IND-W vs PAK-W Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! CAUGHT! That's that. Three wickets in the over for Deepti Sharma. The Women in Blue complete the clean-up job. India register a 64-run win to get their campaign underway. A five-wicket haul for Deepti, and with this, she becomes the leading wicket-taker in Women's T20Is with 166 scalps. Stays around the wicket, and this is full and at the sticks. Sundhu reaches out in front and tries to whip it away with the turn. She ends up spooning it to Harmanpreet Kaur, who has stationed herself at a catching mid-wicket. Harmanpreet gobbles it up with ease at head height.

Tossed up, on off. Iqbal pushes it down to long off for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! It is the Deepti-Jemimah combo once again. Deepti offers flight, full and going across the right-hander from around the wicket. Rubab gets low and does connect well as she slogs across the line, but does not quite get the desired distance. Jemimah Rodrigues moves to her left at the deep mid-wicket fence and takes a reverse cup catch around her neck. Fourth wicket for Deepti with a couple of balls left in her spell.

Loopy ball, on middle. Tasmia gets the front leg out of the way and has a swipe across the line. Gets an inside edge onto the front pad.

OUT! CAUGHT! High but not long enough. Flighted delivery, full and on middle. Aliya's eyes light up as she spots the ball above her eyeline. She clears her front leg and has a heave across the line. She does not quite get hold of it, and it goes only as far as deep mid-wicket, where Jemimah Rodrigues makes no mistake. Wicket number 3 for Deepti.

Floated up, on leg. Nashra Sundhu gets low and paddles it wide of short fine leg for a single.

Shortish delivery and outside off, Aliya hangs deep in the crease and cuts it between short third and backward point for a couple of runs.

FOUR! Put away! Fuller in length, around off. Riaz creates room for herself, gets under the ball and muscles it over cover-point for a boundary. 100 up for Pakistan!

Wide! Down leg, Riaz misses out on the tickle.

Full and fired in at the pads. Riaz is beaten on the flick and wears it on the pads.

Tossed up, on middle. Nashra Sundhu swipes it to deep mid-wicket for one.

A run saved! Floated up, on middle and leg. Aliya Riaz steps out and whips it wide of deep mid-wicket. The sub fielder, Radha Yadav covers a lot of ground to her right and dives to prevent the boundary. Arundhati Reddy also converges from deep square leg but does well to avoid colliding with Radha as she jumps over her teammate. Three runs taken.

Short on the stump, pulled across off the back foot to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Quicker outside off, Riaz flashes hard, but gets a thick outside edge to Deepti at backward point.

Very full on middle, Sundhu heaves off the inner half of the bat to mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! FABULOUS CATCH! The Indian spinners continue to weave the web. This is a top-drawer catch by Patil. A flighted delivery outside off, and Rameen Shamim shimmies down the track to drive away from her body, only to slice it off the outside edge to the right of backward point. Shreyanka Patil flings herself to the right and plucks a superb catch, almost parallel to the ground. Falls hard on her elbow, but she keeps possession of the ball. Pakistan Women are 91/7, needing 80 runs from 32 balls.

Spins in from a length, outside off. Rameen Shamim looks to pull but inside edges on the front boot.

Bowls at 78.1 kph, full on leg. Riaz shimmies down the track and chips it in the air, but to the right of the bowler for a single.

Dipping full toss, on middle and leg. Shamim sweeps it across to the square leg region for a single.

Dropped short, on middle and leg. Rameen slaps it down to the left of the bowler for a single.

Full, tossed up, outside off. Aliya charges down the track and drives it to the long off region for a single.

Oh, what happened there? Drifting down leg on a fractionally fuller length, and Riaz tries to work it across but fails to get her bat in front of the pad. The ball seemingly clips the flap of her front pad before rolling away on the leg side. The batters sense a quick single before Riaz is sent back. Richa swoops across, and there is an appeal for LBW that gets turned down. Richa also senses a run out chance but misses her shy at the striker's end from almost a point-blank range. India go upstairs for the LBW anyway, and while UltraEdge is checked, there is no conclusive evidence of whether the ball struck the pad first or the bat. The on-field call of not out stands as the benefit of doubt is given to the batter.

Short and outside off, Aliya Riaz cuts it hard to the left of Deepti at backward point. The ball slows down in the outfield and Sharma manages to save a couple of runs.

