India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets in the first match of the Women’s Asia Cup. Batting first, Nida Dar’s team scored 108 runs in 19.2 overs. In reply, Harmanpreet Kaur scored 109 runs, losing three wickets in 14.1 overs. The Indians lost several wickets while rushing for no reason at the end. Like Babar Azam, Nidader looked helpless against India. India picked up an easy win in the spirit of playing a practice match. The Indian team went into bat with a target of 109 runs to win.
The first wicket partnership of Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma put on 85 runs in 9.3 overs. The victory of the Indian team was confirmed by that. Smriti scored 45 runs on 31 balls. Nine fours came from his bat. Shefali made 40 off 29 balls. Hit six fours and one six. Dayalan Hemlata played a 14-run inning off 11 balls at number three. An unbeaten inning of 5 runs from 11 balls came from the bat of the captain of the Indian team. Jemima remained unbeaten with three runs from three balls.
Pakistan’s most successful bowler, Syeda Arub Shah, took 2 wickets for 9 runs. He dismissed both Shefali and Mandhana. Nashra Sandhu took 1 wicket with 19 runs. No other Pakistani bowler took a wicket. His strategy was not successful due to the Indian bowlers. Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh, and Pooja Bastrakar could not understand the balls of the Pakistani batters.
Pakistan’s two openers, Gul Feroza (5) and Muniba Ali (11) did not get runs. Sidra Amin, Tuba Hasan, and Fatima Sana, who came in at number three, struggled a bit. Amin played an inning of 25 runs off 35 balls. Hit three fours. He made 22 off 19 balls. He also hit three fours. Fatima remained unbeaten, playing an innings of 22 runs off 16 balls. They lost wickets at regular intervals. No significant pairings were made.
