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Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023, a big blow at the start
In the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, the Indian team is starting the tournament with a match against Pakistan. In this match being held at the Newlands ground in Cape Town, South Africa, Pakistan has won the toss and decided to bat. In this match, captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Shefali Verma have to play the match with additional responsibility. Pakistan has got its first blow as soon as the game starts.
Deepti Sharma made Pakistan’s Zaveria Khan her victim and made her run after scoring eight runs. Harmanpreet took the catch of Javeria on Deepti’s ball. Pakistan’s innings was started by Javeria Khan and Muneeba Ali. Pakistan has got an initial blow in this match. After this setback, the Indian bowlers would like not to let the Pakistani batsmen stay at the crease.
Such has been the competition between the two
The Indian team would definitely like to avenge the Asia Cup defeat against the Pakistan team in South Africa. However, during the last five years, there has been a stark difference in the performance of both the teams. Pakistan’s women’s team fills water in front of Indian women’s team. Let us tell you that a total of 13 T20 matches have been played between India and Pakistan so far, out of which India has managed to win 10 and Pakistan just three.
Will keep an eye on these players
With the absence of Smriti Mandhana in the team, more responsibility will be on the shoulders of skipper Harmanpreet. At the same time, Shefali Verma, the captain of the women’s team who recently won the Under-19 T20 World Cup title, is also eager to force the bowlers to chew iron gram in this match on the basis of their batting. A good inning is also expected from Jemimah Rodrigues.
There is a strong possibility of the Indian team reaching the semi-finals but they will have to perform at their best to beat Australia. There is no confidence in the bowlers except Renuka Singh. Veteran Shikha Pandey hasn’t taken a single wicket since her return last month. The performance of the spinners was also not as expected.
This is the playing 11 of both the teams
India Playing XI: Shefali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Renuka Singh
Pakistan Playing XI: Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali (wk), Bismah Maroof (c), Nida Dar, Sidra Amin, Alia Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Fatima Sana, Aiman Anwar, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal
