Women's T20 World Cup HIGHLIGHTS: India beat Pakistan by 7 wickets - Updates, Results, Scores, Blog
Tight from Thakur
Yet another tidy over from Renuka Thakur as India tightens the lid on runflow.
PAK: 14/1 (3)
PAK: 11/1 (2)
Deepti Sharma did leak a few runs, but she has given India their first breakthrough in just the second over. Overall a decent start this for India's world cup campaign.
PAK: 11/1 (2)
Deepti Sharma STRIKES!
Deepti Sharma is reverse lapped for a boundary by Javeria. She pulls out of the next delivery to get into batter's mind before forcing a sweep. Javeria top-edges it to Harmanpreet Kaur at fine leg. One of the more easier grabs for the Indian captain in her career.
PAK: 10/1 (1.4)
Good start for India
An excellent start this from Renuka Thakur as she keeps things tight to keep Pakistan in check.
PAK: 3/0 (1)
Renuka Thakur with the ball
Renuka Thakur will start the proceedings for India with the ball. Muneeba and Javeria with the bat for Pakistan.
Smriti Mandhana in chases
Total Matches: 52
Batting Average: 32.92
Strike-rate: 124.48
In winning chases
Batting Average: 40.92
Strike-rate: 122.45
How much will Mandhana's chances hurt India today?
No Smriti Mandhana for India
As expected, India will have to open their ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 campaign sans Smriti Mandhana. The women in blue vice-captain reportedly picked up a finger injury during India's first warmup match against Australia.
She subsequently had missed the team's second warm-up too against Bangladesh.
With India been asked to chase, how will Harmanpreet and co. fare without their star batter?
PITCH REPORT
"This pitch will play similar to the last game. Despite a few cracks, this is a good cricket wicket. It might be a bit two-paced, but we should have a good contest," says Dane Van Neikerk in her pitch report.
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