NEW DELHI: Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s expertise helped safe a six-wicket victory for India towards Pakistan within the Ladies’s T20 World Cup, maintaining their semi-final hopes alive on Sunday. Chasing a modest goal of 106 runs, India struggled however managed to clinch the win due to Harmanpreet’s 24-ball 29-run innings. She retired harm with two runs wanted to win, and Sajana Sajeevan, on her debut, sealed the victory with a boundary.
Opener Shafali Verma (32 off 35 balls) and No.3 Jemimah Rodrigues (23 off 28 balls) adopted a cautious method, affecting India’s Web Run Charge (NRR) negatively.
INDIA vs PAKISTAN: Because it occurred
India’s present NRR stands at -1.217, beneath Pakistan’s -0.555. To maintain semi-final hopes alive, India should win towards Australia and Sri Lanka by important margins.
The Indian innings included solely 5 boundaries, and the highest three batters struggled to speed up. With Smriti Mandhana out early, Shafali and Jemimah targeted on singles.
The warmth impacted the working between the wickets, with simple doubles and triples left unattempted. Shafali’s health points and Jemimah’s reliance on timing over energy added strain on the batting unit.
Harmanpreet took cost after the dismissal of Jemimah and Richa Ghosh off consecutive deliveries by Fatima.
Earlier, Indian bowlers contained Pakistan to 105 for 8. Renuka Singh Thakur (1/23) and Arundhati Reddy (3/19) maintained self-discipline of their line and size. Off-spinners Deepti Sharma (1/24) and Shreyanka Patil (2/12) targeted on various their tempo.
Leg-spinner Asha Sobhana (1/24) took the wicket of Pakistan skipper Fatima, due to a pointy catch by Richa Ghosh.
India restricted Pakistan to 29 for two within the powerplay. Nida Dar’s 28 runs offered some resistance however had been inadequate to put up a difficult whole. Indian bowlers delivered 58 dot balls, reflecting their management over the sport.
India now must capitalize on this win and keep momentum of their upcoming matches to advance to the semi-finals.