Birmingham: Smriti Mandhana's batting was grace personified as her regal 44-ball-68 along with Richa Ghosh's cameo took India to a fighting 170 for 6 against arch-rivals Pakistan in their opening encounter of the Women's T20 World Cup here on Sunday.
Ghosh (34 off 17 balls) provided the final flourish as left-arm seamer Tasmia Rubab went for 23 runs in the penultimate over which could eventually prove to be decisive.