Match 2 of ACC Women's Asia Cup 2024, India (W) vs Pakistan (W)
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00:00It is India versus Pakistan.
00:09This is no ordinary game and the weak hearted should stay away from this one.
00:13Toss happened a short while back, former Ireland captain Isabel Joyce was there and Pakistan
00:21called it correct and batting is what they've chosen.
00:26This is the side, I will bring in Marina on this one, straight away.
00:30I think the changes that they have made is really good for this game because Neema comes
00:34in at number 3, power packed Richa Ghosh, who everybody knows who can easily clear the boundary
00:41and we have Renuka Singh who's been among wickets, especially in the subcontinent, though
00:46she may not have had a great home series, but I think this is a very good side.
00:54It was short enough for her to pull to mid-wicket and that's the first boundary.
01:04High up in the air, will it be the first wicket?
01:07It is the first wicket.
01:09Vastraka strikes.
01:14Oh, there was a diving effort, he got the room and she went all out with it.
01:22Again, she has to manufacture a shot, she does it quite successfully.
01:27Ends the over with a boundary, it's 3 gone, 19 for 1.
01:32Yeah, because that is what the story is, cuts it, cuts it beautifully, will get a boundary
01:36for that one, the moment she got room, that's 4 in all over it.
01:41Short, will that be wicket number 2?
01:44It is wicket number 2.
01:47Vastraka gets her second, India get Muniba.
01:55And Sidharth Ramin welcomes her by pulling out the reverse.
02:03Oh, that's gone through, that is not the best effort at short fine.
02:08Long wait for the trophy.
02:11And Sriyanka Patil has her first wicket in the Women's Asia Cup.
02:15Simple, so simple.
02:19As Alia escorted mid-wicket.
02:27More of the reverse sweeps being pulled out, that's well played.
02:30And a run away.
02:35Ok, uses her feet, feel that there, will it be wicket number 4?
02:39It is wicket number 4.
02:4350 strikes.
02:49Sidharth in the air, will it be wicket number 5?
02:52It is going to be.
02:54Renuka gets her first, India get their fifth.
03:00Time now to rise up to the occasion.
03:02Loud appeal, looks at the umpire, umpire says yes.
03:06Renuka is 2 in 2, India has got their sixth.
03:10Right on the money, Renuka.
03:12That's a good delivery to bowl to a new batter.
03:19Meat of the bat, feel that there.
03:22Just over.
03:26Then you are going to struggle at international cricket.
03:28Beats the fielder.
03:30Lucky boundary for Fatima Sana and also for Pakistan.
03:34Whether it is the seamers or the spinners.
03:38Is there a second?
03:40That's a misfeed.
03:44Irish royalty, Joyce.
03:46That's good.
03:48That's a welcome boundary, a bit of intent.
03:50Aggression.
03:52Up and over the covers.
03:54Pakistan need more of that.
03:56I think you will be surprised to hear that around the world
03:59people are pulling for India women.
04:01That's an easy chance.
04:03Straight to the fielder.
04:06Great effort.
04:08Outstanding effort.
04:10She could still have her wicket.
04:12She probably does.
04:14She is convinced.
04:16It was an outstanding effort.
04:18This is real commitment.
04:20She looks for the diving catch.
04:22Didn't quite make it.
04:24Got to her feet and hit direct on return.
04:26That's a good ball.
04:28That's a good ball.
04:30That's a good ball.
04:33Great effort.
04:35She got to her feet and hit direct on return.
04:37I will tell you what.
04:39That would have been uncomfortable.
04:41That diving attempt.
04:43Even worse when you don't reach it.
04:45The air would have gone out of her lungs.
04:47She's got enough air to pick the ball up.
04:49Hitting the stump.
04:51That will be the eighth wicket.
04:53Two sounds.
04:55Two and two.
04:57Three in the over.
04:59It is going horribly wrong for India.
05:01Horribly wrong for Pakistan.
05:04They are falling like a house of cards.
05:10Goes for the slog sweep.
05:12And just over.
05:14Good ball striking this from Fatima Sanai.
05:17And the 100 comes up for Pakistan.
05:21Then again, India haven't batted yet.
05:26She goes again.
05:29She will get the distance again.
05:32Back-to-back sixes.
05:34Rather, two sixes and three balls.
05:35Fatima Sanai giving Pakistan something of a finish.
05:44Not the option that Fatima would have wanted her to take.
05:47Non-strikers just hit her bat onto her pads in disgust.
05:51But Sriyanka Patil has cleared out the innings,
05:54has cleaned up Sade Iqbal.
05:56Nidhadar had decided to bat first,
05:59but she'd be disappointed with three batters getting
06:01into their 20s and everyone else in single figures.
06:05Nibali got to 11.
06:07She's lost too many wickets.
06:09Innings had no real momentum.
06:11And now it's time for Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandana
06:14to start off for India.
