Women’s Cricket: India ease to victory over Pakistan to boost T20 World Cup hopes
Women’s Cricket: India ease to victory over Pakistan to boost T20 World Cup hopes
India produced a solid all-round display to beat Pakistan in Dubai in a big-stakes encounter at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 on Sunday.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s India needed a win after the loss to New Zealand in their opening game, and they got exactly that against neighbours Pakistan, who were slightly off the boil at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Arundhati Reddy (3/19) and Shreyanka Patil (2/12) starred with the ball as a rebalanced India lineup kept Pakistan tied down in the first innings, for whom Nida Dar top-scored with 28 from 34.
And, faced with a modest target of 106 to win, India eased to victory, aided by an excellent 32 from 35 by Shafali Verma and Harmanpreet Kaur’s 29 from 24, although the skipper was forced to retire hurt on the verge of victory.