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India women 137 for 3 (Raj 56) beat Pakistan women 133 for 7 (Maroof 53, Dar 52, Poonam 2-22) by seven wickets
Guyana: Veteran cricketer Mithali Raj smashed a quick fire fifty to guide India to an easy 7-wicket victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the ICC Women's World T20 on Sunday.
Raj anchored the Indian run chase with a 47-ball 56 which she made with the help of seven fours in the Group B match which was marred by unprecedented docking of 10 penalty runs on Pakistan.
The Women In Blue chased down the target of 134 quite convincingly with six balls to spare as they reached 137/3 in 19 overs.
Even before a ball being faced, 10 runs were on India's scoreboard after Pakistan were docked five-run penalty twice during their innings on account of their batswomen running on the danger area of the pitch during their innings.
Previous game centurion and captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Veda Krishnamurthy remained not out on 14 and 8 respectively when their team reached home.
With the win on Sunday, India (with four points) made a big step towards making it to the semifinals from the five-team Group B. Two teams each from the two groups qualify for the semifinals.
India made a strong start with openers Raj and Smriti Mandhana (26) finding the boundaries at regular intervals in their 73-run stand from 9.3 overs. Mandhana fell to Bismah Maroof with Omaima Sohail taking a superb catch at deep square leg.
The 18-year-old Jemimah Rodrigues (16), who scored a half-century in the previous game against New Zealand, seemed to continue from where she left but she played a shot too many and perished in the process, caught and bowled by Nida Dar in the 15th over.
