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Cricket Commonwealth Games 2022

'Easy-peasy'- Twitter reacts as India beat Pakistan to register first win at Commonwealth Games 2022

India Women's team defeated Pakistan in the second match of Women's T20I at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Go first with this win.

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After losing their inaugural match against Australia, the India women’s cricket team, gave a thumping defeat to Pakistan in the second match on Sunday. India won by a massive eight wickets after chasing down the target in just 11.4 overs in the Commonwealth Games 2022.

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After winning the toss, Pakistan decided to bat first. They, however, got off to a very poor start as opener Iram Javed was removed in the second over on duck. The other batter Muneeba Ali (32) held her wicket from one side along with number three Bismah Maroof (17) and took Pakistan to 50 before Maroof was dismissed by Sneh Rana.

Wickets continued to fall then on and Pakistan could not stitch together a significant partnership. They could only reach 99 before all batters were dismissed by Indian bowlers. Sneh Rana and Radha Yadav came up with two wickets each with Renuka Singh, Meghana Singh and Shafali Verma taking one apiece.

Coming onto chase, what looked like an easy target India got a very good start from their openers. Shafali Verma looked in good touch and hit 16 off just nine balls with two fours and one maximum. She was, however, caught behind by Tuba Hasan and cannot take India across the finishing line. Other opener Smriti Mandhana continued his rich vein of form with an unbeaten 63 in just 42 balls. She hit eight boundaries and three sixes on her way to an important half-century.

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Sabbhineni Meghana played a small knock of 14 runs but failed to see off the match. It was Jemimah Rodrigues (2) who remained unbeaten to get India their first win in the Women’s T20I in Commonwealth Games.

With this win, India moves to first in the points table with two points in two matches and a net run rate of +1.520. Pakistan, having lost both of their matches, linger at the bottom of the table with a net run rate of -2.068. Australia are second in Group B with two points in one match.

Meanwhile England top Group B with New Zealand at second.

Let’s look at some of the Twitter reactions to India vs Pakistan Women's Cricket match: 

 

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