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.

Moments of IND vs PAK match…

Shreyanka's bouncer

Shreyanka Patil took 2 wickets for 14 runs in 3.2 overs.

Off spinner Shreyanka Patil came to bowl the 10th over. Sidra Amin hit a four on the second ball of the over. After this, Shreyanka bowled a no ball on the next ball. Shreyanka bowled a bouncer on the free hit. Which Amin did not expect. Generally it is rarely seen that any spinner throws a bouncer.

Shefali missed the chance of runout

Shefali Verma gave life to Sidra Amin.

On the last ball of the 11th over, Shefali Verma standing at long on missed an easy run out. Here there was a mix up between Sidra Amin and Nida Dar. Amin played Pooja's ball in front and went for the run. But Nida stopped her. Here Shefali had a full chance to get Amin out. But the ball slipped out of Shefali's hand.

Renuka took 2 wickets in the last over, Sidra-Iram out

Renuka took 2 wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs.

Renuka took 2 wickets of Pakistan in her last over. Here she dismissed set batsman Sidra Amin on 25 runs on the 5th ball. After that she came to the crease and dismissed Iram Javed. Renuka dismissed her LBW.
Hemalatha drops the catch

Hemalatha drops the catch of Tuba Hussain.

In the 14th over of Pakistan's innings, Dayanand Hemalatha, standing at long on, missed an easy chance. Here Tuba Hussain played an overpitched ball in the air. Hemalatha was a little inside the boundary. She drove but the ball went between her hands. Tuba got a reprieve on 3 runs.

3 wickets in Deepti's over

Deepti took wickets on consecutive balls.

Deepti got Tuba out on the first ball of the 18th over. Here Tuba, who was playing on 22 runs, played a shot on point. Radha Yadav took a brilliant catch. Syeda Arub Shah, who came to bat, was run out on the fourth ball of the same over. Here Radha Yadav did brilliant fielding and got her out. Nashra Sindhu was out on the very next ball. Deepti got Sindhu caught by wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh. Deepti took wickets on consecutive balls.

Indian innings started with a four

Shafali Verma scored 40 runs in 29 balls.

Team India's opener Shefali Verma, who came out to chase 109 runs, opened Team India's account with a four. She hit a four on the third ball of Sadia Iqbal who was bowling the first over. Here Sadia bowled a full ball on the leg stump. Shefali hit a four on the backward square.

Mandhana hit 5 fours in one over

Smriti Mandhana scored 45 runs off 31 balls.

Opener Smriti Mandhana hit 5 fours in Tuba Hussain's over. She hit three consecutive fours on the last 3 balls of Tuba Hussain's 8th over. Smriti Mandhana also hit fours on the first and third balls of the same over.

Dayanand Hemalatha hit a hat-trick of fours

Dayananda Hemalatha played an inning of 14 runs on 11 balls.

Nashra Sindhu bowled the 11th over of India's innings. Hemalatha hit 3 fours on 3 consecutive balls of Sindhu. She hit a four on the second ball at deep square leg, on the third ball at point and on the fourth ball towards cover.

Facts
Smriti Mandhana has become the highest run scorer in T20 for India. Now she has scored 3365 runs. After her is Indian women's captain Harmanpreet Kaur who has 3349 runs in T20 International.