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India vs Pakistan Women’s T20 World Cup: Cricket lovers always wait for the match between India and Pakistan and this time also the eyes of the fans were fixed on this great match. The Indian team led by Harmanpreet Kaur maintained its excellent record and defeated Pakistan by 64 runs. Batting first, India scored 170 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. For the team, Smriti Mandhana scored the highest score of 68 runs, while Richa Ghosh played a useful inning of 34 runs in the end. However, Deepti Sharma completely changed the course of the match with her bowling, for which she was chosen Player of the Match.
After winning the toss, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur decided to bat first. However, India did not have a good start and the team lost two important wickets at the score of just 18 runs. Indian batting was under pressure after the early dismissals of Shefali Verma and Jemimah Rodriguez.
At such a time, Smriti Mandhana took the responsibility and along with providing stability to the innings, also maintained the run rate. He scored 68 runs in just 44 balls, which included 9 fours and 2 brilliant sixes. Mandhana put India in a strong position by making an important partnership of 91 runs for the third wicket with captain Harmanpreet Kaur.
Deepti Sharma created havoc with the ball
Pakistan team came on the field to chase the target of 171 runs. Batted positively in the beginning and added 38 runs till the fifth over without much loss. But after this, the entire equation of the match changed as soon as Deepti Sharma took the ball in her hand. Deepti gave the first success to India and then Pakistan’s batting continued to come under pressure. Pakistani batsmen could not stand against his precise line-length and excellent control. He spent only 10 runs in his four over spell and took 5 wickets.
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Deepti Sharma made Gul Firoza, Ayesha Zafar, Alia Riaz, Nashra Sandhu and Tasmiya Rubab her victims. On the basis of his lethal bowling, the entire Pakistan team was reduced to 106 runs and India registered a big victory of 64 runs.
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Did the feat of taking five wickets for the second time
This performance was special for Deepti Sharma in many ways. This is the second time in T20 international cricket that he has achieved the feat of taking five wickets in an innings. His brilliant bowling not only broke the back of Pakistan’s batting but also made him the best player of the competition.
This was the reason that despite Smriti Mandhana’s brilliant inning of 68 runs, the Player of the Match award went to Deepti Sharma. In batting, Mandhana strengthened the foundation of the team, but in bowling, Deepti completely turned the match in India’s favor.