India vs Pakistan, Women’s World Cup 2022, live score and updates: It is India vs Pakistan in the ICC Women’s World Cup and the arch-rivals will look get their campaign off to a winning start. Mithali Raj-led India begin their quest for a maiden ICC Women’s World Cup title with a blockbuster clash against Bismah Maroof’s Pakistan team at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday. The Indian women’s cricket team will hope its bowlers find top form to complement a solid batting unit’s efforts. Runners-up in the 2017 and 2005 editions, India are eager to go one step ahead and claim the title that has eluded them, especially skipper Mithali Raj and veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami, who are playing their last World Cup. A lot will depend on the start that the Indian team gets from its power-packed opening duo of Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana.
Squads:
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Pakistan Women Squad: Bismah Maroof(c), Sidra Nawaz(w), Javeria Khan, Diana Baig, Nahida Khan, Nida Dar, Sidra Ameen, Anam Amin, Aliya Riaz, Muneeba Ali, Aiman Anwer, Ghulam Fatima, Nashra Sandhu, Omaima Sohail, Fatima Sana
India Women Squad: Mithali Raj(c), Taniya Bhatia(w), Jhulan Goswami, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Singh, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia
Here are the live cricket score and updates of India vs Pakistan, Women’s World Cup 2022 from Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
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06:12 (IST)
Here’s what the leaders of both Pakistan and India said:
What captains said at the toss:
Mithali Raj – We’ll bat. It’s a good wicket to bat. put up a big total and put pressure on them. We’re going with three seamers and three spinners. We want to go into the tournament with a clean slate, take some momentum from the last game which we won against New Zealand. The hunger to do well in WCs has kept me going.
Bismah Maroof – We wanted to bowl first, we now need to restrict them. We are going into the match with five bowlers. We have had a good warm-up, so we need to continue playing like that. I’m blessed to be back doing what I love, and getting some real support from the entire team.
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06:11 (IST)
Final Playing XI for both teams going into this important fixture:
Here’s looking at the final line-ups for both teams
India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Mithali Raj(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad
Pakistan Women (Playing XI): Javeria Khan, Sidra Ameen, Bismah Maroof(c), Omaima Sohail, Nida Dar, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Sidra Nawaz(w), Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu, Anam Amin
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06:08 (IST)
India Captain Mithali Raj Wins Toss, Opts To Bat against Pakistan
Indian captain Mithali Raj has decided to bat after winning the toss in their opening fixture against Pakistan
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05:47 (IST)
Hello and welcome to Pakistan Women vs India Women, 4th Match
India Women vs Pakistan Women
Hello and welcome to India’s first encounter in the ongoing Women’s World Cup being played in New Zealand
2017 finalists India, led by Mithali Raj, will be aiming to make a winning start to their WC journey against a formidable Pakistan team captained by Bismah Maroof
Squads:
Pakistan Women Squad: Bismah Maroof(c), Sidra Nawaz(w), Javeria Khan, Diana Baig, Nahida Khan, Nida Dar, Sidra Ameen, Anam Amin, Aliya Riaz, Muneeba Ali, Aiman Anwer, Ghulam Fatima, Nashra Sandhu, Omaima Sohail, Fatima Sana
India Women Squad: Mithali Raj(c), Taniya Bhatia(w), Jhulan Goswami, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Singh, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia
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23:47 (IST)
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India begin their campaign at the 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup against arch-rivals Pakistan. Join us in the early hours of Sunday for live updates from the match.
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