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The Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou is underway as the India women's team led by Smriti Mandhana have reached the semi-final stage after their quarter-final clash against Malaysia was abandoned by rain on Thursday.
After winning the toss, the Malaysia women's team asked India to bat first as the Women in Blue registered 173 runs in the rain-affected match, which was reduced to 15 overs, with a loss of two wickets as rain halted the game for the first time after 5.4 overs in the Indian innings.
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The match between India and Malaysia was played at the ZJUT Cricket Field in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and Indian opener Shafali Verma went berserk for 67 runs in 39 balls with 5 sixes and 4 fours. On the other hand, Jemimah Rodrigues registered an unbeaten knock of 47 runs off 29 balls as she smashed six boundaries during her inning while Richa Ghosh made a quick-fire cameo with 21*-off-7, hitting three fours and a six.
As the Malaysian openers took the crease to chase the mammoth total of 177 runs via the DLS method, the rain-marred match was stopped with just two balls being bowled by the Indians. India qualified for the Asian Games 2023 semi-final on the basis of a higher ranking. It will next face one of the three quarter-final winners between Pakistan-Indonesia, Sri Lanka-Thailand, and Bangladesh-Hong Kong clash.
