Deepti Sharma was the player of the match. She took 3 wickets for 20 runs.

The Indian women's cricket team has started the Women's Asia Cup with a win. Team India defeated its biggest rival Pakistan by 7 wickets in the very first match. The team chased the target of 109 runs in 14.1 overs. Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma made the run chase easy by making an opening partnership of 85 runs.

Indian bowlers, led by Deepti Sharma, bowled out Pakistan for 108 runs in 19.2 overs. With this victory in Dambulla, the Indian girls have also avenged their previous defeat in 2022. Then Team India was defeated by 13 runs.

Before the analysis, the partnership that made the match one-sided…

Match analysis in 5 points…

1 Match Winner – Deepti Sharma
Deepti took three wickets for 20 runs in her quota of 4 overs. Not only this, she also made a runout in the 18th over. 3 wickets came in this over. She sent captain Nida Dar, Tuba Hussain and Nashra Sindhu to the pavilion. For this performance, she was selected Player of the Match.

2. Top Performers
Smriti Mandhana
Mandhana was the top scorer for the Indian team. She scored 45 runs in 31 balls. Mandhana scored runs at a strike rate of 145.16 with the help of 9 fours.

shefali verma
Shefali played an innings of 40 runs in 29 balls. She hit 6 fours and a six. Shefali shared a partnership of 85 runs with Smriti in 57 balls.

Renuka Singh Thakur
Renuka took 2 wickets in 2 consecutive balls in her last over. She broke the back of Pakistan's middle order by dismissing Sidra Amin and Sadia Iqbal.

3. Turning Point- 18th over bowled by Deepti Sharma
Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets in the last over. She came to bowl the 18th over of the Pakistani innings and dismissed 2 batsmen. Not only this, she also made a runout. 2 runs came from this over of Deepti.

4. Reasons for Pakistan's defeat

Poor batting, 7 batsmen did not reach double digits
Pakistan's batting was poor. 7 batsmen of the team could not reach double digits. The remaining 4 batsmen could not score more than 25 runs. In this way the whole team was all out for 108 runs.

The bowlers could not take wickets in the initial overs
Defending a small score of 108 runs, the Pakistani bowlers could not take wickets in the initial overs. In such a situation, the Indian openers made a partnership of 85 runs and made the match one-sided.

5. Fighter of the Match- Syeda Aroob Shah
Syeda Arub Shah was the fighter of the match. She sent the Indian openers to the pavilion. Shah broke the 85-run opening partnership by dismissing Mandhana. Then she gave India another blow by dismissing Shefali, although it was too late by then.

Playing-11 of both the teams

India : Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Dayanand Hemalatha, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh, Radha Yadav and Shreyanka Patil.

Pakistan : Nida Dar (captain), Sidra Amin, Gul Feroza, Muniba Ali (wicketkeeper), Aliya Riaz, Iram Javed, Fatima Sana, Tuba Hussain, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sindhu and Syeda Arub Shah.

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India won its first match by defeating Pakistan in the Women's Asia Cup. Pakistan's captain Nida Dar won the toss and chose to bat, but the Indian bowlers bowled out Pakistan for 108 runs. Sidra Amin scored the highest 25 runs. Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets.

In the run chase, Indian openers Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana shared a partnership of 85 runs. Smriti scored 45 and Shefali scored 40 runs. Syeda Arub Shah took 2 wickets from Pakistan's side. Many moments were seen in this match. Off-spinner Shreyanka bowled a bouncer. Mandhana hit a hat-trick of fours in the over. Shefali missed a runout opportunity. Read full news…