It was not as convincing a win as India would have liked, but it was enough to keep them alive in the Women’s T20 World Cup. In hot and humid weather, they got the better of arch-rivals Pakistan by six wickets after their bowlers had done an excellent job by restricting the rivals to 105-8 on a rather sluggish pitch. One would have expected the Indian batters to show more urgency and chase the target much quicker to improve their Net Run Rate. But with wickets falling at regular intervals, they had to be satisfied with getting to the target with just seven balls to spare.

Confidence-boosting victory