BAN-W Vs MAL-W Asia Cup T20 2024 Highlights: Murshida, Sultana, Nahida Star As Bangladesh Bag A Massive 114-Run Victory

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That should be it for the day! A massive win for the Bangladesh team, but their fate in the tournament will be decided after tonight's game between Sri Lanka and Thailand. Nevertheless, it was a delight to bring you every moment from this contest. This is Arjun, signing off on the behalf of OneCricket. See you tomorrow.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Player of the Match: Murshida Khatun

Murshida Khatun, who scored her best score of 80, has won the Player of the Match against Malaysia as the team win by 114 runs. 

Murshida Khatun scored 80 runs (x.com)

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Bangladesh win by 114 runs

Bangladesh finished their group stage with a thumping 114-run win over Malaysia as they sealed their spot in the semifinals, but they have yet to qualify, as both Sri Lanka and Thailand can qualify from here.

Earlier in the day, Bangladesh posted their 2nd highest T20I total with 191/2 in 20 overs. Opener Murshida Khatun scoring 80 and skipper Nigar Sultana an unbeaten 62. Meanwhile, with the ball, Nahida Akter took two wickets, whereas, all the other bowlers (who bowled today expect Rumana Ahmed) took a wicket apiece. 

Highest team totals for Bangladesh in Women’s T20Is

255/2 vs Maldives in 2019

191/2 vs Malaysia in 2024 – TODAY

158/1 vs USA in 2022

Highest team totals in Women’s Asia Cups (T20Is)

201/5 – India vs UAE, 2024

191/2 – Bangladesh vs Malaysia, 2024 – TODAY

184/4 – Sri Lanka vs Malaysia, 2024 

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Massive victory for Bangladesh

Appeal on the last ball, and we go upstairs. Dilara underarms the ball onto the stumps and Manivannan is well short of the crease. OUT displayed on the big screen.

Jahanara Alam will bowl the final over of the game.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Malaysia 7 down

Ismail goes after a 25-ball 15. She looks to play across the line and gets a top edge behind square in the off side. The short third man fielder runs forward and puts in a dive completing a terrific catch. Ismail has to walk back. 

Jesmin to bowl out. And she breaks a wicket. 

Rumana comes to bowl her first. Everyone is getting their turn to rotate their arms. With three overs to go, Malaysia need 127 runs. This game is just a formality now. 

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Rabeya with a wicket

Rabeya strikes first ball back in her new spell! A half tracker, Eleesa goes deep in the crease to pull and loses her shape. Gets a top edge that flies straight up in the air over the pitch. Rabeya takes a couple of steps in her follow through and takes the easiest of return catches. MALAYSIA is SIX DOWN.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Caught & bowled again

Shorna Akter scalps one! Legbreak from the bowler, Najwa goes to with a hard push but gets early on the stroke. The ball flies back to the bowler, who completes a simple grab. Malaysia is five down.

Nahida Akter ends with figures of 2/13 in her four overs.

Malaysia need 146 runs in 48 balls.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Two wickets in two overs

Nahida with her second strike. Duraisingam advances down the pitch to slog in the leg side and loses her shape. Yorks herself on the leg stump and watches the flighted delivery clean it up. Malaysia in trouble at 45/4.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Ritu Moni does her magic

Castled!! The change-up works brilliantly for Bangladesh as Ritu Moni bowls an angling in delivery, to which Julia goes back in the crease to play through the line and is beaten on the inside edge. The ball sneaks through to hit the top of the off stump. 

We are at halfway mark. Tough start for Malaysia as they add just 42 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. Malaysia need a further 150 to win in 60 balls.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Captain's fighting

Jesmin bowls a loose ball, short and wide. Duraisingham leans back and late cuts past short third for a boundary. Deft touch from Duraisingam. The Malaysian captain is fighting out but the NRR is going through the roof.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Nahida, you beautyyyyy!

