When Pakistan women captain Fatima Sana opted to bat first in her team’s ICC World Cup opener against Bangladesh in Colombo, she would’ve hoped for her batters to post a good total. “The pitch looks good for batting, hopefully we will play good cricket," she explained her decision after winning the toss at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Thursday afternoon.

By the 39th over, Sana must’ve been regretting the decision as she saw Pakistan being bundled out for 129 with none of her batters scoring more than Rameen Shamim’s 23.

During the course of Pakistan’s batting collapse, no. 10 Nashra Sandhu was dismissed in a bizarre fashion which just about summed up their innings.

Facing legspinner Shorna in the 35th over, Sandhu pulled out of her attempted jab at the last moment but ended up hitting he

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