15 runs over course of 2 games
Kanika Ahuja hit an unbeaten 30 and Shreyanka Patil underlined her mastery with the ball as India A beat Bangladesh A by 31 runs to win the ACC Women’s Emerging Teams Cup on Thursday.
After a week of thunderstorms in Hong Kong reduced the tournament to a rain-sodden mess, the two sides that topped their groups courtesy of easy wins in one-sided opening games met in a final brought forward two hours in case bad weather struck again.
As it was, having seen eight matches abandoned without a ball being bowled, including India’s delayed semi-final against Sri Lanka on Wednesday, and two reduced to short thrashes, the Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground was finally dry enough for a full encounter.
India A opted to bat first, and put on 127 for seven in their 20 overs, with Dinesh Vrinda top scoring with 36. She and Ahuja put on 21 for the fourth wicket, removing the chance of any potential wobble at 70 for three.
Still, Bangladesh would have fancied their chances when their opponents slipped to 105 for seven, only for Ahuja and Titas Sadhu (8*) to score 22 from the final 14 balls of the innings.
In reply, Bangladesh never really got going, losing wickets regularly, as Mannat Kashyap, who missed her side’s nine-wicket thrashing of Hong Kong, removed both openers Shathi Rani (13) and Dilara Akter (5) with just 19 runs on the board.
Patil entered the fray in the sixth over, sent down a wide with her first delivery, bowled Bangladesh skipper Lata Mondal (4) with her second to reduce the opposition to 29 for three, and finished with figures of four for 13.
The young spinner took nine wickets over the course of her two games, conceding just 15 runs in the process.
Nahida Akter, who finished unbeaten on 17, put up some brief resistance in the middle order, but aside from Sobhana Mostary (16) no other Bangladesh batter made it into double figures and the innings came to an end with four balls remaining.
