The Indian women’s cricket team continued their undefeated run against the Pakistan women’s cricket team in ODIs. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side defeated Pakistan for the 12th time in the 50-over format.
The Women in Blue enjoy a 12-0 lead over the Women in Green. India’s win over Pakistan in the Women’s ODI World Cup was on the top trends on social media on Sunday (October 5). Irfan Pathan also reacted to India’s win and took a subtle at them.
“Just another Sunday of Eat. Sleep. Win. Repeat. Team India,” he wrote on X. Pathan often takes digs at the Pakistan men’s team whenever they lose to India. His post is viral on X and has been reposted by more than 1.8k users.
India have won both their league stage matches and sit at the top spot in the points table. They are followed by Australia, who sit at the second position. Pakistan have lost both their matches so far.
India register big 88-run win
Asked to bat first, India got off to a decent start and the opening pair of Smriti Mandhana (23) and Pratika Rawal (31) added 48 runs for the first wicket. Harleen Deol, who came out to bat at number 3, scored a crucial 46 off 65 balls.
Combined efforts from the middle-order saw India finish at 247. Diana Baig took a four-fer while Sadia Iqbal and Fatima Sana scalped 2 wickets each.
Pakistan made a forgettable start and lost their openers inside 8 overs. Sidra Amin scored 81 runs but lacked support from the other end. The Indian bowlers did wonders with the ball and bowled out Pakistan for 159, thus winning the game by 88 runs.
Kranti Goud and Deepti Sharma scalped 3 wickets each. Sneh Rana dismissed two batters. Kranti was bestowed with the Player of the Match award. India will face Australia in their next game on Thursday (October 9).