India defeated arch rivals Pakistan by 16 runs to win the Asia Cup T20 tournament for the sixth time on Sunday.
This victory comes at a time when tensions are mounting between the two neighbouring countries.
For India, veteran batter Mithali Raj did the star turn, churning out a well-compiled 73 not out to steer the innings.
Opting to bat, India put up a score of 121/5 in 20 with the help of brilliant innings from opener Mithali Raj, who remained unbeaten on 73. Mithali took 65 balls to score those important runs which include seven fluent boundaries and a six.
Scoreboard:
India Women:
Mithali Rai not out 73
Smriti Mandhana c Asmavia Iqbal b Anam Amin 6
Sabbhineni Meghana run out (Javeria/Sidra) 9
Veda Krishnamurthy lbw b Sadia Yousuf 2
Harmanpreet Kaur b Anam Amin 5
Jhulan Goswami c Javeria Khan b Sana Mir 17
Anuja Patil not out 0
Extras: (W-8, NB-1) 9 Total: (For 5 wkts; 20 overs) 121 Fall of wkts: 1-24, 2-68, 3-73, 4-89, 5-120.
Bowling: Asmavia Iqbal 3-0-23-0, Sana Mir 4-0-23-1, Anam Amin 4-0-24-2, Sadia Yousuf 4-0-15-1, Nida Dar 4-0-29-0, Iram Javed 1-0-7-0.
Pakistan Women:
Ayesha Zafar b Goswami 15
Javeria Khan c Kaur b Bisht 22
Asmavia Iqbal b Pandey 1
Bismah Maroof c & b Patil 25
Nain Abidi st Verma b Preeti Bose 9
Iram Javed st Verma b Bisht 3
Nida Dar not out 12 Sana Mir not out 12
Extras: (B-1, LB-1, W-3) 5 Total: (For 6 wkts; 20 overs) 104 Fall of wkts: 1-24, 2-28, 3-56, 4-75, 5-79, 6-81.
Bowling: Ekta Bisht 4-0-22-2, Anuja Patil 4-0-18-1, Jhulan Goswami 4-0-19 -1, Shikha Pandey 2-0-17-1, Preeti Bose 4-0-18-1, Harmanpreet Kaur 2-0-8-0.
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