In the 40th over of Pakistan's run chase, leg spinner Fahima Khatun was summoned back for her second spell.
Pakistan needed 72 runs in 66 deliveries with eight wickets in hand at that point. Fahima dismissed Omaima Sohail, Aliya Riaz, and Fatima Sana in the space of four deliveries after a tranquil first over, turning the game decisively in Bangladesh's favor.
"When I bowled, I was happy to repay the faith the captain and other senior players had placed in me. She [Nigar Sultana, the captain] is very involved. When she brought me in today, she said that she believed in me, and that she expected good things from me. (She) just asked me to play normally,” Fahima said.
"I just wanted to bowl in the right areas and bowl as many dot balls as possible, and the wickets would come.
If the scoreboard pressure is there, they will give us wickets. The asking rate was 6.5-7 when I came to bowl (in the second spell). So I just had to bowl normally, and I was successful."
