IND-W vs PAK-W Women's Asia Cup 2024 Highlights: Deepti, openers power India women to huge win over Pakistan

I am feeling really good as I could deliver as per the plan. I had the belief. As a unit, we are doing well for the last few months. The camps we have had helped a lot. I worked on my bowling after the South Africa series, so that helped. Nida Dar is a good batter, so her wicket was important.

India women lose three wickets in the closing stages but manage to record a huge seven-wicket win over Pakistan to kick off their Asia Cup 2024 campaign in style. Jemimah Rodrigues smashes winning runs with a cracking four off Sadia Iqbal.

PAK-W - 108/10 in 19.2 overs.

IND-W - 112/3 in 14.1 overs. 

India women beat Pakistan women by 7 wickets and with 35 balls remaining.

Syeda Aroob Shah strikes again and bowled out Shafali Verma who played a brilliant innings. 

Shafali scored 40 runs off 29 balls. Harmanpreet Kaur joins Dayalan Hemalatha (14*) in the middle.

IND-W - 101/2 in 12 overs.

India women need 8 runs off 48 balls to win the game.

A late breakthrough for Pakistan as Aroob Shah removes settled Smriti Mandhana to give Pakistan some consolation.

Smriti scored 45 runs off 31 balls. Dayalan Hemalatha joins Shafali Verma in the middle.

IND-W - 98/1 in 11 overs. 

India women need 11 runs in 54 balls to win the game.

Smriti Mandhana smashes Tuba Hassan for five fours in an over as India women completely dominate the game and are looking in a hurry to finish the chase. 

IND-W - 79/0 in 8 overs (Smriti - 43* off 26 balls, Smriti - 35* off 22 balls).

India women need 32 runs in 72 balls to win the game. 

A brilliant big-hitting display from Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana. The duo finds 15 runs off Tuba Hassan's over to boost India past 50 in powerplay.

IND-W - 57/0 in 6 overs (Smriti - 22* off 14 balls, Shafali - 35* off 22 balls).

India women need 52 runs off 84 balls to win the game.

Both Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhan find no trouble in finding consistent runs in powerplay overs as India women enjoy a strong start and take control of the game.

IND-W - 33/0 in 4 overs (Shafali - 21* off 15 balls, Smriti - 12* off 9 balls).

India women need 76 runs in 96 balls to win the game.

Shafali Verma smashes a cracking four off Sadia Iqbal to begin India's low-scoring chase.

IND-W - 6/0 in 1 over (Shafali - 5* off 4 balls, Smriti - 1* off 2 balls).

India women need 103 runs in 114 balls to win the game.

India women openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma are out in the middle to kick off the chase.

Spinner Sadia Iqbal to bowl the first over for Pakistan.

India women need 109 runs in 120 balls to win the game.

Shreyanka Patil bowled out Sadia Iqbal to end Pakistan women's struggling innings. Pakistan managed to go past 100 after Fatima Sana's two big sixes in the 19th over.

PAK-W - 108/10 in 19.2 overs.

Fatima Sana powers Pakistan women past a 100+ total with a big six over long-on off Radha Yadav. She brings the first six of the tournament and also smashes another six to finish the over.

PAK-W - 109/9 in 19 overs (Fatima - 22* off 16 balls, Sadia - 0*).

Three wickets in an over as Deepti Sharma dismisses Nashra Sandhu on a golden duck. Pakistan women go 9 wickets down.

Deepti Sharma finishes her spell with 3/20 in 4 overs. 

PAK-W 94/9 in 18 overs.

A brilliant diving direct throw from Radha Yadav ends Syeda Aroob Sheikh's innings. It's two wickets in an over as Pakistan struggle to reach 100.

PAK-W - 94/8 in 17.4 overs.

Another breakthrough from Deepti Sharma as she removes settled Tuba Hassan who fails to find a boundary over the point area and finds Radha Yadav.

Tuba scored 22 runs off 19 balls. Syeda Iqbal joins Fatima Sana in the middle.

PAK-W - 92/7 in 17.1 overs.

Both Fatima Sana and Tuba Hassan are off to a strong start with a couple of fours off Pooja Vastrakar to scorch 14 runs from the 15th over.

PAK-W - 81/6 in 15 overs (Tuba - 14* off 11 balls, Sana - 6* off 6 balls).

Renuka Singh returns for her second spell and removes settled Sidra Amin who throws away her wicket while attempting a big shot. Renuka then stuns Pakistan fans with a lbw dismissal to remove new batter Iram Javed. A hat-trick chance for the Indian pacer. 

Sidra scored 25 runs off 35 balls. Fatima Sana joins Tuba Hassan in the middle.

PAK-W - 61/6 in 13 overs.

A big big wicket as Deepti Sharma removes Pakistan captain Nidar Dar who tries to go big over long-on but finds safe hands of Dayalan Hemalatha.

Nida scored 8 runs off 11 balls. Tuba Hassan joins Sidra Amin (25*) in the middle.

PAK-W 60/4 in 12 overs.

Sidra Amin keeps the runs flowing for Pakistan women despite wickets falling at the one end. She smashes a four off Shreyanka Patil to take Pakistan past a 50 total.

