Karachi: Pakistan Women Cricket team takes avenge of the men’s team defeat yesterday at the hands of Indian men as they have beaten Indian women by 1 run, clinching their first victory in the Women World Cup 2012 played today at Galle International Stadium in Sri Lanka.
Earlier, Pakistan winning the toss and choosing to bat first managed to give a low target of 99 to the arch rivals but that proved to be sufficient as India was left one run short after they batted their quote of 20 overs and scored 97 runs.
Pakistan skipper Sana Mir scored slow yet responsible innings of 26 consuming 38 balls while Nain Abidi scored 25 of 34 balls. None other than these two scored more than 10 runs and continuously fell apart miserably.
In reply, Indian started their innings with no such confidence and its wickets shattered on regular intervals. Only J Goswami scored more than 20 while no other batsman looked in touch. Nida Dar was the highlight in Pakistan bowling as she took 3 wickets giving only 12 runs in her 4 overs. She also got the player of the match award.