Jay Shah lauds Team India for victory over Pakistan in T20 World Cup

The Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI secretary and the President of the Asian Cricket Council ACC Jay Shah heaped praises on Team India for securing a victory over Pakistan in the Womens T20 World Cup 2024Jay Shah also hailed Arundhati Reddy who snapped three wickets during the muchanticipated match against archrivals Pakistan The Indian womens team will play their next clash against Sri Lanka to which they lost earlier in the Asia Cup finalGood win for the Women in Blue against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup Our girls used the conditions to perfection in the first half and a special mention to Arundhati Reddy for her 3wicket haul On to the next fixture where we aim to secure backtoback wins Shah posted on XGood win for the Women in Blue against Pakistan in the T20WorldCup Our girls used the conditions to perfection in the first half and a special mention to reddyarundhati for her 3wicket haul On to the next fixture where we aim to secure backtoback wins BCCIWomen pictwittercomAtJaB7bj7Gmdash Jay Shah JayShah October 6 2024Coming to the match stupendous knocks by opener Shafali Verma and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur helped India clinch a massive sixwicket win over Pakistan in the most anticipated match of the Womens T20 World Cup 2024 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on SundayAlso ReadIND vs BAN 1st T20I India bowl out Bangladesh for 127 runsTeam India openers Shafali Verma 32 runs from 35 balls 3 fours and Smriti Mandhana 7 runs from 16 balls had an 18run partnershipPakistans Sadia Iqbal brought the first breakthrough in the second inning when she removed Mandhana in the fifth over Jemimah Rodrigues 23 runs from 28 balls replaced the India vicecaptain and made a crucial 43run partnershipOmaima Sohail gave Pakistan a chance to breathe when she removed Verma in the 12th over After losing the prolific opener the Women in Blue struggled with Fatima Sana bagging two wickets in a single over to dismiss Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh for a golden duckHowever Harmanpreet Kaur 29 runs from 24 balls 1 four kept her nerves and played a captains knock to help India make a comeback in the gameAt a time when the team was losing wickets Kaur and Deepti Sharma did not go for boundaries and kept rotating the strike to avoid any dismissalIn the 18th over Team India crossed the 100run mark after Kaur smashed a four through the extra cover In the 19th over when India came closer to winning the crucial match skipper Harmanpreet suffered a neck injury which forced her to walk off the fieldS Sajana came in place of Kaur and slammed the ball to the left of midoff for a four to end the match and win the game by six wicketsFatima Sana led the Pakistan bowling attack after she picked up two wickets in her fourover spell She gave away 23 runs Sadia Iqbal and Omaima Sohail bagged one wicket each in their respective spellsRecapping the first inning of the match Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat against India in the most anticipated match of the T20 World Cup 2024Indias Arundhati Reddy was the top wickettaker as she scalped 319 in four overs Shreyanka Patil picked up two wicketsRenuka Singh Deepti Sharma and Asha Sobhana all scalped one wicket eachAfter electing to bat first Pakistan could not find a rhythm and lost wickets regularly in the first inning Renuka Singh dismissed Gull Feroza for a duck in the very first over The Women in Green was 11 in the first overDeepti Sharma did not allow Pakistan batters to settle down as she cleaned up Sidra Amin for 8 leaving Pakistan on 292 after the powerplayOmaima Sohail was dismissed by Arundhati Reddy for 3 and after that Muneeba Ali was stumped by Richa Ghosh off Shreyanka Patil for 17 who was looking solid in the middle Pak was left at 414 in 93 overs They reached their 50 in 114 oversAfter this Arundhati Reddy scalped her second wicket dismissing Aliya Riaz for 4 Pakistan Captain Fatima Sana showed some intent as she scored 13 off 8 balls but was dismissed by Asha Sobhana Pak was 706 in 14 overs Tuba Hassan was gone for a threeball duck off Shreyanka Patil Pak was 717 in 145 overs India was penalised for a slow overrate The extra fielder had to come inside the ringExperienced Nida Dar was the top scorer with 28 off 34 deliveries but was bowled by Arundhati Reddy Pak was 998 in 194 overs Pakistan reached their 100 in the 195 overs thanks to Syeda Aroob Shah 14 and Nashra Sandhu 6 which took them to 105 for 8 in 20 oversWith ANI Inputs