A dominant India crushed minnows Thailand by 74 runs to storm into the final and remain on course for a record-extending seventh Women's Asia Cup 2022 in Sylhet, Bangladesh on Thursday. The win over Thailand took India to their eighth straight Asia Cup final -- four each in ODI and T20 formats. Before 2012, the tournament was a 50-over-a-side affair. The semifinal contest against Thailand was always expected to be a cakewalk for India and it turned out to be so. India posted 148 for six after being sent in to bat and then restricted Thailand to 74 for 9 in the lop-sided contest. Deepti Sharma (3/7), Renuka Singh (1/6), Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2/10), Shafali Verma (1/10) and Sneh Rana (1/16) took wickets for India. Earlier, invited to bat, Shafali Verma top-scored for India with a 28-ball 42 with the help of five boundaries and one hit over the fence.