Riding on fine half-century by Mithali Raj followed with some clinical bowling performance, India women beat Ireland by 52 runs to become the second team to seal semi-final berth at the ICC Women’s World T20 in Providence, Guyana on Thursday.

Chasing a modest 146-run target, Ireland, who lost wickets at regular intervals, could all manage 93/8 in the stipulated 20 overs as Deepti Sharma got 2 fo 15 in 3 overs. Radha Yadav picked 3/25 in 4 overs.

Earlier, batting first, India scored 145 for six with Mithali Raj scoring 51 off 56 balls and Smriti Mandhana supporting with 33 off 29 balls.