PAK-W - 53/3 in 10 overs (Sidra - 24* off 30 balls, Nida Dar - 4* off 4 balls).

Shreyanka Patil makes an instant impact with a big wicket of Aliya Riaz in her first over in the game. Pakistan women struggle for partnerships.

Riaz scored 6 runs off 11 balls. Captain Nida Dar joins Sidra Amin (18*) in the middle.

PAK-W - 41/3 in 8 overs.

India women bowlers dominate powerplay overs but Pakistan make a promising comeback with a couple of fours off Deepti Sharma in the sixth over.

PAK-W - 37/2 in 6 overs (Sidra - 15* off 14 balls, Riaz - 5* off  7 balls).

Pooja Vastrakar strikes again to dismiss Muneeba Ali who tried to go for a big shot but found Jemimah Rodrigues inside circle. Pakistan go two wickets down inside four overs.

Muneeba scored 11 runs off 11 balls. Aliya Riaz joins Sidra Ameen in the middle.

PAK-W - 26/2 in 4 overs. 

New batter Sidra Ameen is looking in good rhythm with a couple of big shots as Pakistan women try to get some momentum in powerplay overs.

PAK-W - 19/1 in 3 overs (Sidra - 6* off 5 balls, Gull Feroza - 7* off 8 balls).

Pooja Vastrakar has struck as Gull Feroza has been dismissed with Harmanpreet Kaur taking a catch.

PAK-W -  9/1 in 1.4 overs.

Renuka Singh bowls a brilliant first over to give India women a promising start. 

PAK-W - 4/0 in 1 over (Muneeba - 2* off 4 balls, Feroza - 1* off 2 balls).

Pakistan openers Gull Feroza and Muneeba Ali are out in the middle to kick off Pakistan women's innings at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium.

The returning pacer Renuka Singh to bowl the first over for India Women.

The game is on in Dambulla.

Meanwhile, Nepal Women scripted their first-ever win in tournament history with a dominant six-wicket triumph over UAE Women in the opening match in Dambulla. 

UAE-W - 115/8 in 20 overs.

NEP-W - 118/4 in 16.1 overs.

With a win, Nepal women took the lead in the Group A points table.

Pakistan skipper Nida Dar is playing her 150th T20I game today. She becomes the first Pakistani cricketer and sixth overall to feature in 150 T20I games. 

For us anything was okay because the conditions are gonna be the same for the 40 overs. Every game is important for us and we want to get into rhythm from the first game. We have made 3 changes from the last T20I we played against South Africa.

We will bat first, looks like a dry wicket. We have practiced and trained a lot in Karachi and we are well prepared for this contest. It is a great opportunity ahead of the T20 World Cup. We have a good combination and bowlers and batters and hoping for a good game.

There was good bounce and pace for the seamers and it held up a little for the spinners in the earlier game. You gotta take wind into consideration which might play a crucial role. 65 metres all the around the ground,"

Three changes to India's last T20I playing XI against South Africa women. The star pacer Renuka Singh Thakur, top-order batter Dayalan Hemakata and wicketkeeper batter Richa Ghosh return to India's playing XI in the place of Arundhati Reddy, Sajeevan Sajana and Uma Chetry.

Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Renuka Thakur Singh.

Sidra Ameen, Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nida Dar (c), Aliya Riaz, Iram Javed, Fatima Sana, Tuba Hassan, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu, Syeda Aroob Shah.

Nida Dira wins the crucial toss as Pakistan women opt to bat first against India women.

India and Pakistan faced in Asia Cup last time in Sylhet. Pakistan defended 137 runs against the star-studded Indian side. Nida Dar scored 56 and then picked up 2/23 as India were bundled out for 124 runs.

India women totally dominate a head-to-head record against Pakistan in T20I cricket.

The veteran all-rounder Nida Dar leads Pakistan women in the ninth edition of the tournament hoping for a maiden title. But Pakistan stand an outside chance as they enter the tournament with a concerning form in white-ball cricket.

Pakistan suffered a 3-0 loss against England women in their last T20I assignment in May and a 1-4 T20I series defeat against West Indies at home in April-May 2024. Pakistan women have won just twice in their latest 11 T20I games and face a tough task to overcome India in their bid for the title in Asia Cup 2024. 

Harmanpreet Kaur-led India are the defending Asia Cup champions after beating Sri Lanka in the final of the 2022 edition. Indian women have dominantly won the tournament seven times in eight editions and have notably reached the final of the tournament in each edition.

The Women in Blues enter this tournament after a successful multi-format series against South Africa at home. India recorded dominating wins in three ODIs and a one-off Test against the Proteas women but struggled for a similar dominance in the T20I series. 

India fell 12 runs short while chasing a huge target of 190 in the first T20I against South Africa but pulled off a sensational 10-wicket win in the third match to level the three-match series to 1-1.

Match: 2nd T20 Match

Venue: Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla

Date & Time: Friday, July 19 at 7:00 PM IST

Live Telecast: Star Sports 3 

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The arch-rivals India women and Pakistan women clash in the second match of the Women's Asia Cup 2024 in Dambulla. Both teams will be looking to kick off their campaign with a win as they face UAE and Nepal in Group A. 

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