A brilliant innings by veteran all-rounder Nida Dar, followed by some devastating bowling, saw Pakistan clinch its first win over India in 6 years in the match at Sylhet, Bangladesh. Women’s Asia Cup: Pakistan first win against India after 6 years.
In the 2022 Women’s Asia Cup , Team India’s women’s team has suffered its first defeat. Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian team lost against arch-rivals Pakistan by 13 runs in a tough match. Veteran all-rounder Nida Dar’s excellent innings followed by some lethal bowling saw Pakistan get their first win over India in 6 years in Sylhet, Bangladesh on Friday, October 7. Women’s Asia Cup: Pakistan first win against India after 6 years.
Playing their fourth match in the Asia Cup tournament, India set a target of 138 runs to win. It was not considered too difficult for the Indian team with a strong batting line-up. But Harman Preet’s team, threatened by the bowling of Pakistan’s bowlers, lost wickets continuously and finally got out.
Where did India stumble?
The start of Team India, which was chasing the target in the hope of winning, was not good. Team S Meghna lost his wicket in the fourth over. In the sixth over, Jemima Rodrigues, who was in excellent form, scored just 2 runs and fell victim to Nida Dar. With the fall of this wicket, the Indian team’s innings progressed at a slow pace. Although the team reached the 50-run mark in the 10th over, Smriti Mandhana was also dismissed in the same over.
Brilliant batting by Nida Dar
Everyone was eagerly waiting for this match between India and Pakistan in Women’s Asia Cup. However, due to the one-sided results of the matches between the two teams this year, the desire for an exciting match arose and the fans began to enjoy it. With the amazing batting power of Nida Dar, the Pakistan team scored 137 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.
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However, the batting of the Pakistani team was not very effective. Apart from a 76-run partnership between skipper Bisma Maroof and Dar, nobody else batted to claim. Naiki Maroof’s innings also did not have much blistering batting. But the 35-year-old star all-rounder scored his half-century in just 30 balls. Apart from increasing the run rate, he remained unbeaten with 56 runs (5 fours, 1 six). Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets for India.
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