India’s first match in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup will be against Pakistan. England defeated Sri Lanka by 87 runs with the help of Danny Waite’s century. In another match, Scotland defeated Ireland by 40 runs.
Birmingham: The Indian team, hoping for a great start in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, will face its biggest rival Pakistan in its very first match on Sunday. Harmanpreet Kaur’s team, which ended the ICC trophy drought by winning the ODI World Cup last year, is now eyeing the T20 World Cup. India has to face the challenge of strong teams in the upcoming matches, hence the team will try to win against Pakistan by a big margin.
India’s track record against Pakistan is excellent
India has a winning record of 13-3 against Pakistan in T20. With this confidence, Team India will take the field in Sunday’s match. The team has prominent players like Smriti Mandhana, Shefali, Jemima, Richa, Deepti and Kannada player Shreyanka Patil. On the other hand, the Pakistani team playing under the captaincy of Fatima Sana is planning to cause a big upset in the very first match of the World Cup by defeating India.
Match starts: from 7 pm onwards
Live Telecast: Star Sports, Jio Hotstar
Waite’s century, England wins by 87 runs against Sri Lanka
Birmingham: Host England has made a great start in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. In the match held on Friday night, the team defeated Sri Lanka by 87 runs. Batting first, England scored 219 runs losing only 1 wicket. Opener Danny Waite scored unbeaten 105 runs in 62 balls. Amy Jones scored 53 runs off 38 balls and captain Nat Siver-Brunt scored unbeaten 46 runs off 22 balls. Chasing a big target, the Sri Lankan team was all out for 132 runs in 20 overs. Neelakshika Silva scored 39 runs and Harshita scored 29 runs. Freya Kemp took 4 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs.
Scotland’s win over Ireland
In the match against Ireland on Saturday, Scotland won by 40 runs. Batting first, Scotland scored 161 runs for 5 wickets. Captain Katherine Bryce played an inning of 60 runs. Chasing this target, the Irish team was all out for 121 runs in 19.1 overs.