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India beat Pakistan by 107 runs in the Women’s World Cup cricket match played in New Zealand today.
Sneha Rana and Pooja Vastragar, who played for the Indian team, scored the most runs. Pooja Vastragar scored 67 off 58 balls before losing to Fathima Sana. Sneha Rana, on the other hand, was unbeaten on 51 off 46 balls. India lost 6 wickets for 114 runs against Pakistan. After this, Sneha Rana and Pooja Vastragar paired up to take the team’s total to 244 runs. Opener Shebali Verma returned to the pavilion without opening the scoring after India stumbled in the third over.
Shebali Verma became Klein Bold to Diana Baik. At that time, India’s score was one wicket for 4 runs. After this, India played slowly and added only 10 runs in the first 5 overs. However, then Smriti Mandana and Deepti Sharma batted and India completed 50 off the fifth ball of the eleventh over. Smriti Mandana and Deepti Sharma handled the innings for India. Smriti Mandana hit a fifty, but Deepti Sharma was dismissed for 40 off the next ball. He was bowled out in Nasra Lane. At that time, India’s score was 96 for two.
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However Mandana also returned to the pavilion with 52 runs to spare as India lost 3 wickets for 100 runs. Vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur also failed to put up a good performance. He was out in the LPW for five off 13 balls. India’s second wicket fell for 96 runs. But half the team was bowled out for 112 runs. Richa Ghosh scored a run while captain Mithali Raj was dismissed for 9 off 35 balls. In this situation, India had scored only 115 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Pooja Vastragar and Sneha Rana pair rescued India from the slump. The duo piled up runs at an astounding pace to take India to 170 in 41 overs. India scored 215 at the end of 47 overs. In the last over, Julan Goswami lost 7 wickets for 6 off 3 balls, India set a target of 245 for Pakistan.
Match details
The eight teams that will take part in the Women’s World Cup will play in about 31 matches until the final. In the beginning all teams will meet each other in seven rounds. The first round starts on March 4 and the second round starts on March 7. The Indian women’s team will face New Zealand on March 10.
The third round will start on March 11. The Indian women’s team will face the West Indies on March 12.
India will face England in the fourth round on March 16, Australia in the fifth round on March 19, Bangladesh in the sixth round on March 22 and South Africa in the seventh round on March 27.
This will be followed by the first semi-final on March 30, the second semi-final on March 31 and the final on April 3. According to this system, all teams will play a match among themselves. The first four teams advance directly to the semifinals. Due to this method of competition, every match for each team will be very important and the net run rate in those matches will also be important.
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