Women’s Asia Cup: India outclass Pakistan by seven wickets

Smriti Mandhana (L) and Shefali Verma share a moment during the match against Pakistan. — ACCIndia women’s cricket team comfortably defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in their first match of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Friday.After dominance with the ball, India continued to remain at the top of their game with the bat as they chased down the 109-run target in just 14.1 overs without much trouble. Shafali Verma (40 off 29) and Smriti Mandhana (45 off 31) put India on top as the two combined for 85 runs before the latter was dismissed by Aroob Shah. After losing the openers — both removed by Aroob — and Dayalan Hemalatha (14 off 11), skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues came to bat and completed the job for the team.Opting to bat first, Pakistan didn’t have a great start as they had lost both of their openers — Gull Feroza and Muneeba Ali — after posting just five and 11 runs respectively, leaving their team at 26-2 in 3.5 overs.Sidra Amin played valiantly but she got no support from the other hand as skipper Nida Dar (8 off 11) and Aliya Riaz (6 off 11) failed to contribute any valuable runs.After scoring 22 runs on 35 balls, Amin lost her wicket after which Tuba Hassan took charge of Pakistan’s innings and played a quick 22-run knock on 19 balls with three boundaries.Indian bowlers’ dominance made it nearly impossible for the Pakistani batters to score big runs and it looked that the Blues may restrict their opponents within the 100-run mark but Fatima Sana’s late 16-ball 22-run knock helped the Green Shirts score 108 runs before being all out in 19.2 overs.For India, Deepti Sharma picked three while Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar and Shreyanka Patil bagged two wickets each.Playing XIsIndia: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Thakur SinghPakistan: Sidra Ameen, Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nida Dar (c), Aliya Riaz, Iram Javed, Fatima Sana, Tuba Hassan, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu, Syeda Aroob ShahPakistan’s remaining matches in Women’s Asia CupJuly 21, Sunday — Pakistan vs Nepal July 23, Tuesday — Pakistan vs UAE  Comments Submit Eddy commented 6 months agoI am shocked. Weren't Pakistan one of the favourites? Reply مضمون کا ماخذ:raspadinha resultados