Bangladesh: Indian Women’s team lost to Pakistan Women’s team in a well-contested match. As an all-round bowling performance led by Nashra Sandhu (3/30) beat the tournament favorites by 13 runs. Chasing a low target of 138, Harmanpreet Kaur led India lost their first in the Women’s Asia Cup 2022. However, it took Pakistan more than 6 years to win over the Women in Blue.
Pakistan W won the toss and decided to bat first. A thrilling contest witnessed at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. A historic win as this is the third time they have defeated India W in T20Is. India still remains at the top of the points table with 6 points, however Pakistan is not much behind, as they hold the second stop with same number of points.
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Match 13 of Women’s Asia Cup 2022
Indian playing 11:
1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Sabbhineni Meghana, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt) 5 Dayalan Hemalatha, 6 Richa Ghosh (wk), 7 Pooja Vastrakar, 8 Deepti Sharma, 9 Radha Yadav, 10 Renuka Singh, 11 Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Pakistan playing 11:
1 Muneeba Ali (wk), 2 Sidra Ameen, 3 Bismah Maroof (capt), 4 Nida Dar, 5 Ayesha Naseem, 6 Aliya Riaz, 7 Omaima Sohail, 8 Aiman Anwer, 9 Sadia Iqbal, 10. Tuba Hassan, 11 Nashra Sandhu
Top Batting and Bowling performances by both the teams
Pakistan Women – 137/6 (20)
Nida Dar: 56*(37) Nashra Sandhu: 3/30 (4)
Bismah Maroof: 32 (37) Nida Dar: 2/23 (4)
Muneeba Ali: 17 (17) Sadia Iqbal: 2/24 (4)
India Women – 124 (19.4)
Richa Ghosh: 26(13) Deepti Sharma: 3/24 (4)
D. Hemalatha: 20 (22) Pooja Vastrakar: 2/23(4)
Smriti Mandhana: 17(19) Renuka Thakur: 1/24 (4)
India still remains at the top of the points table with 6 points, however Pakistan is not much behind, as they hold the second spot with same number of points.
Take a look at the Women’s Asia Cup 2022 points table
| Position | Teams | Match | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | NRR |
| 1 | INDIA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.480 |
| 2 | PAKISTAN | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.684 |
| 3 | BANGLADESH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.829 |
| 4 | SRI LANKA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.373 |
| 5 | THAILAND | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1.079 |
| 6 | UAE | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -1.648 |
| 7 | MALAYSIA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -3.02 |
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