Spinners rule as India brush aside Pakistan
New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- On a pitch offering grip and turn, India's spinners gave Pakistan nowhere to hide as Harmanpreet Kaur and Co won by seven wickets.
Sree Charani led the rout with flight, turn and relentless accuracy as Pakistan were bowled out for 55, their lowest total in women's T20Is, in their Asia Cup clash in Dubai on Saturday.
Charani (3/7) and Prema Rawat (3/9) did most of the damage as India's spinners ran through Pakistan's batting order. Deepti Sharma (2/5) and Shafali Verma (1/10) too joined the party, repeatedly drawing batters into shots away from their body and into the off-side, only for the ball to grip just enough to beat them. "Just need to bowl to our strength, give more revs on the ball. Just trying to bowl on the stumps," Charani said. "Trying to get more consistency on my arm ball, and more accuracy on the yorkers."
Electing to bat, Pakistan began cautiously to reach 27/0, although Muneeba Ali was fortunate to survive a couple of chances. Shafali eventually cleaned her up and the floodgates opened. Charani then struck twice in the final over of the Powerplay and Pakistan went from 27/0 to 35/6 in the blink of an eye as Rawat also ran through the middle order. There was little respite after that. India's spinners kept tossing the ball up, inviting Pakistan's batters to take the bait, while extracting enough turn to make stroke-making treacherous. Pakistan skipper Fatima Sana's dismissal only underlined the scale of their predicament, trapped leg before by a sharply turning Deepti delivery. With the lower order exposed, there was little resistance left as India wrapped up the innings in 18.1 overs.
For Charani, it was another statement performance in what has been a remarkable year. She has picked a whopping 32 wickets in 18 innings at an economy rate of 6.71 in 2026. The left-arm spinner has increasingly looked at home on the international stage, and against Pakistan she showed precisely why India have invested in the 22-year-old.
India's dominance came on a significant day for skipper Harmanpreet, who led the side in her 150th T20I - the first cricketer, male or female, to reach the landmark.
Brief scores: Pakistan 55 in 18.1 overs (S Charani 3/7, P Rawat 3/9) lost to India 57/3 in 8.4 overs (F Sana 3/17) by 7 wickets....
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