{"id":55394,"date":"2024-07-20T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T07:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=55394"},"modified":"2024-07-20T07:34:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T07:34:01","slug":"india-starts-womens-t20-asia-cup-defense-with-convincing-win-over-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/20\/india-starts-womens-t20-asia-cup-defense-with-convincing-win-over-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"India Starts Women\u2019s T20 Asia Cup Defense with Convincing Win Over Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a spectacular start to their title defense, the Indian Women&#8217;s cricket team dominated arch-rivals Pakistan, securing a comprehensive seven-wicket victory in their opening match of the Women\u2019s T20 Asia Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Match Summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India, opting to bowl first, restricted Pakistan to a modest total of 108 all out in 19.2 overs. Deepti Sharma led the bowling attack with figures of 3\/20, supported by Renuka Singh (2\/14) and Pooja Vastrakar (2\/31).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top Performances:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batting: Chasing 109 for victory, Indian openers Shafali Verma (40) and Smriti Mandhana (45) set the tone with aggressive batting, laying a solid foundation.<br>Bowling: Deepti Sharma&#8217;s crucial wickets kept Pakistan under pressure throughout their innings, ensuring regular breakthroughs.<br>Key Moments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana&#8217;s explosive partnership propelled India towards victory, reaching the target in just 14.1 overs with 35 balls to spare.<br>Pakistan&#8217;s innings was marred by consistent wicket-taking spells from the Indian bowlers, leaving them struggling to build substantial partnerships.<br>Next Matches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India will look to maintain their winning momentum as they progress in the tournament, aiming to defend their title against strong competition from other Asian teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a spectacular start to their title defense, the Indian Women&#8217;s cricket team dominated arch-rivals Pakistan, securing a comprehensive seven-wicket victory in their opening match of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55394","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55396,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55394\/revisions\/55396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}