Shafali Verma’s Ton To Smriti Mandhana’s Feat: Check All Records From India Vs Bangladesh Asian Games Semifinal | Yardba
Shafali Verma’s unbeaten 100 off 49 balls sent India into the women’s cricket final at the 2026 Asian Games, where Sri Lanka await. India defeated Bangladesh by 114 runs at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, piling up 195 for four before bowling Bangladesh out for 81. Verma became the first woman to make an Asian Games cricket century, reaching three figures from the final ball of India’s innings. She struck nine sixes and three fours, with her nine maximums establishing a new Indian record in women’s T20 internationals, ahead of Harmanpreet Kaur’s previous best of eight. India’s 12 sixes also set the record for the most by a team in a women’s T20I innings. Smriti Mandhana scored 37 off 19 balls and moved past Suzie Bates to become women’s T20I cricket’s leading run-scorer with 4,788 runs. Harmanpreet made 40 in a 94-run partnership with Verma, while Deepti Sharma and Nandani Sharma claimed three wickets apiece as Bangladesh were dismissed in 15.4 overs.
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