IND W vs PAK W: India thrashed Pakistan in Asia Cup, Smriti Mandhana broke Harman's record and created history
IND W vs PAK W Match Highlights: The Indian women's cricket team defeated the Pakistan team by 7 wickets in the Group A match of the Women's Asia Cup 2024. In this match, Smriti Mandhana made history by breaking a big record of Harmanpreet Kaur by playing an innings of 45 runs.
The Indian women's cricket team defeated the Pakistan team by 7 wickets in the Group A match of the Women's Asia Cup 2024. In this match, after winning the toss, the Pakistan team elected to bat first, and India bowled them out for 108 runs in 19.2 overs. The Indian team achieved this target in just 14.1 overs in the fall of 3 wickets and won by 7 wickets. In this match, Smriti Mandhana created history and broke a big record of Harmanpreet Kaur as she played an innings of 45 runs; now she has become the highest run scorer for India in T20 International cricket.
Chasing Pakistan's target of 109 runs, India's opener Shefali Verma scored 40 runs off 29 balls and her partner Smriti Mandhana also scored 45 runs off 31 balls. Dayalan Hemalatha at number three, however, got out after scoring 14 runs. After this, captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemima Rodriguez played unbeaten innings of 5 and 3 runs respectively to give India victory. For Pakistan, Syeda Arub Shah took 2 wickets for only 9 runs in 3 overs and Nashra Sandhu got 1 wicket.
Earlier during Pakistan's innings, Indian bowler Pooja Vastrakar took the wickets of Pakistan's openers cheaply, dismissing Gul Ferozza for 5 and wicketkeeper Muniba Ali for 11 runs. After this, Shreyanka Patil dismissed Alia Riaz on a score of 6 runs. After this, Deepti Sharma's spin magic worked and she sent captain Nida Dar to the pavilion on a personal score of 8 runs. After this, wickets fell at regular intervals and Pakistan's entire innings was reduced to 108 runs. Renuka Singh, Pooja Vastrakar and Shreyanka Patil took 2-2 wickets from India's side. Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets for 20 runs in four overs.
Mandhana has become the highest run-scorer in T20 International for India by playing an innings of 45 runs against Pakistan in the Asia Cup. Smriti Mandhana has now scored 3365 runs in 137 T20 International matches. Harmanpreet has now reached the second position with 3349 runs in 170 T20s. India's former captain Mithali Raj is at the third position. He has scored 2364 runs in 89 T20 Internationals.