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                                       Record breaking spell of 5 for 18 from 10 overs by left arm spinner Ekta Bisht helped India clinch victory against their arch rivals Pakistan. Both teams were playing their 3rd group stage match of ICC women's world cup, 2017.                   Indian captain Mitali Raj won the toss and elected to bat first. Raut and Mandhana opened the batting for India as they have been doing in this world cup. Start was not good as India lost their first wicket in just 4th over for 8 runs when Mandhana got out LBW for just 2 runs on the bowling of fast bowler Diana Baig. Deepti Sharma came on the crease at no 3 and started playing very cautiously along with Poonam Raut. Indians had a very slow start with Pakistan bowlers were bowling at good line and length and not giving much scoring options to both batswomen. ...

                              Zimbabwe cricket team stunned Srilankans as they successfully chased down the 317 runs target becoming the first team ever to chase 300+ target in Sri Lanka.                     Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first in Galle Stadium, Sri Lanka. Srilankans didn't had the best of the starts and lost their first wicket for just 16 runs in the 5th over of the innings. But soon the srilankan batsmen controlled the situation and started hitting the ball crisply. Riding on the fifties from Gunathilaka, B Mendis and Tharanga Sri Lanka scored 316 runs from their 50 overs.                    Zimbabwe started the huge chase with not the start they would have wished to go past the Sri Lanka's score. They lost the important wicket of Masakadza with just 12 runs on the board...

                Sri Lankan cricket has not had good times recently while their team is going through the transition phase. Since the retirement of ace players like Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardne, Tillakaratne Dilshan to name a few, Sri Lankan team has struggle to find the right balance in the team.                                     They didn't had the best of tournament in the recently concluded Champions trophy. They lost their matches to Pakistan and South Africa and couldn't make it to semifinals.                                      Now, as they are li...