Caught and bowled as Nahida Akter takes a superb catch diving in front of her. Seems like its been taken. Hunter is walking back. A spectacular return catch diving forward.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Alam taken to cleaners

Alam bowls it down the leg side and Hunter sweeps it fine for a boundary. The bowler overcompensates as she bowls short and wide, on which the batter times past point for second successive boundary. Elsa Hunter completes 700 T20I runs with the boundary becoming only the 4th woman to score as many runs for Malaysia.

Jahanara will bowl her third on a trot.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Hunter times a FOUR

Brilliant shot from Hunter's blade. Jasmin drops it short outside off, Hunter goes deep in her crease and punches it nicely in the gap between covers and cover point for a boundary. That was Hunter's second boundary of the day. 

Sabikun Nahar Jesmin is here to bowl her first and fourth overall of the innings.

Three cheeky singles and a dropped chance in Nahida's first over. Jahanara comes for her second over.

Nahida Akter to bowl her left arm spin from the other end. She took three wickets in the match against Sri Lanka. 

Just a single and the wicket of Ainna Hamizah Hashim in it.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Jahanara Alam with the breakthrough

Edged and taken. Jahanara strikes on the second ball and is delighted with it. Away swinger does the trick as Bangladesh get the massive breakthrough. Ainna Hamizah Hashim departs on 0. 

The players and umpires are out in the middle for the second innings.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Bangladesh sum up innings with a bang

Nigar Sultana smashes a maximum on the last ball of the ball. Bangladesh end the innings at 191/2, thanks to Murshida Khatun's electrifying 80 and Nigar Sultana's fiery 62*. It is also Bangladesh's second highest score in T20Is. 

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Fifty for skipper

Back to back boundaries for Nigar Sultana as she completes her fifty against Malaysia. It comes in 34 balls and is providing a perfect finish for her side. Bangladesh's score reaches 180 with four balls to go.

172-2: This is Bangladesh's highest score in Women's Asia Cups.

Rumana gets a lifeline first ball. Another chance goes on the bowling of Duaisingam. 

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Murshida departs on 80

Gone - Simple catch at extra cover. Murshida looks to time it through the off side. Uses her feet to get to the ball but hits it straight to extra cover inside the ring. A brilliant career-best knock comes to an end, the Bangladesh opener departs on 80. 

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Murshida is firing all gases

Much needed big hits, Murshida with a slog sweep clears the midwicket boundary by some distance! But she is gone next ball, falls 20 short of her century. 

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: In the slot and fired away!

Nigar Sultana gets the ball in her slot and she slog sweeps it into the stands for a maximummmm!! The Bangladesh side is looking to post at least 180 runs in this match.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Bangladesh Stepping On The Acclerator!

Runs are flowing now for Bangladesh...there were some quiet overs in between, but in the last couple of overs, they have found boundaries and now are looking set for a big total here.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Murshida Khatun Brings Up Her Fifty In Style!

45-ball half-century for the southpaw! This has been a well-compiled knock from the experienced campaigner. A short and wide delivery, outside off and she cuts it fiercely towards deep point for a boundary. She would really like to kick-on from here though and score some quicker runs in the last phase of this innings.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Hunter Keeping Things Tight!

Just three runs from Hunter in her second over and  Malaysia need such economical overs in succession if they want to put pressure on Bangladesh here.

Hunter is the sixth change bowler for Malaysia, and she gives 7 runs off the over.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Drinks time!!

Time for drinks at the halfway stage of the innings. Tidy start for Bangladesh as they add 88 runs for the loss of Dilara Akter. Malaysia has been sloppy in the field but it was a brilliant catch from Aisya Eleesa that fetched them the first wicket. Nigar Sultana is back batting at number 3 with opener Murshida Khatun scoring an unbeaten 39 in 33 balls.

It is turning to be a good over until Murshida took advantage of the loose ball. Mahirah Ismail bowls a full ball down the leg and the batter sweeps it hard in the gap between square leg and short fine leg for a boundary.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Captain gets going!!!

A juicy full toss from Syafiqa, Sultana drives it beautifully along the ground past the covers fielder for a boundary. The sweeper has no chance of cutting it off.

