India beat Pakistan by 107 runs in women’s cricket WC

Story by  ATV | Posted by  sabir hussain • 2 Years ago
The Indian women's cricket team exults after taking a wicket.
The Indian women's cricket team exults after taking a wicket.

 

Mount Maunganui (New Zealand)

India made the most of defiant half centuries by Pooja Vastrakar, Smriti Mandhana and Sneh Rana and then an all-round bowling performance to beat Pakistan by 107 runs in the fourth game of the ongoing ICC Women's 50-over World Cup here at the Bay Oval on Sunday.

Chasing 245, Pakistan batters Javeria Khan (11) and Bismah Maroof (15) failed to stay at the crease for a long haul and the side was reduced to 53/2 in the 18th over. Javeria was dismissed by Rajeshwari Gayakwad while Maroof was sent back to the pavilion by Deepti Sharma. Pakistan kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were dismised for 137 runs to give India a comfortable 107-run win. For India, Rajeshwari Gayakwad took four wickets.

Earlier, Pooja Vastrakar (67), Smriti Mandhana (52) and Sneh Rana (53*) were the standout performers as India posted 244/7. Opting to bat first, India got off to the worst start possible as Diana Baig clean bowled Shafali Verma (0) in the third over of the innings and this brought Deepti Sharma out to bat. The left-handed duo of Deepti and Mandhana revived India's innings and at the 15-over mark, Mithali Raj's side's score read 64/1.

Mandhana brought up her fifty in the 22nd over of the innings but the 92-run stand for the second wicket came to an end in the very same over as Nashra Sandhu bowled Deepti (40). Soon after, Anam Amin sent Mandhana (52) back to the pavilion while Nida Dar dismissed Harmanpreet Kaur (5) and Richa Ghosh (1) to leave India in a spot of bother at 112/5 in the 31st over.

India's hopes were given a body blow in the 34th over as Nashra Sandhu got the better of Mithali (9) and India was left reeling at 114/6 with Rana and Vastrakar at the crease. Both batters completely changed the complexion of the game as they scored briskly. Vastrakar and Rana stitched a 122-run stand for the seventh wicket. In the final five overs, India scored more runs to take the total past the 240-run mark.

Brief Scores: India 244/7(Pooja Vastrakar 67, Sneh Rana 53*, Nashra Sandhu 2-36) vs Pakistan 137 all out (Sidra Ameen 30, Diana Baig 24; Rajeshwari Gayakwad 4-31).