Amazing bowlers, Pakistan won even after scoring 116 runs, now competition with India

New Delhi. Pakistan started the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup with a win by defeating Sri Lanka. The Pakistani team defended its 116 runs very well. Chasing the target of 117 runs, the Sri Lankan team collapsed at 85 runs for 9 wickets. After the flop show of Pakistani batsmen, the bowlers saved their face. With this victory, Pakistan has also opened its account in the points table in the World Cup. Now in the second match, Pakistan will face India on 6 October. Captain Fatima Sana was given the Player of the Match award for her all-round game.

In this match played in Sharjah, Pakistan had given a target of 117 runs to Sri Lanka (PAK-W vs SL-W). Sri Lanka’s innings faltered from the beginning. At the score of 52, half of his/her team had returned to the pavilion. Neelaakshi de Silva scored the highest score of 22 runs while opener Vishmi Gunaratne contributed 20 runs. Only two Sri Lankan batsmen could touch double figures. For Pakistan, Sadia Iqbal took 3 wickets while Fatima Sana, Omaima Suhail and Nashra Sandhu took two wickets each.

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Earlier, the spin pair of Chamari Atapattu and Sugandhika Kumari and medium pace bowler Udeshika Prabodhini together took 9 wickets. Due to which Sri Lanka bowled out Pakistan for 116 runs. If Pakistan team could reach triple digits, then the credit for it goes to captain Fatima Sana who played an inning of 30 runs in 20 balls. For Sri Lanka, Sugandhika (19/3) played an important role in the top order, Atapattu (18/3) in the middle order and Prabodhini (203) played an important role in the lower order.

After winning the toss and opting to bat first, Pakistan team had to struggle from the very beginning against the spin attack of Sri Lanka. In the power play itself, it lost the wickets of its three top-order batsmen, Gul Firoza (02), Muniba Ali (11) and Sidra Amin (12). Meanwhile, Pakistan scored 32 runs. Experienced Nida Dar (23) along with Amaima Sohail (18) tried to improve the innings but after the 25-run partnership between them for the fourth wicket was broken, Pakistan’s middle order faltered. In such a situation, Fatima Sana took the responsibility. Despite not getting enough support from the other end, he/she hit some sharp shots and took Pakistan to a respectable score. Fatima hit three fours and one six in her innings.

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