Skipper Nigar Sultana joins Murshida at the crease.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Eleesa takes a screamer!!

In the air and taken!!! Eleesa takes an airborne catch at square leg. Magnificent catch at square leg. A full length forward dive from Eleesa brings Malaysia their first wicket.

Another dropped chance!! Another catching chance but Winifred Duraisingam has pulled out after committing for it. Should take those at this level.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Runs are coming fast

Eleesa, who went for 15 runs in her first over, has got smacked for two more boundaries in the 7th over. Add 12 more runs to Bangladesh's tally!! 

End of the powerplay, the openers have added 51 runs without much trouble. There were a couple of catching opportunities put down by the Malaysian fielders.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Eleesa gets smashed for a maximummmmm!!!! 

Dilara stands still and smokes it right off the middle of the bat straight back over the bowler's head for a maximum. And she follows up with a boundary in the form of lofted cover drive. Third boundary off the over. 

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Everything's happening in Dambulla

Akter sweeps Manivannan for a boundary in the 4th over, but then the fielder did a fine job to stop a couple of boundaries. An appeal for LBW to sum up the over. 7 runs off the over!!

The Bangladesh openers are going after the bowlers in the third over. Winifred Duraisingam is being attacked. However, all the aerial shots are getting a drop in no one's land. 

Manivannan gives up 9 runs in her first over. 

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: First boundary of the day

Driven through the covers. The left-hander gets a half-volley and she starts her attacking. Khatun showcasing her classssss! 

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Tight start from Duraisingam

Dilara Akter opens her account with a single behind square leg. Khatun rotates the strike on the last delivery. Three runs coming off the first over!!

Players are making their way to the middle. Dilara Akter and Murshida Khatun to open for Bangladesh, the Malaysian captain to start off the proceedings.  

Nurr Fatin Aisyah makes her international debut.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Playing XIs

Malaysia Women Playing XI: Winifred Duraisingam (c), Wan Julia (wk), Elsa Hunter, Nurr Fatin Aisyah, Mahirah Izzati Ismail, Ainna Hamizah Hashim, Aina Najwa (wk), Aisya Eleesa, Suabika Manivannan, Nur Izzatul Syafiqa, Irdina Beh Nabil

Bangladesh Women Playing XI: Dilara Akter (wk), Murshida Khatun, Ishma Tanjim, Ritu Moni, Rumana Ahmed, Nigar Sultana (c), Rabeya Khan, Shorna Akter, Nahida Akter (vc), Sabikun Nahar Jasmin, Jahanara Alam

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Captains speak...

Nigar Sultana (Bangladesh Women Captain): "We'd like to bat first. The wicket looks good and we have seen how our batters have batted in the last games. We want to put some runs on the board before the big games. When the seniors around it makes my job easier. They are experienced and know how to go about things making it easier for others. We just counted this game as equally important. We want to execute our plans and we are not taking them lightly. We have one change. Marufa is rested, Jahanara Alam comes in."

Winifred Duraisingam (Malaysia Women Captain): "Yeah, we were ready to bowl. But we wanted to bat first. But not too unhappy to bowl first.

We will look to bounce back after the loss in the last game. This is our last game and we will look to play good cricket. We have got one new girl. One debutant. We also have two changes."

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Toss time

Toss Update: Bangladesh Women have won the toss and opted to bat first.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐡 ☺️

If Bangladesh Women lose today, they will have to hope that the Thailand Women lose by a big margin against Sri Lanka Women later in the evening.

BAN-W Vs MAL-W Live Score: Head-to-Head

Total matches played: 2

Bangladesh Women won: 2

Malaysia Women won: 0

It is a do-or-die affair for both the teams. Malaysia will have win to remain in the tournament. A win today for Bangladesh Women will get them to four points. If Sri Lanka Women beat Thailand Women in the evening game, Bangladesh Women will qualify for the playoffs.

Hello and welcome to OneCricket's Live Blog for the enthralling clash between two exciting teams, as Bangladesh women and Malaysia women in the Women's Asia Cup 2024 at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium.