Whatever anybody says, an India-Pakistan encounter isn’t ‘just another game’. They’re battles that check not simply expertise but additionally the nerves of the gamers. More than as soon as has the competition between the 2 within the Women’s T20 World Cup supplied a nail-biting end. Sunday night’s recreation could possibly be one other deal with for followers.
With a superior head-to-head file in opposition to the Women in Green within the T20 World Cup, Team India will look to proceed their dominance within the fourth match of the 2023 version at Newlands, Cape Town.
The Indian Express seems to be again in any respect the earlier clashes between the arch rivals within the Women’s T20 World Cup.
Priyanka Roy’s dexterity with the ball
200 9 (India received by 5 wickets) – In what seemed like a moderately simple chase, the Women in Blue had been struggling at 16-3. That was earlier than Priyanka Roy later fell to Sana Mir within the eighth over.
1st Match, Group B, Bowral, ICC Women’s World Cup Indian gamers rejoice a wicket Mar 07, 2009. (ICC)
But, opening batter Anjum Chopra saved calm and helped her aspect overhaul the goal. However, the star of the day was Roy, whose 5 for 16 destroyed Pakistan’s line-up. Rumeli Dhar obtained the ball rolling by bagging three wickets, together with high scorer Nain Abidi, earlier than leg-spinner Roy left Pakistan ladies with no scope of reaching a aggressive complete, being restricted to 75 runs.
Brief Score- PAK – 75 all out (19.5 overs)
IND – 78/5 (17.4 overs)
Pak’s batting hardships
2010 (India received by 9 wickets) – Riding on Roy’s bowling and Poonam Raut’s unbeaten knock of 54, India cruised to a nine-wicket victory over their neighbours. Pakistan put collectively a rating of 104 runs, which couldn’t check the Women in Blue.
Pakistan had been 5 down for 45 inside the first 10 overs, three of the wickets taken by Roy, supported by the left-arm spin of Gouher Sultana and the medium-pace of Dhar. Pakistan skipper Sana Mir ensured her aspect moved previous the 100-run mark.
After shedding opener Sulakshana Naik at 27, Mithali Raj and Poonam Raut hit a complete of 9 boundaries and sealed India’s triumph with 20 balls nonetheless left.
Brief Score- PAK 104/6 (20 overs)
IND 106/1 (16.4 overs)
The last-ball thriller
2012 – (Pakistan received by one run) – It was a low-scoring thriller. Pakistan received the toss and determined to bat first, however solely three of their gamers may get into double digits.
India too struggled with the bat however Jhulan Goswami appeared to be guiding the workforce to victory earlier than she fell for a 24-ball 21. With 4 required off the final ball, Nagarajan Niranjana was run out as she tried the third run which may’ve led to a tie.
Brief Score- PAK 98/9 (20 overs)
IND 97/8 (20 overs)
Bowlers’ day at Sylhet
2014 (India Women received by six runs) – Winning the toss, Women in Blue managed 106 runs for the lack of seven wickets, after which restricted Pakistan to solely 100. India’s Soniya Dabir, who scalped three wickets conceding solely 14 runs, was named the participant of the match.
Brief Score – India 106/7 (20 overs)
PAK 100/9 (20 overs)
The downpour misery
2016 Pakistan received by two runs (DLS Method) – A heavy downpour in Delhi and stable play early with the bat helped Pakistan Women get well and ultimately register a two-run victory on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) system. They had made a multitude of searching down 97 runs and because the gamers left the sphere, Pakistan was 77/6 in 16 overs. But the Delhi climate put an finish to India’s hopes of pulling off a heist and dealt a deadly blow to their Women’s World T20 marketing campaign.
Brief Score – IND 96/7 (20 overs)
PAK 77/6 (16 overs)
Ind-Pak bloopers in Guyana
2018 (India received by 7 wickets) – From 5 dropped catches to being 10 penalty runs for trudging across the hazard space of the pitch, the India-Pakistan recreation was stuffed with drama.
Helped by skipper fifties by Bismah Mahroof and Nida Dar, Women in Green put up a complete of 133 runs, which was their greatest in a World T20 recreation, however India’s batters made quick work of the goal.
Mithali struck her sixteenth T20 half-century and steered India to victory with six balls and 7 wickets to spare. She completed off with 56 off 47 balls, which included seven boundaries.
Brief Score – PAK 133/7 (20 overs)
IND 137/3 (19 overs)
