🔗 Share this article Indian Women's Team Overcome Bug Invasion to Cruise to Chilly Victory Over Pakistan in Women’s Cricket World Cup Pace bowler Goud and the spinner Sharma claimed three scalps apiece as the Indian side defeated their opponents by 88 runs in their World Cup match, which began like recent ones between the countries men’s teams without a handshake from the skippers and then featured a disputed run-out of a Pakistani opening batter. India’s captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, declined to shake hands with Sana during the toss and the teams walked off without greeting each other after the match amid political tensions between the two neighboring nations. Skippers at the recent men’s Asia Cup in the UAE also did not shake hands at matches between the two rivals. India has accused their neighbor of having involvement in tourist assaults that killed dozens. Match Summary Losing the toss, India were all out for 247 runs in their allotted overs. The opening pair, Pratika Rawal and the star batter Mandhana, put on 48 for the first wicket before the bowler had her lbw for a 23 off 32. She made 31 runs before being bowled by the left-arm spinner Iqbal. The captain scored 19 runs before edging behind off Baig. Harleen Deol was the top scorer for India with 46 and Ghosh made a rapid 35* to lift their side to a competitive total. Rodrigues (32), Deepti (25) and Sneh Rana (20) all made valuable contributions, while Diana took 4/69 for Pakistan and Iqbal and Sana had two wickets apiece. The match was stopped for a quarter-hour because bugs were troubling the players. Pakistan Batting Pakistan were bowled out for 159 runs in 43 overs. The only half-century of the match in Colombo came from Amin, who made 81 runs. Pakistan’s first wicket was taken in a controversial fashion when the opening batter Ali was adjudged run out. Ali had grounded her bat after getting back, having stepped out to attempt a stroke. The bat was then lifted momentarily when an throw hit the stumps. Sana protested to the official that the player was not running but the decision stood. Her innings of 106 balls included a maximum and nine fours. Goud took 3/20 and Sharma finished with 3/45.