INDW vs PAKW: The Asia Cup league match was played between the Indian women's cricket team and the Pakistan women's cricket team at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. The Pakistani team batted first and gave the Indian team a target of 109 runs. Team India achieved this target very easily. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and company achieved this target in 14.1 overs and defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets.
Team India's start was very impressive. Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana started the innings. Both gave a strong start to the team. Both added 85 runs in 9.3 overs for the first wicket.
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India's daughters attacked
The Indian women's cricket team registered a spectacular victory over the Pakistani women's team. Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma's amazing innings made the target of 109 runs very small. Shefali played an innings of 40 runs with the help of 6 fours and 1 six in 29 balls.
On the other hand, Smriti Mandhana also played a brilliant innings. Mandhana scored 45 runs in 31 balls with the help of 9 fours and 1 six. Dayalan Hemalatha, who came to bat at number three, scored 14 runs in 11 balls. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemima Rodrigues led the team to victory.
Indian bowlers broke the back of Pakistani batsmen
Pakistan's team fell apart like a pack of cards. The first wicket fell in the second over itself. Pooja Vastrakar gave Team India its first success. She sent Gul Feroz to the pavilion by getting him caught out by Harmanpreet. Pakistan's second wicket fell in the fourth over in the form of Muniba Ali. Muniba was also dismissed by Pooja. All the Indian bowlers showed their magic today. Deepti Sharma took the maximum number of 3 wickets.
For India, Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets. Whereas, Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Singh and Shreyanka Patil took 2-2 wickets each.
By winning this match, India has become number one in its group. Nepal is at number 2. It had defeated UAE. On the other hand, Pakistan is at the last position after losing this match.