In a low-scoring match ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 Sunday (October 3), India defeated and officially won his first victory Pakistan With 6 gates in Dubai. Pakistan posted a modest total of 105/8 Nida Dar best result for his side. led by India Shafali Verman constant 32 and Harmanpreet Kaur Quickfire 29 chased down the target with seven balls to spare. Despite an all-out effort by the Pakistan captain Fatima SanaIndia proved to be too strong and won easily.
Muneeba Ali and Nida Dar lead Pakistan’s innings
Pakistan’s batting performance in the match against India was plagued from the start. Muneeba Ali, Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman tried to stabilize the innings with a knock of 17 off 26 balls, hitting two boundaries. However, Seagull Feroza dismissed for a duck, brought Pakistan back early. Sidra Amen He scored 8 off 11 balls but the team continued to struggle as they lost wickets at regular intervals. Nida Dar He scored over 28 off 34 balls, though he failed to pace the innings as he should have. Low-order contributions from Fatima, who scored 13 off 8 balls and Syeda Aroob Shah (17 off 14 balls) helped Pakistan reach a paltry total of 105/8 in 20 overs.
Arundhati Reddy and Shreyanka Patil star in India’s bowling attack
India’s bowling dominates Arundhati Reddy and Shreyanka PatilHe restricted Pakistan to a manageable total. Reddy was 3 wickets for 19 runs, including Nida’s and scalp Aliya Riaz. Shreyanka Patil He bowled an economical spell, taking 2 wickets for just 12 runs, including the dismissal of Muneeba. Renuka Singh and Deepti Sharma Each was well supported by the wicketkeeper, while India’s bowlers maintained the pressure by taking wickets at key moments. Pakistan struggled to build a partnership and a disciplined bowling display from India saw them defend a modest target of 106.
Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur have been hammering India’s chase steadily
Shafali anchored India’s chase of 106 with a steady 32 off 35 balls. Although Smriti Mandhana dismissed early for just 7 runs Sadia IqbalShafali took his place, hitting three boundaries during his stay. Jemima Rodrigues Contributed with a patient 23 off 28 balls, adding an important partnership with Shafali. Harmanpreet, who had to retire injured after scoring a quick 29 off 24 balls, was instrumental in guiding India close to the target. In the end, India comfortably reached 108/4 in 18.5 overs and won by 6 wickets with 7 balls to spare.
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Fatima Sana’s all-round efforts go in vain for Pakistan
After her earlier contribution with the bat, Pakistan captain Fatima took 2 wickets for 23 runs in an impressive all-round display. He is the leading Indian batsman Jemimah and Richa Ghoshbut his efforts were not enough to turn the tide in Pakistan’s favour. Sadia also batted well taking 1 wicket for 23 runs but the target of 106 was not enough to challenge India. Despite a valiant effort by the bowlers, Pakistan fell short.
Here’s Twitter’s reaction:
Criticize Harman all you want for his captaincy but he is the only player who is clutch!
— Akash Deshpande (@akashd7781) October 6, 2024
Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain, is playing a do-or-die match for India in the World Cup.
— Higher Consciousness (@realcvrane) October 6, 2024
Well played Pak women cricket team and congratulations to India for the win…. The gap between the facilities provided to Indian and Pak women is huge, but the gap in class is not so big. Just give Pak women 50% of India’s facilities and they will show you how they can rule world cricket. #BackOurGirls
— Osama Zafar (@Osama7) October 6, 2024
2⃣ points and a W – we’ll call it a lucky Sunday! 👏💙#AaliRe #T20WorldCup #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/dxuoCQzmja
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) October 6, 2024
This is the first time I am so disappointed after India beat Pakistan.
What a bad performance, Harman and Mazumdar.
The WPL was supposed to elevate our game, but these guys went back a decade. Terrible performance.
Sorry, that was downright pathetic.#INDvPAK
— Cricketologist (@AMP86793444) October 6, 2024
No sheep barks…
Boys boys kootenge
Girls girls…!#INDvPAK— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) October 6, 2024
On the way and better than ever! 👊
The Women in Blue 🇵🇰 dominate ✌️and earn important points! 🙌 #PlayBold #INDvPAK #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/H9s2tofzZW
– Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) October 6, 2024
Match Summary- India is very poor. Pakistan is one step poorer.
A totally overhyped show. Unless India improves a lot from here, they won’t do SF. The lack of intent was shocking. There is no effort. What did the head coach and captain think? @RevSportzGlobal #INDvPAK
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) October 6, 2024
Two areas where this Indian team has been quite consistent are the fielding and running between the wickets.
It’s painful to watch this walk in the park when you need to push for NRR. #INDvPAK
— Rohit Yadav (@cricrohit) October 6, 2024
T-715: Not dominant, but good enough to beat Pakistan. Great team India. #INDvPAK
— Mudit Jain (@DecodeCIVILS) October 6, 2024
I’m sure I’m not the only one who finds this Indian pursuit quite unusual. There seems to be no situational awareness of what is required, not just for this match, but for the tournament. Just too… naive? #INDvPAK
— Isabelle Westbury (@izzywestbury) October 6, 2024
It is good to have points on the board but it can hurt if this chase is struggling for net run rate..
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) October 6, 2024
A comprehensive win for India #INDvPAK #T20WorldCup #womenscricket #CricketTwitter #WomenCricket pic.twitter.com/pV9h8fINDt
— WomenCricket.com (@WomenCricketHQ) October 6, 2024
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