Chasing the target, India had a poor start and Smriti Mandhana was dismissed for 6 runs off 21 balls by Jess Kerr. India’s second wicket fell in the form of Deepti Sharma (5). NZ got this wicket on review.
Actually, Deepti was given not-out by the umpire, after which New Zealand took a review. Replays showed that the ball was on the line of off-stump and hit Deepti’s pads. India lost two wickets at 26.
Earlier, batting after losing the toss, the New Zealand team scored 260 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Amy Satterthwaite (75) was the top scorer, while Amelia Kerr scored 50 runs. For Team India, Pooja Vastrakar took 4 wickets giving 34 runs.
In the match, Jhulan Goswami took 1 wicket for 41 runs. With 1 wicket, she has equaled Australian spinner Lynn Fulston, who has 39 wickets to her name, as the highest wicket-taker in the Women’s ODI World Cup. Jhulan has so far taken 39 wickets in 30 matches of the World Cup.
In the 47th over of the Kiwi innings, Pooja Vastrakar took two wickets in two consecutive balls. On the third ball of the over, Pooja bowled Lee Tahuhu (1) and on the very next ball, Jess Kerr (0) was also bowled on the yorker and gave India the 8th wicket. Amy Satterthwaite scored 75 off 84 balls and was dismissed by Pooja Vastrakar.
Before getting out, Amy became the 5th player in the world and the second player in the New Zealand team to score 4500 runs in ODIs and take at least 50 wickets. Before her, Charlotte Edwards of England, Karen Rolton of Australia, Stephanie Taylor of West Indies and Suzy Bates of New Zealand have made this record.
Amelia Kerr was dismissed LBW after scoring 50 off 64 balls. This was the sixth of his ODI career and the fourth fifty against India. At the same time, she also became the first woman player in the world to score 50 or more for the fifth time in a row against India.
India’s record in the Women’s ODI World Cup has been very poor against the Kiwi team. A total of 12 World Cup matches have been played between the two teams in 44 years, in which India has won 2 and New Zealand has won 9.
One match played in the 1997 tournament was a tie. The Indian women’s team recorded these two victories in the 2005 and 2017 World Cups. In 2005, India defeated New Zealand by 40 and in the last World Cup by 186 runs.