New Delhi. Indian women’s team registered a spectacular victory in the third ODI against New Zealand. Host India defeated the visiting team by 6 wickets in the match played on Tuesday. Vice captain Smriti Mandhana doubled the happiness of India’s victory by scoring a century. Captain Harmanpeet Kaur also hit fifty. With this, India won the three-match series 2-1. India defeated New Zealand by 59 runs in the first match of the series. New Zealand won the second match by 76 runs.
The third ODI match between the Indian women’s team and the New Zealand women’s team was played in Ahmedabad. Indian bowlers performed brilliantly and bowled out New Zealand for 232 runs. For New Zealand, Brook Halliday played a beautiful inning of 86 runs in 96 balls. Georgia Plimmer also scored 39 runs. Apart from these two, no other New Zealand batsman could trouble the Indian bowlers. Talking about Indian bowlers, all-rounder Deepti Sharma took maximum 3 wickets. Priya Mishra took two wickets and Renuka Singh and Saima Thakor took one wicket each.
After the Indian bowlers, the batsmen also gave a befitting reply to New Zealand. Stylish opener Smriti Mandhana led the batsmen by scoring a century. He scored 100 runs on 122 balls. Smriti Mandhana also got excellent support from captain Harmanpreet Kaur (70). Smriti Mandhana and Hamanpreet Kaur took Team India to 209 runs with the score of 92 for 2 wickets. Mandhana lost her wicket on this score, but by then the team’s victory was certain. After Mandhana’s dismissal, captain Harmanpreet Kaur along with her teammates gave India victory in 44.2 overs.
Cricket lovers know that at present not only the New Zealand women’s team but also the men’s team is on tour to India. Under the captaincy of Tom Latham, the men’s team has defeated India in the first two test matches. With this, he has made a record of winning the Test series for the first time in India. On the other hand, the Indian women’s team has won the ODI series from New Zealand.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: October 29, 2024, 20:38 IST