India Women thrash Pakistan by five wickets in Asia Cup T20 match

Winning the toss and electing to field first, Women in Blue restricted the arch rivals Pakistan to 97-7 in 20 overs on Tuesday in the Asia Cup T20 match that was played at Bangkok, Thailand. The Indian spin trio of Ekta Bisht, Anuja Patil and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur laid the spin web to entangle Pakistan. Apart from the opening bat, Ayesha Zafar (28) and middle order bat Nain Abidi (37 n.o), rest of the Pakistani batting line-up looked listless.

Though chasing a humble 98 did not seem to be a daunting task, the match went all the way till the last over, with India just finishing the game in 19.2 overs. Veteran Mithali Raj provided a solid start to her team by making a patient 36 off 57 balls. Sadia Yousuf and Nida Dar chipped in couple of wickets apiece. A middle order collapse did not affect India’s chances in the game, as the captain, leading from the front, finished off the game in style with a quickfire 26. India won the match by five wickets and Harmanpreet Kaur was awarded the Man of the Match prize for her scintillating all-round performance.

Brief Scores: Pakistan Women 97-7 in 20 overs (N Abidi 37*, A Zafar 28, E Bisht 3-20) lost to Indian Women 98-5 in 19.2 overs (M Raj 36, H Kaur 26*, S Yousuf 2-27, N Dar 2-11) by five wickets