Slower through the air, pushed on the leg stump. Rameen Shamim sweeps it to the left of deep square leg for a single.

In-angler on a fuller length, on leg. Riaz sweeps it to the short fine leg region for a quick single.

Quicker length ball, outside off, Riaz shimmies down the pitch and cuts it through cover-point for a single.

Around middle and off, on a fullish length, Riaz goes back and across and cuts it to point.

Pushed through, full on middle. Riaz chops it to the off side.

Full and around off, Riaz drives it to the cover fielder, where Harmanpreet Kaur fumbles. The ball goes through her legs and allows a couple of runs.

Full ball on the stumps, Rameen drives the ball down to long on for a single to get off the mark.

OUT! CAUGHT! The spin choke continues from India and another one bites the dust. Very full by Sree, in and around off. Natalia Pervaiz tries to thrash it over the cover region, but she does not get bat under the ball nicely and ends up toe-ending it towards Harmanpreet Kaur at cover. The Indian captain leaps a bit and takes a fine catch in front of her face. Pakistan Women slip down to 79/6 with the game drifting away from their reach.

Verma bowls this full as well, keeps it wide of off. Natalia Pervaiz shuffles across and goes for a slog but ends up flicking this through mid-wicket for one.

Fuller one, on off, Aliya Riaz drills this down to long off for a single.

Fired full and around off, Aliya Riaz drives this to extra cover for a dot.

OUT! CAUGHT! A massive wicket for India Women. Seam-up straight one, wide of off, Fatima Sana looks to muscle it over the extra cover fielder, but catches this from the outer portion of her bat and slices it towards Smriti Mandhana at covers. Smriti takes a good catch around her shoulder. A three-ball duck for the Pakistan skipper.

WIDE! Fired down the leg side. Fatima Sana leaves it. Wided.

Quicker and flatter around off, Sana punches but finds the fielder inside the circle at covers.

Fuller delivery around off, Natalia Pervaiz drives this down the ground to long off for a single.

Pushed through on the pads, Fatima Sana almost chips this back to the bowler but it falls just short.

OUT! MUNEEBA IS RUN OUT! Floated around off, Natalia Pervaiz guides this to the left of Deepti at short third and runs for a quick single, taking on the arm of Deepti. The Indian spinner picks it up well and hits the stumps with a direct throw towards the keeper's end. Indian players appeal for a run-out. This is sent upstairs and the replay shows that the batter is well short of her crease. Muneeba has to walk back.

Quicker one, around off, Natalia Pervaiz pushes this to covers.

Tossed up, around the pads, Ali sweeps this to deep mid-wicket for one.

Flighted, around off, Natalia Pervaiz goes down on her knee and sweeps this through mid-wicket for a single. The throw comes in from the deep from Jemimah Rodrigues towards Patil and it catches her around her abdomen. Patil is down and in some pain.

Tossed up, around off, Ali pushes this to the left of the bowler. Patil was looking to field this but Natalia Pervaiz got in her way. A bit of a frustrated look from the bowler.

Arm-delivery, around off, Muneeba Ali flashes and it goes off an outside edge towards short third for one.

Quicker one, around off, Muneeba Ali carves it just over the leaping Harmanpreet Kaur at covers for a couple more.

FOUR! Well swept in the gap for two. Tossed up, on the pads, Muneeba Ali sweeps this in the gap between deep mid-wicket and deep square leg for four runs.

Under-cutter, around off, going across the batter, Muneeba Ali chips this from the cue end off her bat towards long off. The ball falls just short of Kranti Gaud and the batters run two as a bad bounce takes the ball past her.

Just in! Full and around off, Natalia Pervaiz pushes this to the right of Harmanpreet Kaur at extra cover. The Indian skipper puts in a dive and fields this, throwing it towards Richa Ghosh at the batter's end. Richa gathers this in front of the stumps and takes the bails off. The Indian team starts celebrating, assuming that Muneeba Ali is short of her ground, but it only took a background check from the TV umpire to turn down this run-out appeal.

Fuller, on middle and off, Natalia Pervaiz jumps down the track, makes this fuller one into a yorker and jams this back to the bowler.

Flighted, around off, Muneeba Ali punches this off her front foot to short covers.

Fuller on off, Natalia Pervaiz goes down on her knee and sweeps this to deep square leg for one.

Tossed up, wide of off, Muneeba Ali rocks back and slaps this to sweeper cover for one.

Pushed through on the pads, Natalia Pervaiz flicks this through square leg for one.

Quicker one, on middle and leg, Natalia Pervaiz tucks this to the right of Deepti. The bowler fields this and throws it to the keeper with venom. Natalia Pervaiz manages to retreat in time.

An appeal for LBW, but the umpire turns it down, and Harmanpreet Kaur has opted for DRS. Deepti comes around the stumps, tosses this up on middle and leg and angling away with the arm. Natalia Pervaiz goes down on her knee and attempts the sweep but misses. The ball sneaks under the bat and hits her on the back pad. Loud appeal from the Indian players, but the umpire shakes it off. Kaur sends this upstairs. UltraEdge shows no spike as the ball passes the bat. The Ball Tracking confirms that the ball would have clipped the side of the off-stump. It is umpire's call and the on-field decision of NOT OUT stays.

Nearly sneaked through! Slightly slower through and the length is dragged back, on off. Muneeba tries to force the drive away. Ekes out an inside edge onto the pads.

Fired in, full and on off. Natalia Pervaiz drags it down to long on for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! A soft dismissal. After a promising start, Pakistan are losing their way slightly. Bowled on a length, on middle and leg. Jabeen gets forward and tries to work the ball away on the leg side with a closed bat face. The ball straightens a bit to catch the leading edge. It balloons to cover, where Harmanpreet Kaur takes a dolly. 53/1 has now become 58/3 for Pakistan.

A bit of air given, fuller and on the off stump. Muneeba eases it to long on for one more run.

Full and attacking the front pad. Saira clips it to deep mid-wicket and takes a single.

Flighted up, full and on off. Muneeba Ali drags the sweep to deep mid-wicket and gets to the other end.

Deepti serves it full, on off, this is driven through the covers for a single. 116 runs needed in 78 balls.

Beaten! Keeps it slower through the air, fuller and on off. Muneeba Ali pokes at it and is beaten on the outside edge.

Drops it short, on middle. Saira Jabeen turns it in front of square on the leg side for a single to get underway.

OUT! CAUGHT! A fine grab by Smriti Mandhana. Wickets off successive overs for Deepti Sharma. Ayesha Zafar's stay is short. A bit of air given, on a length, on middle and leg. Ayesha drops to a knee and goes hard on the sweep. She can't keep it down and hits it to short fine leg, where Smriti Mandhana is a bit square. Mandhana reacts quickly as she gets low and manages to get her hands under the ball to take the catch. Pakistan Women are now 53/2.

Going across, flat and short, on off. Zafar pushes it back to the bowler.

Tossed up, outside off. Muneeba reaches out and dabs it to the left of point for a single.

Lands it on a short of a length, on middle. Ayesha presses back and pulls it wide of short fine leg. Deepti Sharma dives to her left and makes a half-stop. It is mopped by the backward square leg fielder. Two runs taken. 13 runs off the over. Reddy's figures read 2-0-21-0.

From around the wicket, fuller and outside off, this is punched to deep cover for one. The 50 is up for Pakistan.

Hits the deck hard, tighter line, on top of off. Zafar drops it beside the strip on the leg side and hurries to the other end.

FOUR MORE! Width offered and Zafar cashes in! Reddy drags the length back but errs in line, wide on off. Ayesh flashes at the ball and gets it away to the left of backward point for another boundary.

FOUR! Lovely shot! Fuller in length, on middle. Zafar presses forward and plays a wristy flick. It goes uppishly but clears the leaping mid-wicket fielder for a boundary.

Hits the top of off, Zafar stands tall and taps it to cover.

Wide! Sprayed down leg, on a good length. Ayesha Zafar lets it go.

Fractionally short, on the leg stump line. Zafar goes deep in the crease and gets inside the line of the ball. She shovels it wide of deep backward square leg, where the fielder gets around to her right and tidies up. Ayesha is away with a single.

OUT! TAKEN! Deepti Sharma proves why she is so valuable for India as she strikes in her first over. Comes from around the wicket for the right-hander, this is on a length, on middle. Feroza gets down on a knee and goes for the reverse. She hits it flat and straight to backward point, where Bharti Fulmali takes the catch around her neck. Pakistan Women are 38/1, needing 133 runs in 91 balls.

