ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: India vs Pakistan, 5 things India did right to beat their arch-rivals

#1 Sushma Verma’s late surge

Sushma Verma played a handy knock of 33 runs from 35 balls

Before today’s contest, Sushma Verma had scored 13 runs in 22 One Day International games at a strike rate of 23.21 and her top score was 4. These aren’t promising figures by any stretch of imagination.

Nevertheless, with a gritty knock of 33 runs from 35 balls, she not only helped India post a competitive total but also exhibited her mettle as a batsman at the top-most level. With the likes of Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur back in the hut, Verma took it upon herself to resurrect the innings.

She was slow to begin with, but her knock gathered pace in the death overs as she hit three boundaries and India’s solitary six in the innings.