The Indian women’s cricket team posted a 6-wicket win over neighbours Pakistan at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Dubai, UAE on Sunday to claim their first win of the campaign. The Indian men’s team star pacer Jasprit Bumrah was present at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium to support the omen in blue during their win over their arch-rivals. ALSO READ| Arundhati Reddy’s Furious Send-off Leaves Nida Dar Gutted After Top-scoring for Pakistan| WATCH India were put to bowl first by Pakistan, who won the toss, and struck early through Renuka Thakur’s scalp of Gull Feroza in the very first over of the game for a duck.
Deepti Sharma removed Sidra Ameen for 8 runs before Arundhati Reddy dismissed Omaima Sohail for 3 runs. Shreyanka Patil scalped Muneeba Ali for 17 runs, before Aliya Riaz fell to Reddy for the Indian’s second scalp of the day. Spinner Asha Sobana dismissed opposition skipper Fatima Sana, before Shreyanka doubled her tally with the scalp of Tuba Hassan.
Reddy completed her three-wicket haul with the dismissal of Nima Dar, who top-scored for Pakistan with 28 runs and gave the batter a fiery send-off to the hut. Syeda Arooba Shah and Nashra Sandhu remained unbeaten at 14 and 6 runs respectively to take Pakistan to a total of 105 for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. ALSO READ| India vs Bangladesh Live Score 1st T20I Indian began their chase in a rather slow fashion as Smriti Mandhana was the first wicket to fall for just 7 runs off the 16 deliveries sh.