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India has made a great start in the Women's Asia Cup. The Indian women's team defeated the Pakistan women's team by 7 wickets in their first match. India achieved the target of 109 runs on the first ball of the 15th over. Smriti Mandhana (45) and Shefali Verma (40) played excellent innings for India. This is India's 12th victory over Pakistan in the Women's Asia Cup. The Women's Asia Cup is being played in Sri Lanka.

In this match, Pakistan won the toss and batted first and set a target of 109 runs at the Dambulla ground, which India achieved by losing three wickets in 14.1 overs. Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana thrashed Pakistan, but both missed the fifty. Both of them made a strong partnership of 85 runs for the first wicket. Mandhana played an innings of 45 runs with the help of nine fours in 31 balls. She became the victim of Syeda Arub Shah in the tenth over. Syeda bowled Shefali in the 12th over, who scored 40 runs in 29 balls. She hit six fours and a six.

Nashra Sandhu trapped Dayalan Hemalatha (14 off 11 balls) in her net in the 13th over. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur returned unbeaten after scoring five runs and Jemima Rodrigues returned unbeaten after scoring three runs. Earlier, Pakistan's innings folded for 108 runs in 19.2 overs. Sidra Amin scored the most runs. She scored 25 runs in 35 balls, which included three fours. Pakistan's poor condition can be gauged from the fact that seven players could not touch the double-digit mark.

Among the Indian bowlers, Pooja Vastrakar and Renuka Singh gave Pakistan initial setbacks by taking two wickets each. Deepti Sharma took three wickets for 20 runs. Shreyanka Patil also got two wickets.