IND Vs PAK Women's T20 Asia Cup 2024: India Women Beat Pakistan By Seven Wickets - As It Happened

Here are the highlights of Match 2 of the Women's T20 Asia Cup 2024 between India and Pakistan played at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Sri Lanka. India women defeated Pakistan by seven wickets to kickstart their campaign with a win. Catch the highlights of the India vs Pakistan match in the Women's T20 Asia Cup 2024, here

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India Women: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Deepti Sharma, Uma Chetry(w), S Sajana, Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Dayalan Hemalatha, Renuka Thakur Singh, Richa Ghosh, Asha Sobhana

Pakistan Women: Sidra Ameen, Gull Feroza, Tuba Hassan, Muneeba Ali(w), Nida Dar(c), Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Omaima Sohail, Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal, Syeda Aroob Shah, Najiha Alvi, Tasmia Rubab, Iram Javed

Pakistan Women Opt To Bat First

Playing XIs:

India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Thakur Singh

Pakistan Women: Sidra Ameen, Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali(w), Nida Dar(c), Aliya Riaz, Iram Javed, Fatima Sana, Tuba Hassan, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu, Syeda Aroob Shah

There was bounce and pace for the pacers in the first match and conditions are most likely to be similar for this match as well. The dimensions are 65 metres all around the ground. There is a little wind which can play a crucial role in the match.

Indian pacer Renuka Thakur Singh opened the bowling attack in front of Pakistan women openers Gull Feroza and Muneeba Ali. Feroza took the strike, first ball went for a leg bye. Just four singles came from the over.

PAK-W - 4/0 (1)

Pooja Vastrakar was introduced into the attack in the second over and Gull Feroza hit her for a boundary. She bowled a bouncer which Feroza mistimed and was caught by the Indian captain coming from mid-on.

PAK-W - 10/1 (2)

Another major blow for Pakistan as they lost their second opener as well. Vastrakar continued her attack and got rid of Muneeba Ali on the next delivery after she hit her for a boundary on the fourth delivery of the over.

PAK-W - 26/2 (4)

Harmanpreet Kaur brought spin into the attack after five overs and introduced Shreyanka Patil into the attack in the 8th over. She bowled accurate lengths and kept the bowling tight. She gave just one run from the over and also removed Aliya Riaz.

PAK-W - 41/3 (8)

After the 10th over, the Pakistan women's team need to accelerate the run-speed now. Indian women need a few more wickets. Captain Nida Dar and set batter Sidra Ameen are there at the crease.

PAK-W - 53/3 (10)

Nida Dar and Sidra Ameen were looking to create a partnership and add some crucial runs on board. But Deepti Sharma broke the partnership by dismissing Nida Dar in the 12th over and Renuka Thakur Singh got rid of the set batter Ameen in the next over. She got LBW dismissal of Iram Javed on the last delivery of the over. Now, Pakistan women are reeling with six wickets.

PAK-W - 61/6 (13)

Tuba Hassan and Fatima Sana rebuilt Pakistan women's innings after six wickets and eyeing to take them to a respectable total. India are desperately looking for some more wickets.

PAK-W - 87/6 (16)

Deepti Sharma came to bowl her last over in the 18th over and got rid of the set batter Tuba Hassan on the first delivery of the over.

PAK-W - 92/7 (17.1)

Deepti Sharma got three wickets in her last over of the spell to leave Pakistan reeling for 94/9. She got rid of the set batter Tuba Hassan on the first delivery. Then she dismissed Syeda Aroob Shah and Nashra Sandhu on the fourth and fifth delivery of the over.

PAK-W - 94/9 (18)

Shreyanka Patil came to bowl the last over of the inning and she dismissed on the second delivery of the over to finish Pakistan women's inning to 108 runs. Now Indian women need 109 runs to win the match.

PAK-W - 108/10 (19.2)

Brief Score: PAK-W - 108/10 (19.2)

Sidra Ameen - 25 (35), Fatima Sana - 22 (16) | Deepti Sharma : (4-0-20-3)

Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana opened India women's batting as Sadia Iqbal started with the first over for Pakistan. Six runs came from the first over including a boundary off Verma's bat.

IND-W - 6/0 (1)

Nida Dar came to bowl the fourth over and she leaked 10 runs from the over. Indian pair is in the mood to finish the match soon. Bot batters have managed to extract at least one boundary from every over.

IND-W - 33/0 (4)

Tuba Hassan came to bowl the sixth over and she was welcomed with a couple of boundaries by Smriti Mandhana. Shafali Verma smashed a six on the fourth delivery to collect 15 runs from the over.

IND-W - 57/0 (6)

Tuba Hassan continued the attack from the other end and leaked 21 runs from her second over. Smriti Mandhana hit five boundaries in the over.

IND-W - 79/0 (8)

Syeda Arooba Shah came to bowl the 10th over and she dismissed the set batter Smriti Mandhana on the third delivery. Mandhana left five runs short of her well-deserved half-century. Umpires have called for drinks.

IND-W - 86/1 (10)

Shafali Verma missed her half-century when she was bowled by Syeda Arooba Shah in her second over. Harmanpreet Kaur is the next batter at the crease as India need eight more runs to win the match.

IND-W - 101/2 (12)

Nashra Sandhu came to bowl her last over in the 13th over and she dismissed Dayalan Hemalatha on the second delivery. Jemimah Rodrigues joined Harmanpreet Kaur at the crease. India still need five more runs off 42 balls.

IND-W - 104/3 (13)

Jemimah Rodrigues took a single on the first delivery of the 15th over to help India women win the match by seven wickets with 35 balls to spare. A clinical performance by the Indian side.

IND-W - 109/3 (14.1)

Difference was the two powerplays, that's where we lost. We struggled in the batting and the positive out of it is the bowling unit - they did well. We have to get together and talk about plans for the next game. Main is powerplays - if you see, if you win powerplays you win games. We have watched the wicket and we will plan better for the next matches.

Feeling great and it worked out according to the plan. Bowled in the right areas. As a unit, we are doing very well, having camps helped us a lot. I worked on my bowling after the South Africa series which helped. [on getting Nida Dar] She is a good batter and it brings a lot of satisfaction when you get a batter like that. [if she knew she had reached 250 international wickets] No idea.

Our bowlers and openers made it. The first game is always a pressure game but we managed it well. Our entire unit played really well. When we are bowling we talk about early breakthroughs and in batting, we look to start well so credit to Smriti and Shafali. Playing fearless cricket, how we played today and we are really happy with the way we played. My knee is fine.

Now, Indian women will face the UAE and Pakistan women will face Nepal in their respective next matches on Sunday. That's all from our side for today. Take care and good night!