New Delhi: An all-around performance from the Indian women's cricket team helped them register an 8-wicket win over Pakistan in a must-win match on Sunday at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. The young bowlers of the Indian women's cricket team bowled superbly to bundle out the entire Pakistan women's cricket team for just 99 runs in a rain-hit 18-overs match.
Chasing a paltry total, the Indian women's cricket team's star batter Smriti Mandhana scored a fifty. The Indian vice-captain single-handedly scored unbeaten 63 runs off just 42 balls to chase down the 100-run target with 38 balls remaining.
Harmanpreet Kaur breaks MS Dhoni's record!
Harmanpreet Kaur registered her 42nd win as India captain in a T20 International match. With this, she broke a major T20 record of India's most successful captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The two-time World Cup-winning skipper, Dhoni had registered victories for India in a total of 41 out of 72 T20 matches under his captaincy. Harmanpreet Kaur overtook Dhoni to get the most wins in the T20 format as an Indian captain. She now has 42 T20 wins in 71 matches as India's captain.
India Women Playing XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Sabbhineni Meghana, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh
Pakistan Women Playing XI: Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali (wk), Omaima Sohail, Bismah Maroof (c), Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Kainat Imtiaz, Fatima Sana, Tuba Hassan, Diana Baig, Anam Amin
India defeated Pakistan to get their first win in the Commonwealth Games 2022. It was the second consecutive defeat of Pakistan. Earlier, they had lost their opening match in CWG 2022 against Barbados. After the loss against India, Pakistan's journey more-or-less is now over in the Commonwealth Games 2022.