Women's T20 World Cup 2023: 5 Biggest upsets in tournament's history
The global tournament has witnessed major upsets across the seven editions.
1. India vs Pakistan 2012
This was Pakistan's first-ever win over India in international cricket and the game couldn't have ended in a more dramatic way than this. It was a dead rubber in context of the tournament as both teams had lost their opening games against England and Australia. However, there was still a lot at stake given the rivalry between the two teams.
Pakistan had won the toss and elected to bat first in Galle in Sri Lanka. It was largely a struggle. They couldn't cut loose against a disciplined Indian bowling attack and crawled to 98, courtesy of contributions from Sana Mir and Nain Abidi, who scored 26(38) and 25(34) respectively. However, they got 10 runs off the last over thanks to a maximum from Marina Iqbal, which had a game-winning impact.
Even India failed to score at a good rate in their innings. However, they were still in a good position at 44-1 after 9.4 overs, but Punam Raut's wicket triggered a collapse and they found themselves at 51-4 after 11.5 overs, with both Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet dismissed as well. Jhulan Goswami played well during her 21(24) knock, but her dismissal in the 19th over swung the game in Pakistan's favour, with India needing 14 runs off the final over.
They required 4 off the last ball to win the game, but Niranjana Nagarajan was run out trying to complete the third run and India lost by 1 run, in what was one of the most exciting low-scoring thriller in World Cup history.
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