"Can't believe they call it a rivalry"- Twitter reacts to India Women beating Pakistan in Asia Cup 2024

India, on Friday (July 19), thrashed Pakistan by 7 wickets to start their campaign in the ongoing Women's Asia Cup T20 2024 on a dominating note. After bowling out Pakistan for just 108 runs, the defending champions chased down the total in just 14.1 overs by losing 3 wickets.

Pakistan captain Nida Dar won the toss and opted to bat first but she and her teammates failed to justify the decision. Pakistan were bowled out for just 108 runs in 19.2 overs. Not a single Pakistan batter could touch the 30-run mark while 7 of them could not even reach double digits.

Fast-bowler Pooja Vastrakar gave India a flying start by sending back both the Pakistan openers inside the powerplay. She first dismissed Gull Feroza for 5 before dismissing Muneeba Ali for 11 to reduce Pakistan to 26 for 2 in the fifth over.

Pakistan just kept losing wickets at regular intervals after the departure of the openers. At one stage, they were reeling at 61 for 6 and even the 100-run mark looked implausible. However, Tuba Hassan and Fatima Sana shared a 31-run stand to provide some respectability to the scoreboard.

Deepti Sharma broke the stand by dismissing Hassan for 22. Sana, on the other hand, remained unbeaten on 22 to take her team to a 100-plus total. For India, Sharma starred with the ball, taking 3 wickets while Vastrakar, Renuka Singh, and Shreyanka Patil picked up 2 wickets each. Sidra Ameen top-scored for Pakistan, scoring 25 off 35 balls.

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In reply, India chased down the total inside 15 overs to get off to a winning start. Pakistan's only chance of clawing their way back into the game was to take early wickets but their hopes were dashed by India openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma.

The duo gave India a solid start with the bat. At the end of the powerplay, India had raced away to 57 runs with Mandhana on 22 and Verma on 35. The partnership finally came to an end in the 10th over when Syeda Aroob Shah dismissed Mandhana for 45.

Later in the 12th over, Shah dismissed Verma too for 40 before Dayalan Hemalathan departed as well. Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues then took India home in the 15th over.

Here are some of the reactions to India's clinical victory over Pakistan:

It's been a one sided match from the start. 🇮🇳 #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/7Ko3liEV0m

— Gayathri (@Yath_lol) July 19, 2024

Pooja Vastrakar literally had this same moment after 2 consecutive wickets 😂 #indvpak pic.twitter.com/ITugUsqFAY

— mon (@4sacinom) July 19, 2024

Pakistan women's cricket is inspired by Babar Azam. 😂😂#INDvsPAK #AsiaCup2024 #AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/EekMyninMj

— 𝙕𝙄𝙈𝘽𝙐 😎 𝕏 (@Zimbu12_) July 19, 2024

3 wickets for Deepti Sharma what a brilliant spell👌 pic.twitter.com/08PxiyEDQb

— Sahil (@cover_pointt) July 19, 2024

- t20 game ; is it, our pakistani women team is the bangladeshi men's team of women cricket -#PakistanCricket | #PAKWvINDW pic.twitter.com/P4DWTLkeZZ

— Ahmad Amin Khan (@AhmadAminKhan) July 19, 2024

There is no Competition between the India and Pakistan Women's team. Our Team India is Winning One-sided. pic.twitter.com/SXkHs8av7t

— V_King_18 (@V_King_18) July 19, 2024

Thappar se darr nahin lagta saab. Smriti Mandhana aur Shefali Varma se lagta hay 🇮🇳🇵🇰😭😭😭#WomensAsiaCup #INDWvPAKW pic.twitter.com/32IpcrZYq2

— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) July 19, 2024

9th June - India Men’s Senior Team Beat Pakistan's Senior Team in T20WC

13th July - India Legends Beat Pakistan Legends

19th July - India Women Team Beat Pakistan Women Team

Domination Level India 🇮🇳🔥👌🏻#INDvPAK #WomensAsiaCup #ShefaliVerma #INDWvsPAKW pic.twitter.com/Y2OWPTbRLu

— 🏏CricketFeed (@CricketFeedIN) July 19, 2024

At least we won't lose by 10 wickets like India lost to us in 2021 T20 World Cup 🇮🇳🇵🇰🙏🏼#WomensAsiaCup #INDWvPAKW

— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) July 19, 2024

India will be taking on UAE in their next game while Pakistan will be locking horns against Nepal. Earlier in the day, Nepal thrashed UAE by 6 wickets in the first game of the tournament. The win is also Nepal's first in the history of the Asia Cup.