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Women’s World Cup 2025: India won by 88 runs in a unilateral match against Pakistan in the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025. On Sunday, October 5, R.K. of Colombo. With this match played at Premadasa Stadium, India set an invincible record of 12-0 against Pakistan. This was the fourth Sunday when the Indian team defeated Pakistan in all the formats. After this victory, India reached the top of the points table with 4 points and +1.505 net run rate.

Batting struggle

The Indian batsmen did not start well and the entire team was reduced to 247 runs. No player could score a half -century. Smriti Mandhana (23) was once again dismissed cheaply. Prateek Rawal (31) started well, but could not play long innings. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur (19) also failed to increase the run pace and returned to the pavilion early.

Try to Harleen and Jemima

Harleen Deol scored 46 runs but she also missed the half -century. Jemima Rodrigues (25) got some opportunities but could not take advantage of them. At the same time, Sneh Rana and Deepti Sharma (25) tried to handle the innings, but came under pressure in front of Pakistan spinners.

Richa Ghosh’s huge game

Richa Ghosh was the real attraction of the Indian innings. He got a chance to bat late, but he hit an unbeaten 35 runs off just 20 balls. Due to his innings, India’s score reached beyond 240. For Pakistan, Diana Baig bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets, while Fatima Sana took 2 wickets.

Pakistan’s innings collapsed

The Pakistan team started slowly chasing the target. In the powerplay, she was able to score only 25 runs and lost two wickets. Pakistan came under pressure due to the dismissal of Muniba Ali and Sadaf Shamas. After this, Sidra Amin and Natalia Parvez shared a 69 -run partnership, but could not hold the run pace in front of India’s bowling.

Sidra Amin’s combative innings

Sidra Amin showed a brilliant game and scored 81 runs. She scored the biggest personal score in the women’s ODI against India and also hit a six. However, Pakistan’s expectations also ended as soon as they were out. The entire team was all out for 159 runs in 43 overs.

Indian bowlers flare

Kranti Gaur took 3 wickets with the new ball to take 3 wickets. Deepti Sharma and Sneh Rana also kept pressure in the middle overs. Renuka Singh may not take wickets, but her bowling was very economical.

India’s weak links also came to light

Although victory was big, but India’s batting and fielding showed many flaws. The middle order failed to maintain run speed and the team left three easy catchs. Also, both reviewed the reviews by misusing DRS.

Next match

India’s next match will be against South Africa in Visakhapatnam on 9 October. The team will have to remove their weaknesses so that they can retain the rhythm of their victory.