Offers flight again, full and on off. Muneeba Ali advances down the track and swings hard. She loses her shape and miscues it off the inner half to deep mid-wicket for one.

Slower through the air, fuller and on off. Muneeba Ali reaches out in front for the sweep. Gets an inside edge and it rolls to short fine leg.

Flatter and shorter, outside off. A lot of width on offer. It is there to be put away but Ali cannot beat the fielder at point with the cut.

Goes past the bat! Dishes out the off-break, full and across the off stump. Ali lunges to smother the spin but is beaten.

Pitched fuller around off, Ali creams it through cover for a single. 12 runs from the over. 26 from the last 2 for Pakistan.

DROPPED! Arundhati Reddy shells one on offer. That should have been taken. An off-break by Patil, full and around off. Muneeba Ali lunges forward and perhaps tries to lift it straight down the ground, but ends up slicing it off the outside half of the bat over backward point. Arundhati Reddy runs to her left but misjudges and puts down a genuine chance. A couple of runs taken.

Into the blockhole, around leg. Ali carves it back to the bowler.

FOUR! Poor ball and gets the treatment! Drifts one down leg, full in length. Muneeba Ali sits down on a knee and sweeps it hard to the right of the short fine leg fielder for a boundary. Runs are coming thick and fast for Pakistan.

Much fuller on middle, Feroza reaches out in front and sweeps it in front of square, to deep mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Spot on placement! Dropped short by Patil, on middle and leg. Gull Feroza rocks back quickly and pulls it to the right of deep mid-wicket for another boundary.

Play and a miss! On a wider line, outside off, Muneeba Ali tries to cut the length ball through point, but it nips away and beats the outside edge. A very expensive over as 14 runs come from it.

FOUR! This is ordinary bowling from Gaud. Bowls a short ball from around the stump. The ball angles in but sits up nicely for Muneeba, who helps it away with a pull shot, beating short fine leg to her right for a boundary.

Hard length, outside off, Gull Feroza square cuts it to deep backward point for a single.

FOUR! Beats the fielder! Back of a length, from over the stump. Gull Feroza gets enough width outside off and slashes it hard to beat the diving short third fielder to her right for a boundary.

Short of a good length, on off, Muneeba mistimes the pull shot to the square leg region for a single.

FOUR! That's cleverly played! Kranti starts with a full ball, on off. Muneeba Ali sits down on her knee by shuffling across the stumps and nails the scoop shot over short fine leg for a boundary.

In-drifter on a fuller length, on the pads. Ali tries to work it away with a flick but misses. She is hit on the front pad and the ball rolls away to the square leg region. Sree Charani moves across and throws it to the bowler, but Feroza is quick to complete the run.

Sliding on with the arm, on a good length. Ali blocks it off.

Shorter than the previous ball, on middle and leg. Gull pivots and pulls it to deep backward square leg. They cross.

Dropped short outside off, Muneeba Ali cuts off the back foot to the off side for a single.

DROPPED! A definite chance goes down! Lands it full and around off, and gets it to turn sharply away from the batter. Muneeba is sucked on the front foot to block, but gets a thin outside edge. Richa Ghosh fails to hold on to a catch to her left as the ball pops out of her gloves.

From around the stump, this is slowish on a fuller length, outside off. Lands and turns away to beat Muneeba's attempted sweep shot.

Pitched in front of the stumps, nips in from a length. Gull Feroza turns it across to mid-wicket. 8 runs off the first over then.

WIDE! Slides one down leg, on a good length. Gull Feroza looks to flick but misses. Richa collects it sharply to her left and appeals for caught behind, but nothing doing.

Around off, on a length. Feroza rides the bounce and eases it to mid on.

Full again, outside off, pushed into the cover region for a single.

Fuller in length, tailing down leg. Gull Feroza flicks but seems to have got an inside edge back to the keeper. Richa does not grab it cleanly and parries it to the leg side off her gloves for a single.

Around the leg stump, Muneeba flicks it wide of Bharti Fulmali at short fine leg and sets off for a single. Bharti dives to stop the ball, preventing any other run.

FOUR! Up and over and Pakistan are underway! Width on offer by Reddy, on a length, outside off. Ali slashes hard at it and gets a bit of an outside edge, but the ball flies over and wide of short third for a boundary.