India, on Sunday (October 5), thrashed Pakistan by 88 runs to increase their successful begin within the ongoing ICC Ladies’s World Cup 2025. After successful their opening fixture in opposition to Sri Lanka by 59 runs, India had little problem in seeing off the Ladies in Inexperienced on the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
So far as Pakistan is anxious, they managed to bowl out India for the very first time in ladies’s ODIs however nonetheless couldn’t handle to clinch their first win in opposition to the Ladies in Blue.
Requested to bat first, India scored 247 runs in 50 overs. Harleen Deol was the highest scorer for the crew, scoring 46 runs, whereas Richa Ghosh’s unbeaten knock of 35 runs from 20 balls helped the facet submit a 240-plus complete. India had been off to a very good begin with Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal including 48 runs for the opening wicket.
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All-round contribution with the bat for the Ladies in Blue
Nevertheless, not one of the two openers may convert the begins into massive scores. Pakistan captain Fatima Sana dismissed Mandhana for 23 to offer her crew a much-needed breakthrough. However, Rawal departed after scoring 31 runs.
Harleen and captain Harmanpreet Kaur then took the rating previous the 100-run mark earlier than the latter was dismissed for 19.
The likes of Jemimah Rodrigues (32), Deepti Sharma (25) and Sneh Rana (20) acquired the begins as properly however they too did not final lengthy. Ghosh then performed the position of a finisher to perfection and stayed unbeaten to information the crew to a difficult complete.
For Pakistan, veteran seamer Diana Bag impressed with the ball, taking 4 for 69 whereas Sadiq Iqbal and Sana picked up two wickets every.
India thrash Pakistan
Whereas Pakistan did properly with the ball, that they had one other disappointing outing with the bat. Sidra Amin scored 81 runs and was the very best run-scorer within the match however her efforts weren’t sufficient for Pakistan to cross the ending line.
They hardly regarded in rivalry to chase down the overall and had been finally bowled out for 159 runs in 43 overs. They stored dropping wickets at common intervals proper from the beginning. With their top-order batters failing to ship, Pakistan had been reeling at 26/3 at one stage earlier than Amin and Natalia Pervaiz added 69 runs for the fourth wicket.
India then struck again with two fast wickets to cut back Pakistan to 102/5. They had been on 143/5 at one stage earlier than dropping their final 5 wickets for simply 16 runs. For India, Kranti Goud and Deepti picked up 3 wickets every.
India preserve unbeaten file in opposition to Pakistan
The win additionally prolonged India’s unbeaten run in opposition to Pakistan within the 50-over format. India have now gained all of the 12 matches that they’ve performed in opposition to Pakistan. These 12 matches additionally embrace 5 matches within the Ladies’s World Cup.
