India beat Pakistan by 88 runs within the Ladies’s ODI World Cup 2025 on Sunday to go prime of the factors desk after securing its second win within the event.
The 2 factors for India have been actually hard-earned on a day when the gradual pitch on the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo made issues troublesome.
Listed here are the main speaking factors of the sport:
Failure to construct partnerships
For the second match in a row, India’s middle-order was left to do the heavy lifting. Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal shared a 48-run stand, the best of India’s innings, earlier than the previous was trapped leg-before. Thereafter, the Ladies in Blue have been unable to forge significant partnerships usually, whereas the gradual wicket made it troublesome for brand spanking new batters to settle.
Harleen Deol and Jemimah Rodrigues added 45 runs for the fourth wicket and appeared set to speed up. However they fell off consecutive overs, forcing India to rebuild once more. Deepti Sharma and Sneh Rana’s 42-run stand got here at a gradual charge however helped stabilise the innings. Nevertheless, they too have been unable to speed up and perished quickly.
Richa Ghosh impression
With India scoring at an abysmal charge, the group’s choice to carry Richa Ghosh again for so long as potential paid off. Coming in at 8, the wicketkeeper-batter took all of 5 balls earlier than smashing her first most over lengthy on. Her 20-ball 35 included three fours and two sixes, placing at a powerful 175 to get India near the 250-mark.
Sidra Amin’s lone battle
“She’s the principle participant of our group and hopefully she’ll proceed her type within the subsequent match too,” stated Pakistan skipper Fatima Sana on her teammate Sidra Amin after the match. Amin scored a courageous 86-run knock and fuelled her facet’s chase so long as she might until she fell in fortieth over. The Pakistan openers in Muneeba Ali and Sadaf Shamas have been eliminated cheaply and it was left to the likes of Amin and others to deliver the innings again on monitor. Natalia Parvaiz, who got here in at No. 5, contributed 33 runs however others like Aliya Riaz and Fatima couldn’t enter double digits. “I feel our batting line-up was good in the present day, particularly within the prime 5. They should step up,” the Pakistan skipper added.
Kranti Goud’s spell
One other brilliant spot in India’s efficiency which had its dim moments was younger pacer Kranti Goud. Actually, she had an honest impression even earlier than she started her spell with the ball: she struck two boundaries with the boldness of a top-order batter to contribute essential runs throughout India’s innings. With the ball, she bowled a miserly spell of three/20 in her 10 overs, displaying that she’s a dependable choice for Harmanpreet Kaur particularly if Renuka Singh isn’t with the ability to present the scalps, though the skilled bowler conceded simply 29 runs in her 10 overs.
Printed on Oct 05, 2025