GUANGZHOU, China: Pakistan sailed into the Asian Games women's cricket gold medal match on Thursday beating Japan by nine wickets in one sided semi and then suggested arch-rivals India to send a team to the 2014 edition at Incheon in South Korea.
Japan won the toss and decided to bat first. However, the team only managed 61 runs in 20 overs on the loss of seven wickets. Sana Gulzar of Pakistan took two wickets. Pakistan easily completed it's target on the loss of one wicket. Javeria Wadood made 29 runs, whereas Nida Rashid made 27 runs.
India refused to send either a men's or women's squad to Guangzhou, a decision that threatened to undermine the credibility of the sport which is making its Games debut.
"Cricket should be at the Asian Games and so should India and other strong teams from Asia," said Pakistan's Nida Rashid, whose 27 runs helped her team maul Japan by nine wickets in Thursday's semi-finals.
Cricket was in danger of being dropped from the 2014 Games by the Incheon organisers until a last-minute compromise with the Asian Cricket Council and the Olympic Council of Asia was hammered out.
16th Asian Games, Guagzhou are on the way to glory. For today's medal tally updates, click HERE.
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