sidra amin Pulled out a blunder just an inch away from the boundary line to get out Shafali Verma The T20 Women’s World Cup match between India and Pakistan in Cape Town on Sunday. Shafali looked in dangerous form in the run chase and it took a special effort in the deep to end her innings. Batting on 33, Shafali smashed a delivery from Nashra Sandhu straight down the ground but Amin was on the boundary line and made a sensational effort by tossing and catching the ball with only one hand.
@sidrameen31 wow ЁЯШ▓ ЁЯШ│ЁЯШ▒ what a catch #PAKWVVINDW pic.twitter.com/OmK35ra5xM
тАФ Daniyal Muneer (@DaniAinee) February 12, 2023
Indian bowlers failed to impress towards the end of Pakistan’s innings as they restricted their rivals to 149 for 4.
Pakistan, who elected to bat, were reduced to 43 for 3 in the eighth over, but made a fine comeback, with the skipper scoring 91 runs in the second half of their innings. Bismah Maroof (68 not out) and Ayesha Naseem (43 not out) added 81 runs for the fifth wicket.
Maroof hit seven fours in his unbeaten innings of 55 balls while Naseem hit two fours and two sixes in 25 balls. The duo frustrated the Indian bowlers for more than eight overs to take Pakistan to a competitive total.
Left arm spinner for India Radha Yadav Was the most successful bowler with figures of 2/21 Deepti Sharma And Pooja Vastrakar Got one wicket each.
In-form off-spinner Deepti Sharma didn’t take long to get India the breakthrough by dismissing Pakistan’s opener Javeria Khan (8) With the Indian captain in the second over Harmanpreet Kaur Taking a simple catch at short fine leg after the batsman hit the previous ball for a boundary.
Despite the early jitters, Pakistan displayed attacking intent as skipper Bismah Maroof hit two consecutive fours in the fourth over. At the end of the powerplay overs, Pakistan’s score was 39 for one wicket.
The change in bowling brought success to the Indians as left-arm spinner Radha Yadav dismissed the other opener Muneeba Ali (12) in the seventh over. A smart review by the Indians in the next over resulted in another wicket Nida Dar Was given out because Pooja Vastrakar’s ball had a light touch on her gloves.
Two quick wickets set Pakistan on the back-foot from a promising position as they were reduced to 58 for 3 at the halfway stage.
The experienced Maroof was going strong and kept one end together but wickets fell around him, including Sidra Amin (11), who became Yadav’s second victim in the 13th over.
With the arrival of Ayesha Naseem in the 13th over, Pakistan upped the ante as she hit a six and a four to ease the scoring. Renuka Singh In the 16th over.
(With PTI inputs)
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