In a high-intensity World Cup opening match for both Pakistan and India, Bismah Maroof won the toss and chose to bat first in Cape Town on Sunday.

After seeing off seamer Renuka Singh, the Pakistani batters looked to attack Deepti Sharma, bowling the second over, but the strategy backfired, as Javeria Khan (8) managed a only top edge off a paddle sweep to be caught by Harmanpreet Kaur at short fine leg.

With runs not coming thick and fast, Muneeba Ali and Bismah moved around the crease and took risky singles to keep the scoreboard ticking.

Pakistan were intent on scoring runs off Deepti and managed to accomplish it up to a certain degree, scoring 4 fours off her bowling.

Despite conceding a few boundaries, the Indian bowlers managed to keep a check on the opposition batters conceding only 39 runs in the powerplay.

Radha Yadav was introduced?and she struck immediately, removing Muneeba Ali (12), who stepped out of the crease only to be stumped by Richa Ghosh.

Pooja Vastrakar, who was brought on to bowl the eighth over, too, struck gold, dismissing Nida Dar for a duck.

Captain Bismah scored a chunk of the total score with Pakistan reeling at 58-3 after 10 overs.