Anjum Chopra And Sana Mir Indulge In Cmm. Box Banter: India and Pakistan faced each other on Sunday in Mount Maunganui for their opening encounters of the Women’s World Cup, in which India emerged victorious by 107 runs. However, India had fallen behind during their innings when they suffered a dramatic collapse from 96/1 to 114/6 before Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana bailed the team out with a record 122-run seventh-wicket stand that helped the total to 244.
As India were suffering the collapse, things got excited in the commentary box too between two former captains, Anjum Chopra and Sana Mir. Both were involved in a funny banter as they judged what could be a good total for India amid the collapse.
Anjum Chopra and Sana Mir raised temperatures in the commentary box
As heard by The Bridge, Anjum asked Sana if she was feeling the pressure of the match, to which Sana replied that the pressure she was feeling would have been much more if she was playing. Both chuckled.
This soon turned into a discussion on which of them had had the better of the other in their on-field encounters. Anjum recalled that she was sure Sana had never gotten her out. Sana, not completely sure of this stat, said the statistician needed to confirm this. Anjum’s memory is correct: she has never been dismissed by Sana in the 5 ODIs they played against each other.
It was a classic Indo-Pak banter between Anjum Chopra and Sana Mir.
The banter between Anjum Chopra And Sana Mir continued: “Another piece of stat that we should discuss another day is that Pakistan have crossed 100 just three times in ODIs against India,” Anjum, a veteran of 157 internationals, said.
“You said you’d bring it up another day but then you said it, well done Anjum,” replied Sana Mir, who featured in 120 ODIs and 106 T20Is for Pakistan.
Speaking of the game, two big partnerships on either side of a middle-order collapse helped India reach 244/7. After losing Shafali in the third over for a duck, Smriti Mandhana (52) and Deepti Sharma (40) were involved in a 92-run stand before India suffered a dramatic collapse losing 5 for 18 runs, with Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet,a and Richa Ghos dismissed for single-digit scores.
Then all-rounders Pooja Vasktrakar and Sneh Rana’s record 122-run 7th-wicket stand helped India to a par total. Vastrakar brisked her way to a 48-ball fifty on World Cup debut while Rana reached hers off 45 balls.
Indian bowlers kept a tight leash over the Pakistani batters right from the start: Pakistan managed 28 runs in 11 overs for the loss of one wicket. Pakistan were never able to release the pressure and kept losing wickets, eventually being bundled out for 137. Left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad snapped up 4 scalps while a brace each for Jhulan Goswami and Sneh Rana.
