India won their second consecutive match in the ongoing tournament.
India and Pakistan women faced off against one another in a much-anticipated match in the ongoing ICC Women’s World T20 2018 in Guyana’s Providence Stadium.
Indian captain Harmanpreet won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first. Pakistan’s innings was a tale of two fifties by Bismah Mahroof (53 in 49 balls; 4x4s) and Nida Dar (52 in 35 balls; 5x4s, 2x6s) as they added 93 important runs to take Pakistan to 133/7 in 20 overs.
Dayalan Hemalatha picked 2/34 and Poonam Yadav picked 2/22 in their four overs, with Arundhati Reddy picking a wicket as well.
India was handed a gift of 10 extra runs before beginning their innings, as Pakistani batswoman were penalized five runs two times by the umpires for running on the danger area on the pitch.
Despite that, India scored 73 runs in 9.3 overs with Smriti Mandhana making 26 in 28 balls and falling to Bismah. Mithali Raj anchored one end from there on. Rodrigues made 16, before being caught and bowled by Dar.
Skipper Harmanpreet joined Mithali Raj, who upped her striking shots and made 56 in 47 balls with 7 fours. She was dismissed by Diana Baig. Harmanpreet Kaur finished the match, along with Veda Krishnamurthy, who hitting the winning four.
India Women won the match with 7 wickets in hand and registered their second straight win in the group, while Pakistan lost their second consecutive match.
Twitter was elated with the performance of Mithali Raj and the Indian bowlers as they helped beat the archrivals and praised the Indian women’s team.
Here are some of the tweets:
Well done Team India ???????? congratulations @M_Raj03 and whole team.. keep going ???? pic.twitter.com/WJsyhwBuZk
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) November 11, 2018
Harmanpreet, 103(51) did it her way against New Zealand. Today Mithali Raj 56(47) did it her way against Pakistan. Two champions.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 11, 2018
2 out of 2, another convincing win ???????????? keep it going @BCCIWomen #WWT20
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) November 11, 2018
Yay! Great win India. Really well played by the girls @BCCIWomen . Mithali Raj was superb and so were the bowlers. Best wishes for the matches ahead #IndvPak pic.twitter.com/53tUcsiaan
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) November 11, 2018
A victory against Pakistan in any sporting competition is always sweet one. Really proud of the way our Women's team have been performing in the #WomensWorldT20 #INDvPAK
— R P Singh (@rpsingh) November 11, 2018
Congratulations @BCCIWomen on a fantastic victory over Pakistan. The bowlers set it up with a brilliant performance and then Mithali Raj showed her class and experience in the run chase. Well done ! #IndvPak pic.twitter.com/7qcPrkeJRu
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) November 11, 2018
If you list out things that haven't changed in a while, India defeating Pakistan in a World Cup game would feature in it. The Men in blue made it a habit and now it's the turn of the @BCCIWomen to continue the domination. Congratulations on the Victory @M_Raj03 ???? #INDvPAK
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) November 11, 2018
Good day for Indian cricket. Win against #Windies followed by one against Pakistan. #WWT20 #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/j6EupQZU6D
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 11, 2018