Cape Town: The Indian team registered a thumping victory in their first match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. He defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets in Cape Town. Jemima Rodrigues, who was the hero of this victory, forced the Pakistan team to kneel down by scoring a mammoth score of 149 runs with the bat. Apart from Jemima, the Indian team won the match by scoring 151 runs in 19 overs on the basis of strong batting by Richa Ghosh (31 not out) and Shefali Verma (33).
Player of the Match Jemima Rodriguez said – I do not know what to say? I wanted to form a partnership. Wanted not only to make the match, but also to take the team to victory. Richa and I have put together a partnership against Bangladesh and we can do that today. This innings is really special for me. I was not scoring runs for a while, but I worked and the result is in front of you. Grateful to God, he takes care of everyone.
She gave the credit of her brilliant innings to her parents, who were present at the stadium to encourage their daughter. India’s daughter said- I want to dedicate this to my parents, they are here in the stadium. This knock goes to him. We only needed 10 runs per over. We knew he would bowl a loose ball so we just had to go for the shots.
Talking about his strategy, he said – We knew that if we stuck till the end, we would win. We are very happy that we have won it. Now we need to do this continuously. Please tell that Jemima played an unbeaten inning of 53 runs in 38 balls on the basis of 8 fours. He hit the winning four. In this way, the Indian team has made a great start.
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Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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