Women’s T20 World Cup: Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues Guide India To Seven-Wicket Win Over Pakistan

Young India wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh supplied the fireworks within the 18th over because the Harmanpreet Kaur-led facet defeated arch-rivals Pakistan by seven wickets of their opening Group B match of the Women’s T20 World Cup on Sunday. Ghosh slammed three boundaries in a productive 18th over, despatched down by Aiman Anwer, to vary the complexion of the sport, simply when it appeared it was getting tight for India. Ghosh, unbeaten on 31, and her associate Jemimah Rodrigues, who scored a 38-ball unbeaten 53, had been the principle architects of India’s win after they had been set a goal of 150 to win the competition.

Earlier, Bismah Maroof’s unbeaten 68 and a blazing 43 not out from Ayesha Naseem helped Pakistan submit a difficult 149 for 4.

Radha Yadav was probably the most profitable India bowler returning with figures of two for 21 in her 4 overs.

Deepti Sharma received India the primary break when Javeria Khan (8) went for a sweep solely handy a high edge to Harmanpreet Kaur.

Radha removed the opposite harmful opener Muneeba Ali for 12 to cut back Pakistan to 42/2. The India spinner noticed the Pakistani wicketkeeper-batter coming down the observe and fired an arm ball outdoors off. Muneeba swiped however missed and Richa Ghosh whipped the bails off.

However, Bismah and Ayesha stitched collectively an 81-run partnership, with the latter’s 43 coming off simply 25 balls at a strike price of 172.

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