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Women’s T20 World Cup: Indian women stutter in chase; beats Pakistan in crucial encounter
Indian women bounced back strongly against the Pakistan women and restricted them to 105 for 8.
Indian opener Shafali Verma plays a shot during the ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup match against Pakistan in Dubai on October 6, 2024.
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Chasing 106, a seemingly easy target, Indian women made it difficult for themselves against Pakistan women in the ICC Women’s Twenty20 match in Dubai on Sunday (October 6, 2024).
Indian women lost Smriti Mandhana (7) early but Shafali Verma (32) and Jemimah Rodrigues (23) had to face some tough bowling from Pakistani women.
Then India lost both Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh (0) to give some hope for Pakistan. But captain Harmanpreet Kaur (29) and Deepti Sharma (7) saw their team through without further damage and Indian women won the match by six wickets. It took 18.5 overs for the Indian women to reach the target of 106. Harmanpreet Kaur was retired hurt with India still needing 2 runs to win. Sajeevan Sajana hit the winning runs for the Indian women.
After this win, Indian women were at the fourth position in Group A behind New Zealand women, Australia women and Pakistan women. India’s run rate is at -1.217
For Pakistani women, Fatima Sana (2 for 23), Sadia Iqbal (1 for 23) and Omaima Sohail (1 for 17) were the main wicket-takers.
Earlier, After being defeated by New Zealand in their opening encounter, Indian women bounced back strongly against the Pakistan women and restricted them to 105 for 8.
Indian women bowlers led by Shreyanka Patil (2 for 12) and Arundhati Reddy (3 for 19) bowled tight line and length. The Indian women bowlers never let their Pakistani counterpart to attack.
The top scorer for Pakistani women team was Nida Dar (28) who fought a lone battle with wickets falling at regular intervals. The next highest score was from opener Muneeba Ali (17) and Syeda Aroob Shah (14).
Earlier, Pakistan skipper Fatima Sana won the toss and elected to bat against India.
India have made one change to their side with off-spinner Sajeevan Sajana replacing medium pacer Pooja Vastrakar, who is troubled by a niggle.
In Pakistan playing XI, leg spinner Syeda Aroob Shah has replaced medium pacer Diana Baig.
Teams
India Women: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, S Sajana, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, and Renuka Thakur Singh.
Pakistan Women: Muneeba Ali(wk), Gull Feroza, Sidra Amin, Nida Dar, Aliya Riaz, Omaima Sohail, Fatima Sana (c), Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sandhu, Syeda Aroob Shah, and Sadia Iqbal.
Published – October 06, 2024 04:34 pm IST
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