COLOUMBO (Kashmir English): In the third match of the ICC Women’s World Cup, the Bangladesh Women’s team defeated the Pakistan Women’s team by 7 wickets.
In the match played in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Pakistani captain Fatima Sana won the toss and decided to bat first, a decision that proved to be a mistake.
The entire Pakistan team was dismissed for only 129 runs in the 39th over.
The Green Shirts’ innings started disastrously, with Maroofa Akhtar dismissing Umaima Sohail and Sidra Amin for nil in the first over.
After this, Muniba Ali and Rameen Shamim put on a cautious partnership of 42 runs, but both were dismissed soon and Pakistan’s score was 47 for 4 in 13.4 overs.
Rameen Shamim was Pakistan’s top scorer with 23 runs off 39 balls with the help of 2 fours, while Muniba scored 17 runs off 35 balls.
After them, Alia Riaz scored 13, Sidra Nawaz 15 and captain Fatima 22 runs and the score reached 100 for the loss of 7 wickets in 29.3 overs.
Batter Diana Baig, who came at number 9, played an unbeaten innings of 16 runs to take Pakistan’s score to 129.
For Bangladesh, Nishita Akhtar bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets for just 5 runs in 3.3 overs. Marufa Akhtar and Nahida Akhtar took 2 wickets each, while Rabia Khan also took one wicket.
Bangladesh achieved the easy target of 130 runs set by Pakistan for the loss of only 3 wickets.
Left-handed opener Rubia Haider scored an unbeaten 54 runs off 77 balls with the help of 8 fours to ensure the team’s victory.
Captain Nigar Sultana scored 23 runs off 44 balls with the help of 5 fours. The two made a match-winning partnership of 62 runs for the third wicket.
In addition, middle-order batter Sobhana Mostari also played an important role in the team’s victory by scoring 24 runs off 19 balls with the help of 6 fours.
For Pakistan, Ramin Shamim, Diana Baig and captain Fatima Sana took one wicket each.
