9.26pm: What a game from Pakistan. Fatima Sana, in her maiden T20 World Cup as Pakistan captain, opens the campaign with a 31-run win over Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka. That too defending just 116 runs. Her quickfire 30 helped Pakistan go past 100 in the first innings. In the chase, Sana used her bowlers wisely to dent the opposition. Spinners Iqbal, Sohail and Sandhu took seven wickets among them and took the pace off to give nothing to Sri Lanka batters. Sri Lanka lost Athapaththu early and unlike in the recent times, the likes of Gunaratne, Samarawickrama, Dilhari, Sanjeewani couldn’t save the team as they lacked one big stand. Lack of boundaries put pressure at the end and eventually, they fell short.
PAK Women vs SL Women, 2nd Match, Group A at Sharjah, Women’s T20 World Cup, Oct 03 2024 – Match Result
