India defeat Pakistan by 7 wickets; enter final of Women’s World Cup Qualifier

19 February, Colombo

The Indian women’s cricket team thrashed Pakistan by 7 wickets in the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifiermoving to the final here Sunday.

India won the toss and elected to field first putting Pakistanto bat. Pakistan were all out at score of 67 in 43.4 overs.

In reply India easily chased the target in 22.3 overs, scoring 70 after losing 3 wickets easily winning against their opponentsmoving to the top spot.

Pakistan kept on losing regular wickets and ony Ayesha Zafar 19and Bismah Maroof 13 could reach double-digit.

Ekta Bisht’s 5 wickets in 10 overs was brilliant, while Shikha Pandey scalped 2 wickets. Sharma, Vaidya and Kaur claimedone wickets each.

Chasing a small total, Deepti Sharma (29 not out) and Harmanpreet Kaur (24) successfully chased the target with 165 balls to spare.

Deepti and Harmanpreet put on a solid 42 runs together for the third wicket.

For Pakistan, Sadia Yousuf claimed two wickets by giving away 19 runs. Brief scores:Pakistan Women: 67 all out in 43.4 overs (Ayesha Zafar 19; Ekta Bisht 5/08, Shikha Pandey 2/09).India Women: 70 for 3 in 22.3 overs (Deepti Sharma 29 not out, Harmanpreet Kaur 24; Sadia Yousuf 2/19).