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India vs Japan Asian Games Women LIVE: Shafali Verma blitzkrieg takes India to a thumping 8-wicket win

India's women's cricket team secured an eight-wicket victory over hosts Japan in the quarterfinals of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Nisshin. 5 overs, led by Shree Charani's bowling figures of 4 for 10.

Shafali Verma also claimed two wickets, while Deepti Sharma and Shreyanka Patil collected one apiece, overcoming a 24-run effort by Japanese opening batter Kano.

Chasing the 58-run target, India reached their goal in five overs despite losing Kamalini without scoring and Fulmali early in the innings, with Smriti Mandhana not opening. Verma spearheaded the pursuit with an unbeaten 40 runs from 15 deliveries to seal the result.

Fresh off an undefeated Asia Cup title run under Harmanpreet Kaur, defending champions India now progress to meet Bangladesh in Sunday's semifinal.