Pakistan put up an extraordinary effort in the field and managed to run four Bangladesh batters out restricting the latter to 113-9 in their third Women’s World T20 group stage match at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi on Thursday.
Pakistan wicket-keeper Sidra Nawaz, who was a live-wire behind the stumps, was involved in two of the four run-outs while spinner Anam Amin bagged two wickets.
Fargana Hoque was Bangladesh’s highest-run getter with 36 of 37 balls while the remaining batters failed to provide assistance to her.
Earlier, Bangladesh skipper Jahanara Alam won the toss and decided to bat as they took on high-flying Pakistan.
Sana Mir and company beat arch-rivals India by 2 runs (DL method) in their last match which was affected by rain and ended up on the losing side against West Indies in their first World T20 outing.
Bangladesh, on the other hand, have lost all of the three matches they’ve played so far and are on the verge of being eliminated from the tournament.
Pakistan boasts the services of Anam Amin who is the highest wicket-taker of the tournament so far while Bismah Maroof will be the go-to player for Pakistan as far as batting is concerned.
The green-shirts meet England in their final Group stage match on Sunday.
Teams from
Pakistan
Sana Mir (capt.), Nahida Khan, Sidra Ameen, Bismah Maroof, Muneeba Ali, Iram Javed, Asmavia Iqbal, Nida Dar, Sidra Nawaz (wk.), Anam Amin, Aliya Riaz
Bangladesh
Jahanara Alam (capt.), Sanjida Islam, Sharmin Akhtar, Salma Khatun, Fargana Hoque, Rumana Ahmed, Nigar Sultana (wk.), Fahima Khatun, Lata Mondal, Panna Ghosh, Khadija Tul Kubra
