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Weak second inning from Pakistan let India win in their world cup opener

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The match between India Women and Pakistan women in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 concluded just now with India Women winning the game by 7 wicket after India Women didn’t miss to take advantage of weak second inning from Pakistan Women.

Pakistan Women didn’t had an expected bowling and fielding in the game that cost them a big win over India Women.

Richa Ghosh and Jemimah Rodrigues played a brilliant 58 runs partnership off 33 balls to lead India Women to the win.

In the match played between India Women and Pakistan Women, Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat first.

Batting first, Pakistan Women made 149 runs at the loss of 4 wickets with Bismah Maroof making a 55-ball 68* to be the highest run scorer for the team. Ayesha Naseem was the second-most run scorer for the team with a fiery inning of 25-ball 43*. Bismah Maroof and Ayesh Naseem made an 81* runs partnership in the game to lead Pakistan from 68/4 in 12.1 to 149/4 in 20 overs.

Radha Yadav took two wickets for India Women in the game with Deepti Sharma and Pooja Vastrakar taking a wicket each.

India Women made 151 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 19 overs to win their world cup opener by 7 wickets. Jemimah Rodrigues made 53 not-out runs off 38 balls to be the most run contributor for the team in the game. Shafali Verma was the second-most run scorer for the team with 33 runs off 25 balls.

Nashra Sandhu took two wickets for Pakistan Women in the game with Sadia Iqbal taking a wicket. Pakistan Women conceded 1 extra run to India Women while bowling.

Jemimah Rodrigues was the Player of the Match for her 53*(38) in batting.