Times of Islamabad

Pakistan s national team skipper Bismah Maroof makes historic achievement

Pakistan s national team skipper Bismah Maroof makes historic achievement

KARACHI: Pakistan’s national team skipper Bismah Maroof makes historicachievement in the T20 International cricket.

Pakistan women cricket team’s captain Bismah Maroof on Saturday became thefirst Pakistani woman to complete 2000 runs in women’s T20 internationals.

Bismah, 28, reached this milestone during her 29-ball-34 in first T20Iagainst Bangladesh women cricket team in Lahore that also helped her sidecomplete a 14 runs win.

She reached this milestone with a superb stroke towards fence for four runsoff right-arm medium pacer Panna Gosh in 6th over of Pakistan’s innings.

While she’s first Pakistani woman to reach this milestone, she is only thethird from Asia to do so after Indian duo of Mithali Raj and HarmanpreetKaur.