Pakistan Women Team Drops 8 Catches Against New Zealand Women: Support for the Pakistan women’s cricket team extended beyond their own nation when they faced New Zealand in the last group stage match of the T20 World Cup 2024.

The Pakistani squad was fortunate to have cross-border support on one of the rarest instances, since the Indian team’s prospects of qualifying for the semi-finals also depended on their neighbors.

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But after that, Pakistan turned in one of the worst performances in the competition’s history, losing by 54 runs as a result of up to eight missed catches.

In 20 overs, Pakistan limited New Zealand to 110/6, but not before giving away an incredible eight catching opportunities and even two run-out opportunities. As the Kiwis continued to ride their luck, Pakistan’s Fatima Sana herself lost as many as four catches, the most of them routine.

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Pakistan was bowled out for 56 because they were unable to control their opponents’ bowling despite needing to reach a target of 111 runs. This was due to their reckless style of play and poor shot selection. In the history of the Women’s T20 World Cup, this total is the second worst.

In an erratic display of cricket, especially in the field, even Pakistan’s former women’s team captain Sana Mir was stunned seeing the butterfingers display by her team.

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“I’ve never seen this in 15 years of playing,” said Mir in the final over of the innings.

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Pakistan captain Fatima Sana admitted in the post-match presentation ceremony that her team needs to improve fielding.

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“We were good in the bowling but we need to improve our fielding and batting. We were not up to the mark in batting and the seniors need to step up in that kind of matches. As a bowling unit we were up to the mark, but we need to improve in batting, otherwise we can’t survive in women’s cricket,” she said.

Courtesy of New Zealand’s win, both India and Pakistan were knocked out of the semi-finals race.

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Sanju Samson Breaks 5 Records During his 111-Runs Knock Against Bangladesh: Sanju Samson was brilliant with bat during third T20I against Bangladesh. The match was played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

Current Indian skipper Surya Kumar Yadav promoted Sanju Samson as a opener and top scored by smassing a total of 111 runs from 47 balls.

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In his time at the crease, he hit eight sixes and eleven fours. His outstanding performance at the bat allowed India to amass 297 runs, which ultimately proved to be sufficient for the Men in Blue to win the match by 133 runs.

In his time at the crease, he hit eight sixes and eleven fours. His outstanding performance at the bat allowed India to amass 297 runs, which ultimately proved to be sufficient for the Men in Blue to win the match by 133 runs.

Samson’s century in Hyderabad also made him the first batter to reach the century mark in the 17 T20I matches that India and Bangladesh have played thus far.

Before Samson, the record for the highest individual score in an India-Bangladesh T20I match was in the name of Rohit Sharma, who hammered 89 runs in Colombo on March 14, 2018.

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Samson smacked as many as eight sixes during his 111-run knock against Bangladesh in the third T20I.

The eight sixes helped him break Nitish Kumar Reddy’s record of scoring most sixes in an India-Bangladesh T20I match.

Reddy smashed seven sixes for India during the 2nd T20I against Bangladesh, which was played in Delhi on October 9, 2024.

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Samson became the second quickest Indian hitter to get a century in Twenty20 international matches when he scored 100 runs in only 40 balls against Bangladesh in the second T20I.

In Twenty20 Internationals, Rohit has the fastest century ever scored for India. In just 35 deliveries during his 118-run innings against Sri Lanka in December 2017, he reached the three-figure threshold.

In the tenth over of the Indian innings, Samson smashed five consecutive sixes off Bangladeshi spinner Rishad Hossain, becoming him the second Indian batsman after Yuvraj Singh to knock at least five sixes in an over in a Twenty20 international match.

On September 19, 2007, during the India-England Twenty20 International match in Durban, Yuvraj hit six sixes in one over.

(With input from News18)