Summary

  • Rodrigues guides India to target with mature half-century

  • Rodrigues and Ghosh put on 58 for fourth wicket to seal win

  • Pakistan post impressive 149-4 - their highest T20 score against India

  • Maroof hits 68 off 55 balls; Naseem adds impetus with flurry of late boundaries

  1. Postpublished at 16:03 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2023

    Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    That could be a decisive couple of balls.

  2. Ind 131-3published at 17.3 overs

    And again from Richa Ghosh!

    Is this the over?

    India need 19 from 15 balls now.

  3. Ind 127-3published at 17.2 overs

    Aiman Anwer's two overs have been expensive so far and now she bowls short and wide.

    Richa Ghosh climbs in. Four more! India are closing in.

  4. Ind 122-3published at 17 overs

    Need 28 from 18 balls

    No, no, no...

    This is not the time for misfields.

    Sidra Amin, who took that stunning catch earlier, lets it through her legs on the boundary edge. She was sliding and has sprinted round but it should have been stopped.

  5. Postpublished at 15:59 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    I think you have to put that down as a drop from Bismah Maroof. They are never easy running over your shoulder. She was close but not close enough.

  6. dropped catch

    Ind 116-3published at 16.3 overs

    CAAAAAAATCH!

    No...

    Bismah Maroof cannot get round at short fine leg.

  7. Ind 114-3published at 16.2 overs

    GhoshImage source, Getty Images

    Up and over short third!

    Richa Ghosh is going to make the most of overturning that lbw shout.

    India edge four closer.

  8. Postpublished at 15:57 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2023

    India need 41 runs from the final four overs.

    Don't forget about that rogue seven-ball over earlier, the last delivery of which went for four.

    We said it could be crucial and...

  9. Not outpublished at 16 overs

    Richa Ghosh has got a bit of glove on the ball.

    Her batting partner Jemimah Rodrigues celebrates it like a wicket.

  10. Postpublished at 15:56 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2023

    There's a spike!

  11. Postpublished at 15:55 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2023

    Big, big moment...

  12. India reviewpublished at 16 overs

    RichaImage source, Getty Images

    Ghosh is given lbw!

    It looked plump but has she hit it?

    She reviews immediately.

  13. Ind 107-3published at 15.2 overs

    Smashed for four!

    Too short from spinner Sadia Iqbal and 19-year-old Richa Ghosh clubs it away.

  14. Ind 102-3published at 15 overs

    Need 47 runs from 30 balls

    Rodrigues is so good to watch. She punches herself after only getting a single from a bouncer.

    That run-rate is up near 10 now.

    This is going down to the wire between the two biggest rivals in the sport.

    The worm shows India are 12 runs ahead of Pakistan. India are 103 for 3 after 15 overs. At the same stage Pakistan were 91 for 4.
  15. Postpublished at 15:50 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Harleen Deol is carded to come in next but you have to send Deepti Sharma up the order. She is a power hitter and can get the ball out of ground. Then I would send in Pooja Vastrakar.

  16. Ind 101-3published at 14.3 overs

    Shottttt!

    Jemimah Rodrigues is right up for this. She takes a big risk, stepping across and sweeping the seamer Fatima off her stumps, but it pays off.

    Four runs.

  17. Postpublished at 15:48 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2023

    Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport in Cape Town

    Nida DarImage source, Getty Images

    I have just been informed by Test Match Special's finest Adam Mountford that Nida Dar likes to go by the nickname Lady Boom Boom because she is the women's equivalent of Shahid Afridi.

    Every day's a school day.

  18. Ind 95-3published at 14 overs

    Need 55 runs from 36 balls

    India's wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh gets off the mark with a edgy single first up. She's another who was playing in the Under-19 World Cup last month.

    Three runs and a wicket come from the over from Nashra Sundhu, who has bowled four overs for 15 with two wickets.

    It just swings back the way of those in green again.

  19. Postpublished at 15:45 Greenwich Mean Time 12 February 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    FlagImage source, Getty Images

    That's a massive, massive wicket for Pakistan.

  20. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 13.3 overs

    Kaur c Nashra b Maroof 16 (Ind 93-3)

    This one is definitely out!

    A big, big moment as Harmanpreet Kaur spoons a catch to backward point off spinner Nashra Sundhu.

    Pakistan believe.