Predicting Pakistan’s playing 11 against India in Women’s T20 World Cup

Pakistan take on India on Sunday in a key game of the Women’s T20 World Cup. Both the sides will play their 2^nd game of the campaign on the back of contrasting starts to the tournament. Team India started their tournament on Sunday with a massive loss to New Zealand by 58 runs.

Pakistan on the other hand began their campaign with 31-run win over Sri Lanka. It was a complete performance by Women in Green. Fatima Sana and her team know that India have a lot of talent in all departments of the game. Pakistan will also be wary of the fact that India are hurting from the loss and will want to win the game with a bigger margin.

The two teams have played each other 15 times T20I cricket with India winning 12 games and Pakistan three. In the T20 World Cup the two sides have played 7 games with India winning five matches and Pakistanis two. The game on Sunday will be the 8^th time the two sides meet in a world cup in this format.

Here is the likely Pakistan XI:

Top order – Muneeba Ali, Gull Feroza, and Sidra Amin

Pakistan will hope that their top 3 will come good in the key game versus India. Muneeba Ali who is also the wicketkeeper scored 11 runs from 14 balls in the game against Sri Lanka. Gull Feroza and Sidra Amin on the other hand scored 2 and 12 respectively as Pakistan scored 116 on the board.

Middle Order – Omaima Sohail, Nida Dar, and Tuba Hassan

27-year-old Pakistani star Omaima Sohail is one of the key players with the bat and ball. she will be looked at as a huge player in the game against India on Sunday. Pakistan will also hope that Nida Dar and Tuba Hassan come good with amount of talent they have with the bat and ball.

Lower-order – Fatima Sana, Syeda Arooba Shah, and Aliya Riaz

Skipper Fatima Sana was the best batter for Pakistan in the game against Sri Lanka. She scored 30 runs and also got 2 wickets with the ball. one good game against India will make Fatima Sana a huge name in Pakistan.  Aliya Riaz and Syeda Arooba Shah will be expected to do well with the ball. Aliya Riaz is one of the most experienced players in the while Arooba can come in for Diana Baig who was injured in the last game.

Tail enders – Nashra Sandhu and Sadia Iqbal

Pakistan will also depend on the left-arm spin options of Nashra Sandhu and Sadia Iqbal. The two bowlers shared five wickets amongst themselves in the game against Sri Lanka. Both Sandhu and Iqbal bowled 8 overs and gave just 32 runs and picked 5 wickets which included the huge scalps of Nilakshi De Silva and Vimshi Gunaratne who were the best batters for Sri Lanka.

Pakistan XI vs India

Muneeba Ali (WK), Gull Feroza, Sidra Amin, Omaima Sohail, Nida Dar, Tuba Hassan, Fatima Sana (Captain), Aliya Riaz, Arooba Shah, Nashra Sandhu, and Sadia Iqbal.