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Senior Indian women’s team started their campaign with a seven-wicket win against Pakistan Women’s team in their tournament opener in the ongoing Women’s 20-20 World Cup. The Pak skipper Bismah Maroof won the toss and decided to bat first at the Newlands in Cape Town. Batting first, Pakistan posted a decent total of 149 runs for the loss of wickets courtesy of an unbeaten 81-run partnership between skipper Bismah Maroof and middle-order batter Ayesha Naseem.
But apart from the action of the match and brilliant cricket from both the teams, there was something else that won the hearts of the cricket fans. It all happened when players of both teams interacted with each other in the locker room in the aftermath of the match.
Here's the video:
Players' interactions after the #INDvPAK match at Newlands 🇵🇰🇮🇳#BackOurGirls | #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/Yc4YcKxV2v
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) February 13, 2023
The video of this mesmerizing moment is now making rounds on social media and the fans also reacted to it with very heart-warming responses. They took to Twitter to praise the spirit of the players of both teams.
Here’s how fans reacted to the video India-Pakistan players’ interaction:
Omg so wholesome dil khush hu gaya Tysm pcb for this*sobbing*
— Adam |Jafar stan (@issuewithtrust) February 13, 2023
— Sanity (@Sanityamongus) February 13, 2023
wholesome ❤️❤️
— ayat ♡ (@duayatipa) February 13, 2023
So proud of both sides ladies they gave us masterpiece last night 🙌
— Waqas Haider (@waqashaider4325) February 13, 2023
This is wholesome to see 😇
— நந்தினி ✩✩ 🎀 🅽🅰🅽🅳🅷🅸🅽🅸 🎀 ✩✩ (@nandhinithinks) February 13, 2023
Beautiful pictures
— Vikas Kumar Vikas Kumar (@VikasKu62508391) February 13, 2023
This is the right way to play the game... Women players should show the way...
— Sameer Bahadur (@SameerBahadur1) February 13, 2023
Speaking of the action of the 4th match between the women in green and Harmanpreet & co., the Pak skipper Bismah Maroof played a brilliant knock of 68 runs off 55 balls with seven boundaries. Ayesha Naseem accompanied her skipper with a dashing knock of 43 runs off just 25 balls with two boundaries and two sixes.
While chasing the target of 150 runs in 20 overs, the opening pair of Yastika Bhatia and Shafali Verma provided a steadied and decent foundation of 38 runs for the first wicket. Later on, it was the pair of number three batter Jemimah Rodrigues and star wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh, that took India across the finishing line.
Eventually, India won the match by seven wickets and Rodrigues won the ‘player of the match award for her match-defining knock in favor of India.