Women's Cricket
Women's World Cup: India beat Pakistan by 107 runs — Highlights
India started their 2022 World Cup campaign with a huge win over Pakistan.
Pooja Vastrakar (BCCI)
India suffered a middle order collapse before a record 7th wicket partnership between Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana took them to 244/7 in 50 overs at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday. Pakistan were wrecked by Rajeshwari Gayakwad (4/31) as they were all out for 137.
India XI: Smriti Mandhana (52), Shafali Verma (0), Deepti Sharma (40), Harmanpreet Kaur (5), Mithali Raj(c) (9), Richa Ghosh(w) (1), Sneh Rana (53*), Jhulan Goswami (6*), Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar (67), Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Pakistan XI: Javeria Khan, Sidra Ameen, Bismah Maroof(c), Omaima Sohail, Nida Dar, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Sidra Nawaz(w), Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu, Anam Amin
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 6 March 2022 12:54 AM GMT
Time for national anthems
India's Jana Gana Mana followed by Pakistan's Qaumi Taranah
- 6 March 2022 12:47 AM GMT
Records on the line
Record which are on the line to be broken in today's India v/s Pakistan clash. Read here.
- 6 March 2022 12:38 AM GMT
India Starting 11
Yastika Bhatia misses out in the first 11 for India. Jhulan Goswami to lead the bowling department along with Pooja Vastrakar.
- 6 March 2022 12:23 AM GMT
Captain Mithali Speaks
Mithali Raj showed a lot of confidence in her deputy Harmanpreet Kaur and senior all-rounder Deepthi Sharma in the Press Conference ahead of their opening game.
- 6 March 2022 12:16 AM GMT
"Harmanpreet still makes me nervous"
Former Pakistan cricketer and now commentator Marina Iqbal spills beans about how the Indian vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur still makes her nervous.
Click here to read.
- 6 March 2022 12:07 AM GMT
Gooood Morningggg!
The big day is here. After a heartbreak in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, the Indian women start their campaign in the 2022 edition today against their arch-rivals Pakistan.
While the women in blue come into this contest on the back of two back to back wins in warmup games, Bismah Mahroof's Pakistan too have similar confidence coming into this contest. The former, however, have an advantage of being in New Zealand for long, having played a bilateral series against the hosts just before the World Cup.
Pakistan is yet to beat Indian women in an ODI World Cup. Is it going to change today? Or will the Indian women continue their winning run?
