India registered an iconic win against Pakistan Women in their 20-20 World Cup encounter on Saturday. Jemimah Rodrigues scored an unbeaten half-century as she guided the Women in Blue to a seven-wicket win in their opening encounter of the tournament.
In the meantime, an incident from the second innings of the match left everyone in shock. In the 7th over of the innings, the Pakistan bowler, Nashra Sandhu, bowled an extra ball which was hit for a four by Rodrigues.
The fans have been trolling the umpires and the Pakistan team for this silly mistake during the all-important clash. While some fans have been questioning the umpiring standards of the 20-20 World Cup, some have said that the matter would have become a lot worse if the roles were reversed.
As for the game, India got off to a steady start and had a productive powerplay, but opener Yastika Bhatia fell after a laborious 17 off 20 balls. Shafali Verma, on the other hand, scored quickly to keep the Indian scoreboard moving, pushing the total past 50 in 7 overs.
However, India suffered a setback when Verma was dismissed near the halfway point of the innings. The ship was then steadied by Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur for the women in Blue. Later, with their skipper gone, India appeared to be in a difficult situation, needing 55 from the final six overs. However, Rodrigues’ (53 runs in 38 balls) steady head and big hits from Richa Ghosh late in the innings helped India reach the target with seven balls to spare.
Earlier, India’s bowlers were on point from the start, with Deepti Sharma scoring the first run in the PowerPlay, but the women in green rallied with Muneeba Ali and Bismah Maroof. However, following the Powerplay, Pakistan lost quick wickets as Radha Yadav and Pooja Vastrakar struck in consecutive overs. Following that, Bismah Maroof’s fluent fifty and Ayesha Naseem’s lusty blows propelled Pakistan to 149/4 in 20 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted to Pakistan Women’s mistake
Pakistani team can't count, illiteracy obviously
— trad (@sshhhhh_001) February 13, 2023
— ????????? (@NO_VIS0R) February 13, 2023
Umpire mistake!
— Simmu? (@meownces) February 13, 2023
— Amit Kumar Samal (@ImAmit22) February 13, 2023
Women wala meme yaad aa rha hai
— Sultan? (@its_sultan18) February 13, 2023
Anyhow… Pakistan is the team who is unaware of rules and regulations… completely their fault along with the umpires
— Amman (@AMANAVIN) February 13, 2023
If that match would have gone to last ball & 4 runs required for last ball then nobody would complain & says its ok bec its against india . But if it happens against someone then people cry and say BCCI = ICC
— Animelover69 (@BhdAnkur) February 13, 2023
Umpires fault
Pak team was sleeping?— The Dice Man (@chartsurfer2) February 13, 2023
A four was hit on 7th ball of 7th over in Indian inning yesterday.
— Sagar ?? (@imperfect_ocean) February 13, 2023
And people are waking up to it now.
— Saikat Ghosh (@Ghosh_Analysis) February 13, 2023
