{"id":17074,"date":"2017-07-02T21:42:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T04:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=17074"},"modified":"2017-07-02T21:42:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T04:42:50","slug":"ekta-does-a-high-five-as-india-rout-pakistan-by-95-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/ekta-does-a-high-five-as-india-rout-pakistan-by-95-runs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekta does a \u201cHigh Five\u201d as India Rout Pakistan by 95 Runs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ekta Bisht in action during the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 match between West Indies and India at The County Ground, June 29, in Taunton, England. (Stu Forster\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht came to the fore with a stellar show as India crushed archrivals Pakistan by 95 runs in a low-scoring encounter to record their third successive victory in the ICC Women\u2019s World Cup, in Derby, England, July 2.<\/p>\n

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After a couple of impressive outings by the batswomen, it was the turn of Bisht (10-2-18-5) and Co. to defend a meagre total of 169, skittling the opposition out for a lowly 74 in 38.1 overs.<\/p>\n

India now have six points from three games and are at the top of the table.<\/p>\n

It was a sweet revenge for the Indian eves, who were beaten at home when the two teams met in the ICC World T20 in Delhi, last year.<\/p>\n

What looked like a sub-par score turned out to be a challenging one for Pakistani batters, who have never successfully chased more than 134 in a 50-over World Cup game.<\/p>\n

They were all at sea against Ekta\u2019s arm balls. She removed Ayesha Zafar (1), Sidra Nawaz (0) and Iram Javed (0) in her first four overs to wreak havoc.<\/p>\n

All three deliveries were almost identical where the batters played for the turn but it didn\u2019t turn much after pitching. She later came back to get a couple of wickets more.<\/p>\n

Pakistan never recovered from that setback. Seamers Jhulan Goswami (1\/12 in 5 overs) and young Mansi Joshi (2\/9 in 6.1 overs) were also on target. Deepti Sharma (1\/21) and Harmanpreet Kaur (1\/6) were economical as all the batswomen struggled to get going.<\/p>\n

Opener Nahida Khan (23 off 62 balls) and skipper Sana Mir (29) were the only ones to reach double figures for Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Indian skipper Mithali Raj praised Ekta for her performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud of Ekta\u2019s performance. Whenever she has been handed the new ball, she has performed. There were some anxious moments when we lost the top-order (while batting).<\/p>\n

The partnership between Sushma Verma and Jhulan Goswami towards the end was also important. When we got to a total of 169, I knew that if we could bowl well, it could be anybody\u2019s game,\u201d said Mithali.<\/p>\n

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India\u2019s Sushma Verma bats during the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 match against Pakistan at County Ground in Derby, England, July 02. (Press Trust of India)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Man-of-the-Match Ekta said: \u201cThe plan was to pile on dot balls, because we were confident of the target we set.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said that she never had any problems bowling with the new ball.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t face much of a problem bowling with the new ball. The track spun more than it had during our game against England. Irrespective of how the pitch is, my job is to bowl and take wickets and I hope I can continue doing that for my team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier, Indian batters had a disappointing day as they could only manage a paltry 169 for 9 after electing to bat.<\/p>\n

The Indian innings never gained momentum in their innings once in-form Smriti Mandhana (2) was dismissed cheaply. Worse, skipper Raj (8) and her deputy Harmanpreet Kaur (10) could not also score too many runs, making it difficult for the other players to accelerate.<\/p>\n

Opener Poonam Raut (48) consumed 72 balls while Deepti Sharma fared no better playing 63 balls for a sedate 28.<\/p>\n

It was keeper Sushma Verma (33 off 35 balls), who used the long handle to get the team near 170-run mark.<\/p>\n

One of the main reasons for India not being able to get past 200-run mark was because of a very slow fifth wicket partnership between Mona Meshram (6, 35 balls) and Harmanpreet (10, 23 balls). They were together for 8 overs (between 26.3 and 34.3) which yielded only 13 runs.<\/p>\n

While Harmanpreet was finding it difficult to hit big as she is playing with a finger injury, Meshram just could not pick the singles.<\/p>\n

This was the time when Pakistan\u2019s spinners were in operation.<\/p>\n

Left-arm spin duo of Nashra Sandhu (4\/26 in 10 overs) and Sadia Yousuf (2\/30 in 10 overs) inflicted the maximum damage, taking 6 wickets for 56 runs in the 20 overs that they bowled.<\/p>\n

The final six overs of the innings turned out to be productive for India as Sushma\u2019s attacking display fetched 41 runs during that phase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ekta Bisht in action during the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 match between West Indies and India at The County Ground, June 29, in Taunton, England. (Stu Forster\/Getty Images) Left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht came to the fore with a stellar show as India crushed archrivals Pakistan by 95 runs in a low-scoring encounter to record…<\/p>\n

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