Colombo: The Indian women’s cricket team continued its unbeaten run at the ICC World Cup Qualifiers by advancing to the final with a seven-wicket victory over
arch-rivals Pakistan here on Sunday.
India bundled out Pakistan for a meagre 67 in 43.4 overs after asking them to bat upon winning the toss. The team then achieved the target in just 22.3 overs, scoring 70 for three to post a comprehensive win which helped it top the Super 6 table.
Ekta Bisht shone for India with an impressive five-wicket haul, finishing with brilliant figures of 10-7-8-5.
Shikha Pandey (2/09) chipped in with a couple of wickets.
The two bowlers ran through the Pakistani batting line-up.
They kept losing wickets regularly and only two Pakistani batters could reach the double-digit mark. Chasing a modest target, India rode on responsible knocks from Deepti Sharma (29 not out) and Harmanpreet Kaur (24) to reach the target with 165 balls to spare.
Deepti and Harmanpreet put on a solid 42 runs together for the third wicket.
For Pakistan, Sadia Yousuf claimed two wickets by giving away 19 runs.
Virender Sehwag congratulated the Indian women’s team for beating the arch-foes.
“Congratulations @BCCIWomen for defeating Pakistan by 7 wickets in Women’s World Cup qualifier 2017 #IndvPak . Ab to Aadat Si Hai !,” wrote Sehwag on his twitter handle.
score board
Pakistan Women innings
Ayesha Zafar lbw b Bisht 19
Nahida Khan c Bisht b Pandey 03
Javeria Khan c Krishnamurthy b Pandey 02
Bismah Maroof c †Verma b Sharma 13
Nain Abidi st †Verma b Bisht 00
Aliya Riaz b Vaidya 01
Sana Mir* c Krishnamurthy b Bisht 01
Rabiya Shah† c Meshram b Bisht 01
Sadia Yousuf b Bisht 00
Nashra Sandhu not out 02
Maham Tariq c †Verma b Kaur 01
Extras 24
Total 67/10
India Women innings
MR Meshram c †Rabiya Shah b Sana Mir 09
DB Sharma not out 29
DP Vaidya c Nain Abidi b Sadia Yousuf 03
H Kaur c Ayesha Zafar b Sadia Yousuf 24
V Krishnamurthy not out 04
Extras 01
Total 70/3