ICC Women’s T20 World Cup: 3 milestones achieved in India’s six-wicket victory over Pakistan

New Delhi: The scorecard may reflect India’s comfortable six-wicket win over Pakistan all in the course of the 2024 T20 World Cup on Sunday, but the Females in Blue are aware they'll need performed better. The game’s context adds weight to this sentiment—despite the win, India still trails at the back of Pakistan all in the course of the Group A points table resulting from a lower Net Run Rate (NRR).

After holding Pakistan to a modest 105/8 all in the course of the primary innings, India took 18.8 overs to chase down the target. Despite the undeniable undeniable fact that the pitch conditions and a little longer boundaries favored the bowlers, India’s approach lacked innovation and the fearlessness to attack. Additionally, there became a noticeable over-reliance on the middle order to seem them through.

With just two matches remaining against Sri Lanka and Australia, Harmanpreet Kaur’s side no longer controls their own path to the semi-finals. Their chances of securing a top-two finish rely on some favorable outcomes from other matches, along with a simultaneous improvement in their Net Run Rate (NRR).

just clone of the performance, the records the team achieved were bitter sweet too. Let’s investigate such three records:

1. First team to with two boundary-less powerplays in Females’s T20 World Cups

India openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana managed to accomplish just 25 runs all in the course of the powerplay despite field restrictions. More importantly, they failed to smash a single boundary.

With this, India became the primary team to have such powerplay twice in T20 World Cups, with their first one coming against the identical team all in the course of the 2016 Females’s t20 World Cup. India may simplest score 96/7 in that innings, with skipper Mithali Raj scoring a slow (35) at the Top of the order.

2. Renuka Singh becomes the fastest Indian pacer to clinch 10 Females’s T20 World Cup wickets.

Renuka Singh drew the primary blood as she pushed aside Pakistan opener Gull Feroza on the last delivery of the primary over. That wicket became Renuka’s 10 wicket in Females’s T20 World Cup. She reached the milestone in barely seven outings and became the fastest Indian pacer to accomplish that.

three. Most victories against Pakistan in T20 World Cups

India registered their sixth victory against Pakistan in eight matches in Females’s T20 World Cups. With it, they went past England (five wins in eight matches) to assert the end spot of the list for most wins against Pakistan all in the course of the history of the tournament.

This match also set an off-field milestone: a crowd of 15,935 people attended, marking the highest turnout ever for a bunch-stage game in a Females’s T20 World Cup.