India began their Women’s ODI World Cup marketing campaign with a win on Sunday in opposition to Pakistan however the winners had been greatly surprised by Bismah Maroof’s daughter after the match.
Pakistan skipper’s child daughter Fatima gained hearts of the Indian cricketers and ICC posted a selfie of the ladies in blue with Bismah and her infant, pushing the rivalry apart.
Little Fatima’s first lesson within the spirit of cricket from India and Pakistan #CWC22
@TheRealPCB pic.twitter.com/ut2lCrGL1H
— ICC (@ICC) March 6, 2022
A video of the Indian cricketers taking part in with Fatima additionally went viral on social media as Bismah carried atima in her arms on the stadium in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.
Bismah Maroof’s legacy will go far past her achievements on the sector. In a society that usually tells ladies to make selections between profession and household, she’s exhibiting that you would be able to have each! Such an inspiring individual.pic.twitter.com/Vp7EB2iwKd
— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz) March 6, 2022
Before the match in opposition to India, Bizmah informed Cricbuzz concerning the problem of balancing a new-born with profession. “A child needs the mother. If I had to continue my career, the question would have been – where would my kid go? And if I’m on the field, who will take care of the kid? Hiring a nanny and taking her along everywhere is expensive, and as women cricketers, we don’t earn as much to afford such luxuries. Our contracts help us survive and make a living, but without a parental policy, it would’ve become difficult to continue playing with a child around.”
“With a kid around, it’s a different energy in the team, everyone feels relaxed. When you’re too focused on one thing, it builds pressure on you. When you’re around a kid, all your unnecessary worries disappear.”
Match day! Our ladies are at Bay Oval for #PAKvIND #WorkforcePakistan #CWC22 #AgainOurLadies pic.twitter.com/eiWbsOQuac
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 5, 2022
India overcame a prime order wobble to beat Pakistan by 107 runs to keep up their excellent file in opposition to the neighbors within the ladies’s cricket World Cup on Sunday. India had prevailed in all 10 earlier one-day matches between the 2, however Bismah’s group threatened to drag off an upset after they decreased Mithali Raj’s aspect to 114-6 within the thirty fourth over.
Opener Smriti Mandhana made 52 but it surely was counter-attacking knocks from lower-order batters Pooja Vastrakar (67) and Sneh Rana, who made unbeaten 53, that helped India to a good whole of 244-7.
Indian seamers stored it tight upfront and spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad (4-31) wrecked the center order as Pakistan had been bundled out for 137 with seven overs remaining of their innings. India’s teenaged wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh effected 5 dismissals.
“Relived to have won the first game but there are a lot of things we have to work on,” Mithali mentioned of India’s patchy batting. “When you lose wickets like that, it puts pressure. The partnership between Pooja and Sneh got us back. It’s important the top order scores runs, we’ll want to address that.”
Counterpart Bismah mentioned Pakistan couldn’t capitalize on the robust begin and let India off the hook. “We gave away easy runs to them, we were sloppy on the field, we didn’t put them under pressure,” she mentioned. “Our batting has to improve, our shot selection wasn’t good, we’ll work on it ahead of the next game.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
