there were some nerves but it was exciting in a way they cheered us every time we got a wicket the result notwithstanding the indian skipper believes her team did enough to encourage more people to come for their matches on a terrible day in office when the indian eves managed only 97 there was just a hint of fightback i did play in front of big crowd a couple of years back in doha but that was a home crowd when the match was called off pakistan were two runs ahead by the duckworthlewis system the loss of a couple of early wickets sent the indian women completely into a shell and when skipper mithali raj got out in the 12th over the score was 33 things could have gone either way it was a sharp shower of about half an hour but that was enough to ensure that mithali raj and co suffered their first defeat to pakistan in the world t20 that helped us stay in the game mithali said despite the defeat the players savoured the enthusiasm of the crowd something that they are not used to there was rain threat at eden gardens since saturday morning but it all came down instead over ferozeshah kotla at the worst possible moment the match was all but gone and it was veda krishnamurthy 24 and jhulan goswami 14 who took india close to 100pakistan started steadily reaching 481 in nine overs before the dismissal of sidra ameen 26 turned the tide we have given them a good match however it is disappointing to lose despite so much support pakistan lost five wickets for 29 runs three of them in the space of six runs before the heavens opened up to finish things off for india the indian women completely lost the plot in the initial stages of the match while batting new delhi pakistan were 776 after 16 overs the 10000 in the stands were deeply involved when it started raining for once in my long career i got to play in front of such a big crowd pakistan counterpart sana conceded that things got tough for her side at the back end of the match with the crowd rooting for india