Smriti Mandhana picked up a finger injury so Ind vs Pak could be a close contest.
As things stand, Pakistan has no chance of a win against India (despite the absence of Smriti Mandhana). There were rumors that Harmanpreet Kaur is also injured, but she has been included in the playing XI for today's match. And it will be interesting to know who will be India's third pace option, apart from Renuka Singh and Pooja Vastrakar. Either they can go for the inexperienced Anjali Sarvani, or bank on experience in the form of Shikha Pandey. The morale seems to be high after Ramesh Powar was replaced as the coach by Hrishikesh Kanitkar.
There is another match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka today. Sri Lanka has already one win to their name and in case they get a second one today, then there is a good chance that they may qualify for the semi-finals. And agreed on the Kiwis. They lost the match by almost 100 runs yesterday against Australia. The match outcome was decided in the first innings itself, when Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry took Australia to a massive total of 173/9. And then Ashleigh Gardner wrapped up the New Zealand innings with a 5-wicket haul.
It looks like they will put up a score (unless they crumble in death overs) that's where IndW will surely miss Mandana.
Pakistan girls really played well yesterday and they give a tough time to the Indian women's team. I was expecting a one sided match, as we know that there is nothing special in our women's team. But the way they played this match, it was a remarkable effort from these young girls.
Yes, i know that the Indian women's team won the match in the end and that was expected too, but we cannot take the efforts away from the Pakistan women's team. Well done Paki girls.
I hope they can give same performance against the other teams in this world cup.