ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025, IND-W vs PAK-W match sees unusual halt in 34th over of 1st innings
However, at the end of the 34th over of the first innings of India Women vs Pakistan Women, the match was halted for some unusual reason.
India Women vs Pakistan Women in the league stage match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 at Colombo on Sunday (October 5) is running in a close battle in the first innings. However, at the end of the 34th over of the first innings, the match was halted for some unusual reason.
ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025, IND-W vs PAK-W: Match halted due to bug attacks
After winning the toss, Pakistan Women chose to field first. While India Women were fighting at 154/4 in 34 overs, just losing the wicket of set batter Harleen Deol, who missed her half-century by just four runs, there was a little halt in the game for an unusual reason. The bunches of bugs were disturbing both ends of the wickets as both Indian batters and Pakistan bowlers were struggling enough. The struggle was running for a long time as the Pakistan Women brought some sprays to discourage the bugs. However, it didn't work anyway.
At the end of the 34th over, the umpires decided to go on a break and allow for the bug fumigation. Both teams left the field, and pest control tried to clear the bugs. The game restarted, but the situation didn't change much as the bugs were dominating once again. Even after the restart, both bowlers and batters were struggling to play.
ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025, IND-W vs PAK-W: Indian batters struggling
Indian batters are struggling to handle the Pakistan bowlers in their second match in the tournament. The Colombo pitch isn't looking strong for the batters, but the Indian batters lost their wickets regularly after getting settled down, as all the Indian batters lost their wickets after facing at least 30 balls. While Deol scored 46 runs, opener Pratika Rawal and Jemimah Rodrigues scored 31 and 32 runs, respectively. Another opener Smriti Mandhana scored 23 runs, and the skipper Harmanpreet Kaur fell on 19 runs.
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