[Watch] Jemimah Rodrigues hits the winning run as India Women record their biggest victory against Pakistan Women in terms of balls remaining
Indian batter Jemimah Rodrigues scored the winning run as India Women hammered Pakistan Women in the second game of the Women’s Asia Cup T20 2024 on Friday, July 19, at Rangiri Dambulla Stadium.
Chasing a target of 109 runs, openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma stitched an 85-run partnership in 57 balls as Team India registered their biggest win against Pakistan Women in terms of balls remaining.
Jemimah Rodrigues guided the first ball of the 15th over to the third man as Women in Blue started their campaign on a winning note. The defending champions won the game by seven wickets with 35 balls remaining.
Here’s the video of the winning shot:
Smriti Mandhana, who turned 28 yesterday (July 18), played a brilliant knock of 45 runs off 31 balls, hitting nine fours. Her opening partner, Shafali Verma, also played a brilliant hand of 40 runs off 29 balls. Syeda Aroob Shah took two wickets for Pakistan.
Deepti Sharma shines with the ball for Women in Blue
Pakistan Women won the toss and chose to bat first, but things didn’t go in their favor as they lost both openers within four overs. Pooja Vastraker provided two early breakthroughs for India, dismissing Gull Feroza (5) and Muneeba Ali (11).
Deepti Sharma got the important wicket of the Pakistani captain in the 12th over. Nida Dar went for eight runs on 11 balls. Sidra Ameen, who was batting well on 25, was dismissed by Renuka Singh on the fifth ball of the 13th over.
Renuka then took another wicket on the next ball as the Pakistan women's team found their back against the wall.
Pakistan's hope for a decent score was diminished by Deepti Sharma, who took three wickets in the 18th over as the Women in Green found themselves from 92/6 to 94/9. Shreyanka Patil took the last wicket as Pakistan Women got bundled at 108 in 19.2 overs. Deepti took three wickets in her spell of four overs.
In response, Harmanpreet Kaur’s side faced no difficulties and registered an easy win against arch-rival Pakistan.