- On 29 October, the Indian women’s team defeated the New Zealand women’s cricket team (IND vs NZ) and concluded the three-match ODI series on a grand note. At the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad..
On 29 October, the Indian women’s team defeated the New Zealand women’s cricket team (IND vs NZ) and concluded the three-match ODI series with a bang. In this clash held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Smriti Mandhana played a stormy innings and played an important role in India’s victory. The Kiwi team, which came to bat first after winning the toss, was all out after scoring 232 runs in 49.5 overs. In response, Team India achieved the target in just 44.2 overs and won the match by 6 wickets.
Kiwi team scattered like a pack of cards
New Zealand captain Sophie Devine won the toss and decided to bat first, after which Georgia Plimer tried to give the team a good start by scoring 39 runs in 67 balls. But she did not get support from any other player. Her fellow batsman Suzie Bates lost her wicket on a personal score of 4 runs. After this, the Kiwi team’s wickets started falling. Lauren Down was out after scoring 1 run and captain Sophie Devine was out after scoring 9 runs.
IND vs NZ: Brooke Halliday hits a stormy half-century
After three wickets fell at the score of 36 runs, Brooke Halliday came to bat and handled the innings by scoring a half-century. During this, she got support from many batsmen. She had partnerships of 64 runs, 47 runs and 44 runs with Isabel Gage, Hannah Roe and Maddie Green respectively. Due to Brooke Halliday’s half-century, New Zealand scored 232 runs in 49.5 overs. Deepti Sharma took the maximum number of wickets for India. She got three wickets, while Priya Mishra took two wickets. Renuka Singh and Saima Thakor took one wicket each.
Smriti Mandhana’s century saved India’s honor
Batting in the reply innings, the Indian team scored 236 runs in 44.2 overs on the basis of
Smriti Mandhana ‘s century. Smriti Mandhana had scored 100 runs in 122 balls before being clean bowled by Hannah Roe. Apart from her, captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored an unbeaten 59 off 63 balls. Shefali Verma was out after scoring 12 runs and Jemima Rodrigues was out after scoring 22 runs. Smriti Mandhana’s century saved Team India from losing the ODI series. In fact, the Kiwi team had equalized the series by winning the second ODI.