India vs Japan Women's Asian Games quarter-final result and highlights as Shafali Verma powers IND to an 8-wicket win

KEY MATCH DETAILS: (India vs Japan Women's Asian Games quarter-final)

Captains: Harmanpreet Kaur ( India ), Mai Yanagida (Japan)

Live Telecast: Sony LIV, Sony Sports Network (India), beIN Sports (UAE), and TBS Television (Japan)

Umpires and match officials: Shathira Jakir, Shivani Mishra (on-field umpires), Nimali Perera (third umpire), Saleema Imtiaz (reserve umpire), and Michell Pereira (match referee)

Match result: India won the match by eight wickets

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Shafali Verma provided the fireworks to complete a lopsided contest, blasting an unbeaten 40 off just 15 balls as India Women chased down Japan's 58-run target in a mere five overs.

Japan's early discipline evaporated once India's spinners were introduced, which left them with an underwhelming total despite a promising 24-run opening partnership. Ayaka Kato-Stafford's gritty 25 stood alone as the only batting effort of note against a relentless Indian attack headlined by Shree Charani. Charani was metronomic throughout, teasing out edges and exploiting turn to collect four wickets. India's powerhouse batting lineup shouldn't take long to mow down this modest target.

India spinners maintained a stranglehold through overs 13 to 16, choking the scoring rate and restricting Japan Women to 48/4. Across this four-over block, Japan managed just 15 runs while losing their best-set batter, Ayaka Kato-Stafford (25 off 47). Shreyanka Patil (3-0-7-0) and Deepti Sharma offered no room to work with, keeping new batters Shimako Kato (1* off 8) and Akari Nishimura (0* off 4) pinned down.

India tightened the screws with spin during overs 7-12, as they choked Japan's run flow and triggered a middle-order wobble that dragged the score down to 33/3. Shree Charani sparked the collapse on consecutive deliveries in the seventh over, as she removed Haruna Iwasaki (10) and then induced a golden-duck edge from skipper Mai Yanagida.

From there, Deepti Sharma and Shreyanka Patil operated with suffocating discipline on a turning track. Deepti capped the squeeze at the end of the 12th over by having Erika Oda (5) caught by Patil, leaving opener Ayaka Kato-Stafford (14* off 35) waging a lone battle.

Japan opted for a watchful, cautious approach in their Asian Games clash against India Women, reaching 24/0 at the end of the mandatory six-over Powerplay. Indian bowling attack, led by Kranti Gaud (0/4 in 2 overs) and Nandani Sharma (0/6 in 2 overs), was precise in their line and length, which forced openers Haruna Iwasaki (10* off 20) and Ayaka Kato-Stafford (5* off 12) to prioritise survival over flair on a testing surface. India kept the run rate throttled at a modest 4.00, and introduced spin via Shreyanka Patil in the sixth over, who conceded just three singles.

India's women's cricket team step onto the Asian Games stage on Friday as defending champions, fresh from lifting a record eighth Women's Asia Cup title, and looking to start another medal run in style.

They're the highest-ranked side in the eight-team women's competition, sitting third in the global T20I rankings, and are firm favourites to go all the way.

Harmanpreet Kaur leads the side as regular T20I captain, with Smriti Mandhana serving as deputy. Mandhana heads into this tournament as the highest run-scorer in the history of women's international cricket across all formats, having surpassed Mithali Raj during the Asia Cup, while also holding the outright record for the most international centuries across formats.

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India vs Japan Women's Asian Games quarter-final: Lineups

India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Gunalan Kamalini, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Shree Charani, Shreyanka Patil, Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma

Japan Women (Playing XI): Haruna Iwasaki, Akari Nishimura Kano(w), Mai Yanagida(c), Erika Oda, Ahilya Chandel, Shimako Kato, Ayaka Kato-Stafford, Ayumi Fujikawa, Hinase Goto, Erika Toguchi Quinn, Nonoha Yasumoto

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