Players from India and Pakistan mingled in the changing rooms after an entertaining match between the arch-rivals at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Cape Town. There were plenty of smiles and laughter.
Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh struck an unbeaten partnership of 58 runs for the fourth wicket after the fall of Captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s wicket. Rodrigues scored an unbeaten 53 off 38 balls and Richa Ghosh scored an unbeaten 31 off 20 balls helping India chase down a 150-run target with an over to spare. India won earlier in the day because of a brilliant unbeaten half-century from emerging star Jemimah Rodrigues, but the exchanges between the teams after the game were friendly as players from both teams mixed at the Newlands field.
Players from both teams posed for a big group photo, while India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Pakistan all-rounder Nida Dar were all smiles as they exchanged jerseys.
While Dar failed to score in the highly anticipated T20 World Cup match between the two rivals, Pakistan skipper Bismah Maroof stood up on the big stage to play an unbeaten knock of 68 to help her side compile a competitive total of 149/4 from their 20 overs.