Published: Dec 04, 2016, 08:04 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 04, 2016, 08:43 PM (IST)
New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday congratulated the Indian women’s team for winning the Asia Cup T20 tournament. The Indian Women’s team beat Pakistan by 17 runs to win the title tournament in Bangkok earlier in the day. Batting first, the Indian eves scored 121 for 5 with Mithali Raj emerging as leading scorer with 73 runs. Pakistan could manage only 104/6 in 20 overs with Ekta Bisht returning figures of 2 for 22. “On behalf of the BCCI, I would like to congratulate the Indian women’s team for their emphatic win. This is the sixth title win in Asia Cup and also proves our dominance in the region as the leading Women’s team,” BCCI President Anurag Thakur was quoted as saying in a statement. READ: India vs Pakistan, ACC Women’s Asia Cup T20 2016, Final report: Mithali Raj helps Eves win 6th consecutive title
“The Indian team has done everyone proud by stretching India’s unbeaten run in the Asia Cup to 32 matches and taking the Asia Cup title count to six,” BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke said. “I congratulate the entire team for this outstanding achievement,” he added.
India Women have now won all six Asia Cup tournaments. This was the first major tournament under new skipper Harmanpreet Kaur. Her side was whitewashed by West Indies at home in the lead up to the tournament, but the Indian eves have responded well to that and managed to turn things around. For her brilliant unbeaten fifty, Mithali was awarded the player of the match. She ended as the leading run-scorer in the tournament as well, which fetched her the player of the tournament award as well.
