Sidra powers Pakistan to tame Bangladesh in WWT20

NEW DELHI: Sidra Amin’s unbeaten 50 helped Pakistani women’s cricket team secure a comfortable win against Bangladesh by 9 wickets in the Women World Twenty20 tournament here on Thursday.

Chasing down a mediocre target of 114 runs, Sidra Amin scored impressive 53 runs while Bisma Maroof made 43. The two players’ unbeaten partnership contributed 99, pushing the team to achieve the required target in the 17th over.

Sidra Amin was declared player of the match.

Earlier, Bangladesh women team scored 113 runs from the 20 overs.

In their previous match, the Pakistan women’s team had defeated India under a Duckworth-Lewis method due to rain.