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India has started its campaign in the Women's Asia Cup 2024 with a win. The Indian women's team defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in its very first match. India won on the basis of strong innings of Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma. With this victory, India has reached the first position in the points table of Group-A with two points.
The second match of the Women's Asia Cup was played between India and Pakistan on Friday at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla. In this match, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 108 runs for 10 wickets in 19.2 overs. In reply, the Indian team scored 103 runs for 3 wickets in 14.1 overs and won the match by seven wickets.
The team's opening pair played an important role in India's victory. There was a partnership of 85 runs between the two for the first wicket. Indian team's vice-captain Smriti Mandhana was out after scoring 45 runs in 31 balls. During this, she hit nine fours. At the same time, Shefali Verma returned to the pavilion after scoring 40 runs in 29 balls. During this, she hit six fours and a six.
With this, Dayalan Hemalatha got out after scoring 14 runs. In this match, Harmanpreet Kaur remained unbeaten after scoring five runs and Jemima Rodrigues remained unbeaten after scoring three runs. For Pakistan, Saida Arub Shah took two wickets and Nashra Sandhu took one wicket. In this match, Pakistan's batting order was a complete flop. The team got the first blow in the form of Gul Firoza who could score only five runs. After this, Muniba Ali also got out after scoring 11 runs.
Sidra Amin scored the highest 25 runs for Pakistan. She hit three fours. However, Renuka Singh got her caught by Radha Yadav. In this match, Alia Riaz scored six runs, Nida Dar scored eight runs, Iram Javed scored zero runs, Tuba Hasan scored 22 runs, Syeda Arub Shah scored two runs, Nashra Sandhu scored zero runs, Sadia Iqbal scored zero runs and Fatima Sana (not out) scored 22 runs. In this match, Deepti Sharma took three wickets for India, while Renuka, Pooja and Shreyanka took two wickets each.