India maintain Pakistan stranglehold as Windies cruise at Women’s T20 World Cup

DUBAI – India carved out a 13th win in 16 T20 meetings with old rivals Pakistan at the Women’s World Cup on Sunday as former champions West Indies thrashed Scotland.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur produced a steely 29 to steer her side to a scrappy six-wicket victory.
West Indies, the 2016 champions, cruised past Scotland, also by six wickets with 50 balls to spare.
Set 106 to win after restricting Pakistan to 105-8 in their 20 overs, India were looking comfortable at 61-1. But two wickets in two balls by Pakistan captain Fatima Sana opened the door before Kaur took her side to the brink of victory. 
With India two runs short, however, she slipped and appeared to rick her neck, leaving the field unbeaten on 29 from 24 balls.
Nida Dar top-scored for Pakistan with 28 from 34 balls but there was little else to cheer after Sana had won the toss and elected to bat on a wicket that produced some awkward bounce. 
After losing their opening match to New Zealand, this was a much-needed win for India in Group A.
They remain fourth in the group, with Pakistan just ahead of them on net run rate.
West Indies recovered from their opening 10-wicket rout by South Africa to easily defeat Scotland.
The Scots struggled to 99-8 in their 20 overs before the West Indies chased down their target with 50 balls remaining, securing victory, an impressive boost to their net run-rate and top spot in Group B.
Scotland have now lost their two opening games at the World Cup after being edged out by 16 runs by Bangladesh on Thursday.