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CWG 2022: Women in Blue defeats PAK; check how netizens react on Twitter

In the second match at Commonwealth Games, India defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets at Edgbaston, Birmingham.

New Delhi: In the second match at Commonwealth Games, India defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Soon after the win, #INDvPAK started trending on Twitter. Many people also shared their reactions under the hashtag while a few also shared memes on the social media platform.

Earlier, India played its first match against Australia on Friday i.e, July 29.

Below here you can check the reaction of people on the internet:

”Brilliant from the Indian girls. Great all-round bowling effort first and then Smriti Mandhana simply showing her class. Top win #INDvPAK #CWG2022,” wrote Virendra Sehwag.

”Wins don’t get more convincing than this! Phenomenal effort from the @BCCIWomen today, the bowlers were on the money and @mandhana_smriti just superb,” said  Wasim Jaffer.

”A Smriti Mandhana special is the calm you need in the CWG storm,” sadi a user.

Ahead of the match, Pakistan caption Bismah Maroof won the toss and opted for bat first. In the 20 overs, Pakistan set a target of 99 runs against India in 18 overs. When India team came to bat it chased the target within 11.4 hours and scored 102 off 2 balls.

Team for the match:

India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (w), Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Sabbhineni Meghana, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh

Pakistan Women: Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali (w), Omaima Sohail, Bismah Maroof (c), Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Kainat Imtiaz, Fatima Sana, Tuba Hassan, Diana Baig, Anam Amin