IND-W vs PAK-W

11:02 PM local time and IST: So that is all that we have from the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo today! Thankfully, the weather stayed good right through the match. The Women's World Cup bandwagon moves on to Indore tomorrow as New Zealand Women take on South Africa Women from 3:00 PM local time and IST. Do join us for that important match, it should be a cracker! This is the pair of Karthik Raj and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda! 

Harmanpreet Kaur: Definitely very happy, important game for all of us. The way we bowled tonight, especially Kranti (Goud) while Renuka Thakur was also helping her out. We dropped some catches but in the end when you win, you are happy. It was not an easy pitch to bat on, we just looked to bat long. It wasn't easy when we batted here during the Tri-series as well. The ball was holding. Richa Ghosh played a very key role for us in the end to get some extra runs. We are going back to India, we know how the pitches are there. We will look at our combinations and look to improve day by day.

Sana Fatima (Pakistan captain): "We gave a lot of runs in the power play. Also, the same happened at the back-end of the innings. When I bowled, it was seaming. But Diana Baig was a bit confused as to whether it was swing or seam. If we could restrict them to under 200, we had a chance. I think today's batting line-up is the better one, just that they need to back themselves and score. We need some long partnerships and bat adapting to the conditions. Sidra Ameen has worked really hard and the results are paying off." 

Kranti Goud: "I am feeling very well. Happy to get 'Player of the Match' in the World Cup. Proud moment for my family and my village. There is a big LED screen where everyone is watching. Didi (Harmanpreet Kaur) wanted to remove one slip as the ball was getting older but I insisted on having one for Aliya Riaz. My coaches tell simple things to me. Happy to have done well at the ground I made debut in as well."

10:45 PM local time and IST: India win by 88 runs with 7 overs to spare! 

Harleen Deol 46 (65) | Kranti Goud - 3/20 (10)
Sidra Ameen 81 (106) | Diana Baig - 4/69 (10)

India had the runs on the board and the bowling. And with 42 deliveries left, Harmanpreet Kaur and her girls got the job done! 

But of course, the fielding and catching needs a big improvement. You cannot be putting down four to five chances in an innings all the time and expect to win, no way! Richa Ghosh's wicketkeeping was poor tonight. She dropped a sitter as well, apart from a few slightly tougher chances. The ground fielding too had to get better. 

Kranti Goud and Renuka Thakur were outstanding up front! They kept the runs in check and made the ball talk. The opposition batters were at sixes and sevens against them. 

Even though Renuka was unfortunate not to pick up a wicket, Kranti managed to take three and bowl three maiden overs too! Kranti came back in her second spell to break a 50-run stand as well. 

On the whole, a decent bowling performance but the fielding efforts must improve going deeper into the tournament. 

Well there was a short mid-on in there and a wide mid-on too, just to cut out that big shot option from the batter, if she mistimed it. And it worked so well for India! The direct-hit was superb though! 

42.2 Deepti Sharma to Diana Baig, DIRECT-HIT AND DIANA BAIG IS GONE! Full outside-leg, Diana comes down the track and drags it to mid-wicket before taking off for a single. However, Harmanpreet Kaur moves to her left and fires a direct-hit at the bowler's end to find Diana short of the crease. Superb work from the Indian captain!

So another over goes by here. Maybe Sneh Rana could have tried bowling a few slower deliveries to entice the batters into playing big shots. Tail-enders will not resist for long.