Pakistan captain Fatima Sana raised fairly a couple of eyebrows within the Girls’s Asia Cup fixture in opposition to India on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium on Saturday. The medium pacer tried to guide from the entrance, taking three wickets after her workforce was bundled out for 55. Nevertheless, the most important speaking level got here when Sana gave a fiery send-off to India’s opening batter, Shafali Verma, on the third ball of the second over of the innings.
Sana bowled a superb size supply, and the ball simply bounced a bit greater than the younger Indian opener anticipated. She tried to work the supply by the leg aspect however solely managed to get a forefront that lobbed again to the bowler.
The Pakistan captain then did not make a mistake, catching the ball. She then did not hesitate to point out Shafali her method again to the pavilion. Nevertheless, the Indian opening batter did not react and simply marched again to the dressing room. Shafali scored 12 runs off 6 balls, with the assistance of 1 4 and one boundary.
Within the match in opposition to Pakistan, Shafali turned the youngest batter to surpass the three,000 runs mark in ladies’s T20Is. She additionally turned the quickest to succeed in the milestone, marking it a big day for herself. Shafali achieved the feat aged 22 years and 220 days, beating Eire’s Gaby Lewis, who was 24 years and 347 days previous when she reached 3,000 T20I runs.
She additionally surpassed the 3000 runs landmark in simply 2,182 balls, bettering Australia’s nice and former captain Alyssa Healy’s earlier report of two,321 deliveries.
How did India versus Pakistan unfold?
The fixture between India and Pakistan began with Fatima profitable the toss and opting to bat. Nevertheless, the batters did not justify the choice, as they have been bowled out for 55 in 18.1 overs. For India, Shree Charani and Prema Rawat scalped three wickets every whereas Deepti Sharma returned with two.
India got here out all weapons blazing within the chase as Shafali slammed a six off the very first supply. Nevertheless, Fatima then tried to combat, dismissing India’s high order of Shafali, Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal. Nevertheless, ultimately, Harmanpreet Kaur (18*) and Deepti Sharma (12*) ensured India cruised house with seven wickets in hand and 68 balls to spare.
