India beat Pakistan by 88 runs in the ICC Women’s World Cup match in Colombo on Sunday.
Chasing a challenging 248-run target for victory, Pakistan kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were bundled out for 159 in 43 overs.
Sidra Amin: the highest scorer for the Green shirts with 81 off 106 balls. She hit nine fours and one six. Natalia Pervaiz made 33 off 46 balls with the help of four boundaries. Wicket-keeper batter Sidra Nawaz contributed 14 off 22 balls.
No other batter could enter the double figures as Pakistan failed to play the full quota of 50 overs. Player of the match Kranti Goud and Deepti Sharma got three wickets each, and Sneh Rana two. Muneeba Ali and Diana Baig went back to pavilion after run out.
India Scorecard:
After being put into bat by Pakistan skipper Fatima Sana, India managed 247 runs on the last ball of the allocated 50 overs.
Harleen Deol grabbed the top scorer position for India with 46 off 65 balls. She laced with four fours and one maximum. Wicket-keeper batter Richa Ghosh contributed a valuable unbeaten 35 off 20 balls. It helped her side reach a competitive total on a slow track. She hit three fours and two maximums.
Jemimah Rodrigues made 32 off 37 balls, Pratika Rawal 31 off 37 balls. Deepti Sharma 25 off 33 balls, Smriti Mandhana 23 off 32 balls. Sneh Rana 20 off 33 balls, and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur 19 off 34 balls.
Diana Baig bagged four wickets, and Sadia Iqbal and Fatima Sana two each. Rameen Shamim and Nashra Sandhu took one wicket each.
India women vs Pakistan Women:
India Playing XI: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Kranti Goud, Shree Charani, Renuka Singh
Pakistan Playing XI: Muneeba Ali, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Pervaiz, Fatima Sana (capt), Rameen Shamim, Diana Baig, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal
