New Zealand Surprises India At Large, India Slips To 5th Place, New Zealand Elevates To Second
New Zealand Surprises India At Large, India Slips To 5th Place, New Zealand Elevates To Second
New Zealand defeated the Indian team by 62 runs in the 8th match of the Women’s World Cup. India had a target of 261 runs, in response to which the team was all out for 198 in 46.4 overs. Harmanpreet Kaur (71) was the top scorer.
In the match, vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur played a brilliant inning of 71 runs off 63 balls. However, she could not win the match for the team. In the 42nd over, Harmanpreet scored 20 runs against Hannah Rowe.
It was the 14th half-century of her ODI career and the third half-century against the Kiwi team. Also, Harmanpreet Kaur (71), this was her third half-century in the ODI World Cup.
Earlier, batting after losing the toss, the Kiwi 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 for 34 runs.
Chasing the target, India had a shaky 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).
New Zealand 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.
After losing two early wickets, Yastika Bhatia and Mithali Raj added 24 runs in 55 balls for the third wicket to bring India’s innings back on track, when Bhatia was dismissed for 28 runs off 59 balls by Lea Tahuhu.
Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur added 47 runs in 63 balls. This partnership kept the hopes of Team India alive. Indian captain Mithali Raj, who looked for some overs, was stumped off the ball of Amelia Kerr after scoring 31 runs off 56 balls.
The team could not even recover from the blow that on the very next ball, wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh got bowled without opening an account. The stars of the previous match, Sneh Rana (18) and Pooja Vastrakar were dismissed for 6 runs.
On 178 of team score, the lone striker Harmanpreet Kaur was dismissed by Amelia Kerr. Soon After, within 20 runs, India was all out on 198. For New Zealand, Lea Tahuhu and Amelia Kerr shared 3 wickets each. Hayley Jensen picked two concluding wickets of Indian innings.