Pakistan's innings revolved around Bismah and Ayesha. Captain Bismah Maroof (68 not out) scored a half-century and Ayesha Naseem (43 not out) shared an unbroken 81-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Both of them made this partnership in just 47 balls. Bismah faced 55 balls and hit seven fours in his unbeaten innings. Radha Yadav was the most successful bowler for India, taking two wickets for 21 runs in four overs. Deepti Sharma got India's first breakthrough by dismissing Javeria Khan (08 runs) who tried to sweep and the ball edged into the hands of Hamranpreet Kaur. Ayesha scored an unbeaten 43 in just 25 balls at a strike rate of 172 which included two fours and as many sixes.
India's playing XI:Shefali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Jemima Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Richa Ghosh (Wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Renuka Thakur Singh.
Pakistan Playing XI: Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali (wk), Bismah Maroof (c), Nida Dar, Sidra Amin, Alia Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Fatima Sana, Aiman Anwar, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal.
Player of the match Jemimah Rodrigues scored an unbeaten 53 off 38 balls as India thrashed Pakistan by seven wickets on Sunday night to open the Women's T20 World Cup with a bang. Jemima scored eight powerful fours in her innings, out of which three were hit in the 19th over itself. Pakistan posted a challenging total of 4/149 on the scoreboard thanks to a half-century from their skipper Bismah Maroof (68*). In response, the Indian team achieves this with seven wickets in the first over. The contribution of Richa Ghosh (31* runs, 20 balls) in this innings of Jemima Rodrigues cannot be forgotten, both of them shared an unbeaten 58* runs in 33 balls for the fourth wicket.
Fun-loving-bubbly Jemima
Born on 5 September 2000 in Mumbai, Jemima inherited cricket. His father Ivan was the best player of his era. Jemima is multitalented. Apart from cricket, she has also played hockey for Mumbai. She is the prankstar of the Indian women's team. Teammates call Jemima Jamie. This player, who is very active on social media, plays guitar in her spare time. Both Jemima's elder brothers Enoch and Eli are also cricketers, whom Papa used to train, but Jemima got the real success.
Women's IPL auction set to rain money
Today, Jamie is counted among the best batters of women's cricket around the world, she has also played in Australia's Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) and The Hundred in England. Now it is sure to rain money on them in the auction for women's IPL. According to an estimate, the total net worth of Jemima Rodrigues is around Rs 2 crore. She is sure to get a hefty amount in the auction of WPL i.e. Women's Premier League.
Second biggest run chase in World Cup history
When Pakistan won the toss and scored 149 for four against India, it was their highest score in the tournament. This was also her best total against India in T20 Internationals as well, before which the highest target achieved by the Indian women's team in the T20 World Cup was 137 runs. In such a situation, now it was India's turn to make a record. India chased the second highest score in Women's T20 World Cup history. At number one is England, who set a target of 164 against Australia in 2009.
Shefali-Yastika laid the foundation
Yastika Bhatia opened the Indian innings with Shafali Verma replacing regular opener Smriti Mandhana due to injury. Both gave the team a solid start by sharing a 38-run partnership in 5.3 overs. Shefali was also dismissed in the 10th over of the innings, but the team maintained its run-rate. After the dismissal of captain Harmanpreet Kaur (16 runs, 12 balls) in the 14th over of the innings, it seemed that India could be in trouble, but Jemima and Richa played strong innings and returned to the pavilion to win the match.
Player of the Match Jemima Rodriguez said - I do not know what to say? I wanted to form a partnership. Wanted not only to make the match, but also to take the team to victory. Richa and I have put together a partnership against Bangladesh and we can do that today. This innings is really special for me. I was not scoring runs for a while, but I worked and the result is in front of you. Grateful to God, he takes care of everyone.
She gave the credit of her brilliant innings to her parents, who were present at the stadium to encourage their daughter. India's daughter said- I want to dedicate this to my parents, they are here in the stadium. This knock goes to him. We only needed 10 runs per over. We knew he would bowl a loose ball so we just had to go for the shots.
Talking about his strategy, he said – We knew that if we stuck till the end, we would win. We are very happy that we have won it. Now we need to do this continuously. Please tell that Jemima played an unbeaten inning of 53 runs in 38 balls on the basis of 8 fours. He hit the winning four. In this way, the Indian team has made a great start.
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