Summary
India defeated Pakistan by 107 runs in their first match of the Women’s World Cup. Batting first, Team India had scored 244 runs for seven wickets. In reply, Pakistan’s team could only score 137 runs and got all out. The Indian team will now take on hosts New Zealand on March 10.
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India has started with a win in the Women’s World Cup. In their first match, Team India defeated Pakistan by 107 runs. Batting first after winning the toss, the Indian team scored 244 runs in 50 overs for the loss of seven wickets. Smriti Mandhana scored 52 runs, Deepti Sharma scored 40 runs, Pooja Vastrakar scored 67 runs and Sneh Rana scored 53 not out.
In reply, Pakistan’s team was all out for 137 runs in 43 overs. Sidra Amin scored 30 runs for Pakistan. At the same time, Rajeshwari Gaikwad bowled excellently for India, taking four wickets for 31 runs in 10 overs.
Apart from this, Jhulan Goswami and Sneh Rana got two wickets each. Meghna and Deepti sent one player each to the pavilion. The Indian team will now play a match against New Zealand in Hamilton on March 10. Pooja was given the Player of the Match award for her best innings.
Congratulations to #TeamIndia on starting their #CWC22 campaign on a winning note.
Onwards and upwards#INDvPAK
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 6, 2022
India’s 11th consecutive win over Pakistan
Talking about the statistics, India achieved 11th consecutive win in ODIs against Pakistan. Team India has won all 11 matches against Pakistan. At the same time, four matches have been played between the two teams in the Women’s ODI World Cup. India has defeated Pakistan in all the four matches. Fans were expecting a high-voltage match, but the Indian team made it one-sided.
Pakistan has lost 15 consecutive matches in the World Cup
Pakistan’s women’s team has a very poor record in the ODI World Cup. The team has played 15 matches in the World Cup since March 16, 2009 and has faced defeat in all.
Simply magical from Rajeshwari Gayakwad#CWC22 #PAKvIND pic.twitter.com/eegUbT8JwE
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) March 6, 2022
India didn’t start well
Batting first after winning the toss, the Indian team did not start well. Shefali Verma got out for zero. After this, Deepti Sharma and Smriti Mandhana together took India to a good position. For the second wicket, there was a partnership of 92 runs in 116 balls between the two. India got the second blow on the total score of 96 runs. Deepti got out after scoring 40 runs. After this, Smriti scored the 21st half-century of ODI career. However, after that she could not last long.
Mandhana scored 21st half-century in ODIs
There was a flurry of wickets as soon as Mandhana was dismissed. By 114, India had lost six wickets. India lost five wickets for 18 runs. Captain Mithali Raj was dismissed for nine runs, vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur five runs and Richa Ghosh scored one run. After this, affection and worship together took India beyond 200. Both of them shared a partnership of 122 runs in 97 balls for the seventh wicket. The 122-run partnership between the two is India’s highest partnership for the seventh wicket.
First ever ODI 50 for Sneh Rana and what a time to bring it up#CWC22 pic.twitter.com/H2oa3k1t2b
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) March 6, 2022
Pooja and Sneh Rana played a great innings
Pooja scored the highest 67 runs from 59 balls for India. This is the highest score by an Indian batsman on the eighth wicket. At the same time, Sneh Rana remained unbeaten on 53 runs in 48 balls. Apart from Sneh, Jhulan Goswami remained unbeaten on six runs. Nida Dar and Nashra Sandhu took two wickets each for Pakistan. At the same time, Diana Baig, Anam Amin and Fatima Sana got one wicket each.
Pakistan’s innings was reduced to 137 runs
Chasing the target of 244 runs, the start of Pakistan’s team was also not good. The team kept getting setbacks at frequent intervals and Pakistan could not recover from it. Sidra Amin 30 runs, Javeria Khan 11 runs, captain Bismah Maroof 15 runs, Omaima Sohail 5 runs, Nida Dar 4 runs, Alia Riaz 11 runs, Fatima Sana 17 runs, Sidra Nawaz 12 runs and Nashra Sandhu scored zero. Finally Diana Baig tried to handle the innings, but by then it was too late. Meghna Singh dismissed Diana (24 runs) to bundle out Pakistan’s innings for 137 runs.
India start off their #CWC22 campaign in style
They register a commanding victory against arch-rivals Pakistan #PAKvIND pic.twitter.com/s8Di9Dg9qi
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) March 6, 2022