06:15Need 109.
06:19Easy pickings.
06:21Help yourself on the pads.
06:23Clipped away.
06:24India and Shefali Verma on the way.
06:28Picked up with such elegance.
06:30No one back there.
06:32Just beautiful from Smriti Mandana,
06:34who has her first boundary.
06:36She's trying too hard.
06:38And is that a boundary?
06:42Yes, that's a boundary.
06:48Again, through the gap.
06:49Once she drops it short, Shefali has
06:52the entire field to pick on.
06:54She's just helped that.
06:55Eased herself to a third boundary.
07:01No one back there.
07:02That is behind square.
07:04Easy pickings again.
07:06Shefali Verma is on the charge.
07:13Shefali gets three boundaries.
07:16Smriti Mandana does not want to fall behind.
07:19She pierces the gap with ridiculous ease.
07:22Now a chance to win a major event.
07:26Up and over from Shefali.
07:28We're still inside the power play.
07:30And we are seeing proper power play batting
07:34from India's top order.
07:40Elegant, effective, and just simply stunning to watch.
07:48Pakistan squad, oh, you talk about this.
07:53Stand, admire, deliver.
07:57Speaking about ease.
08:00Another one off the back foot.
08:02And that was a freebie.
08:04Marina, it's ordinary bowling.
08:07This game is not over yet.
08:08But by the way, India is batting.
08:10Oh, that's a beautiful one.
08:13A win that has eluded them for so long.
08:16Mid wicket, powerful four.
08:20Then you've got timing as well.
08:23It's a fantastic combo.
08:27She does find the gap.
08:28There is extra cover.
08:29It's so difficult to set a field to these two batters.
08:33So many strong areas.
08:34And that's a brilliant shot from Smriti Mandana.
08:37That's a treat for sore eyes.
08:41What a shot.
08:43Over mid-off.
08:44They want to finish this early.
08:46Went to change gears as well.
08:49Oh, we're talking about the tricks that she has.
08:52She says, OK, it's not about the straight.
08:54I can play that shot as well.
08:55Well-manufactured, loving, smiling, enjoying.
09:02Taking the first run quickly here.
09:04Will that be a boundary?
09:05Just might be.
09:06It's a long chase for two fielders there.
09:08Oh, the bat wins.
09:10It's a boundary.
09:11It's gone 76, 79, I beg your pardon, without loss.
09:16Quite a possibility, you never know.
09:18Dances down the track.
09:20Gone.
09:21Straight into the hands of the mid-wicket fielder.
09:24And there was a lot of wrath from the fielder
09:27after catching that.
09:32Cries for catch it.
09:35Just sums up the day.
09:41This time on the offside, much more in control.
09:44Thoroughly deserving back-to-back boundaries
09:46for Dayal and Hemlata.
09:51And again, just pierces the gap on the offside.
09:55Easy pickings.
09:58Hemlata is joining the party.
10:03Oh, there she is.
10:04Commentator's curse.
10:06This is it.
10:08The more we're talking about her and the award.
10:11Oh, that was rather sloppy from the batter there.
10:17Just cost Shefali Verma a player of the match award.
10:22She was looking to finish this one off quickly.
10:25Down between bat and pad.
10:27She's not going to see this one till the end.
10:29Not going to pull the stump out.
10:30And the youngsters come into the team
10:32and taking two of the big guns.
10:35Shefali Verma goes for 40, just from just 29 deliveries.
10:40India, 100 for two.
10:43Catch it.
10:44Up in the air yet again.
10:45Wicket number three.
10:48They're gifting it away at the moment.
10:53Where was this 10 overs ago?
10:55That's what Nida Dar is saying.
10:57And you talked, Paddy, about what can they
10:59get out of this game, Pakistan.
11:00This is exactly what they could have got out of it.
11:02Just take some wickets at the end.
11:04Finish the game on a high.
11:06Gives Nida Dar something to smile about on her 150th cap.
11:10It's frustration for the batter.
11:12And that's what it means to Pakistan.
11:14Every single time they take an Indian wicket,
11:16it means a lot, even if it is in a losing cause, which
11:19almost certainly is.
11:21Malatha goes for 14.
11:22India, 102 for three.
11:24Will she tap and run?
11:27Taps.
11:28Captain says yes.
11:29And those are the winning runs.
11:31India have their signature on this game versus Pakistan.
11:36A win well deserved, a win well earned.
11:39They were clinical, they were precise,
11:41and they were bang on today.
11:43This is the final confirmation for you.
11:45Solid foundation at the top of the order.
11:47The openers adding 85.
11:49And it was in the 10th over when the first wicket fell.
11:52Smriti Mandana was the first one to go get out.
11:55Shefali Verma, after that, followed.
11:56She scored 40.
11:58India had to lose one more wicket after that, that of Himlata.
12:02And it was curtains after that.