Pakistan captain Fatima Sana (left) and India cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues. —Fb/ Pakistan Cricket Group/ Indian Cricket Group/ FilePakistan hope to maintain up their profitable pattern.India try to recuperate from their humiliating loss.22-yr-old skipper demonstrated her prowess in opposition to SL.
LAHORE: After a victory over Sri Lanka of their opening match of the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup, Pakistan will face off arch-rival India of their second group match in Dubai on Sunday (right this moment).
The match between Pakistan Girls and India Girls will start at 3pm, as per Pakistan Commonplace Time.
Earlier, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 31 runs of their inaugural match, whereas India bit the mud within the match in opposition to New Zealand.
Pakistan hope to maintain up their profitable pattern after defeating Sri Lanka of their Group A opener. India, alternatively, try to recuperate from their humiliating 58-run loss to New Zealand.
Addressing a press convention, Fatima Sana, the captain of Pakistan, confirmed religion in her staff’s capability to deal with the stress within the recreation between the normal rivals.
“There is no as such pressure. However, as there will be big crowd and tense atmosphere so it might build some pressure on the girls but we will try to do our job by remaining composed,” she mentioned in response to a question.
The 22-year-old skipper, who’s captaining Pakistan within the World Cup for the primary time, confirmed off her expertise in opposition to Sri Lanka with a fiery 30 runs off 20. She additionally demonstrated her versatility by stepping up with the ball when seamer Diana Baig was injured. Baig is predicted to be match for Sunday’s match.
However, India’s bowling coach, Aavishkar Salvi, emphasised that his staff has moved previous their defeat to New Zealand. “On Friday, whatever happened, Sunday is a fresh opportunity for us,” Salvi mentioned.
Squad
Pakistan: Fatima Sana (capt), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Gull Feroza, Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nashra Sandhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah, Tasmia Rubab, Tuba Hassan
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti Mandhana (vice-capt), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh, D Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, S Sajana.
