Pakistan Women – 159/10 (43)

Player of the Match – Kranti Gaud

India’s unbeatable streak continues. They now have two wins in two matches, sitting on top of the table with 4 points and a positive NRR of +1.515. This 88-run victory will boost India Women’s confidence going forward in this long and challenging World Cup.

The India vs Pakistan Women’s match was not as hyped as Men’s because there’s usually no real competition between the two sides – India is a far better team than Pakistan. But in cricket you can never predict; on any given day, anyone can beat a giant.

India showed exactly where they stand, completely outplaying Pakistan Women. India set a total of 247 runs – not a huge score but a comfortable total for this match – and it proved enough once Pakistan came to bat. Pakistan had a shaky start, barely middling the ball, and chances were created on almost every delivery. Pressure was visible on their faces. Muneeba Ali’s run out by Deepti Sharma was a complete brain fade moment as she didn’t ground her bat in the crease. The match could have ended even earlier but India’s fielding and reviews weren’t fully on point.

Sidra Amin was the only batter to score a fifty in the match, making 81 (106) [4s-9, 6s-1]. Kranti Gaud and Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets each while Sneh Rana claimed 2.

Very happy, very important game for all of us and I’m sure everyone back home is happy as well. Our bowling was great,” Harmanpreet Kaur said in the post-match interview.