Fve memorable India vs Pakistan women’s T20 battles

Arch-rivals India and Pakistan conflict on Sunday in a much-anticipated group match on the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup in Cape Town.

Here are 5 memorable T20 matches between the 2 cricket powerhouses:

Roy particular

Indian spinner Priyanka Roy performed an enormous half within the workforce’s first ever T20 match in opposition to Pakistan with match-winning figures of 5-16 and three catches within the 2009 World Cup.

Roy’s leg-spin proved too sizzling to deal with for the Pakistan batters who had been dismissed for a paltry 75, a complete India eclipsed with 5 wickets and 14 balls to spare.

Roy performed simply 15 T20 matches for India together with her final recreation in 2011, however the bowling effort remained a spotlight of her white-ball profession.

Solid Raut

Top-order batter Punam Raut’s gritty 25 made the distinction for eventual winners India in 2012’s low-scoring closing of the Asia Cup in China.

A 32-run partnership between Raut and Harmanpreet Kaur, who made 20, guided India to 81 all out in 20 overs after Pakistan skipper Sana Mir returned figures of 4-13.

In reply, Pakistan had been bowled out for 63 in 19.1 to undergo their second loss to India within the event.

Mandhana energy

Star batter Smriti Mandhana hammered a match-winning 63 not out in India’s opening win in opposition to Pakistan at T20 cricket’s 2022 Commonwealth Games debut.

India’s bowlers arrange victory after they dismissed Pakistan for 99, a complete the Indian batters surpassed in 11.4 overs, with the left-handed Mandhana hitting three sixes in her 42-ball knock.

The win paved the way in which for India’s entry into the ultimate the place they misplaced the gold to Australia, however Mandhana remained within the prime three run-scorers of the competitors with a mean of slightly below 40.

Spin power

Pakistan ladies recorded their first-ever T20 win over their neighbours on the 2012 World Cup when Nida Dar spun them to a slender one-run win with figures of 3-12.

Batting first, Pakistan may solely muster 98-9 in 20 overs, skipper Sana Mir top-scoring with 26 in opposition to a disciplined opposition bowling.

Dar, an off-spinner, then led Pakistan’s spin cost alongside Bismah Maroof to choke India to 97-8 in Galle.

All-round Nida

Dar once more took the mantle of wrecker-in-chief when she single-handedly demolished India with an unbeaten 56 and 2-23 in the latest assembly between the 2 groups.

Pakistan rode on Dar’s 37-ball knock to put up 137-6 after they elected to bat first in a gaggle match of final yr’s Asia Cup in Bangladesh.

Dar labored with fellow spinners together with Nashra Sandhu (3-30) to dismiss India for 124 in a 13-run victory, profitable participant of the match.