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India beat New Zealand by 6 wickets: Mandhana century, Harmanpreet fifty; won the series 2-1

Published - 30-OCT-2024 7:9 IST | Updated - 30-OCT-2024 7:9 IST

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Indian Women have won the 3-match ODI series played between India and New Zealand Women by 2-1. In the third and last ODI match of the series, the Indian team defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets.

Opener Smriti Mandhana scored 100 runs for Women's Team India at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored an unbeaten 59 runs. Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets.

New Zealand Women, who won the toss and batted first on Tuesday, gave India a target of 233 runs, which Indian Women achieved by losing 4 wickets in 44.2 overs. Brooke Holiday scored the highest 86 runs for the Kiwi team. Hannah Rowe got 2 wickets.

Smriti Mandhana scored the 8th century of her career

The Indian women's team, chasing a target of 233 runs, did not have a good start. Opener Shefali Verma was dismissed after scoring 12 runs. After this, Smriti Mandhana and Yastika Bhatia batted brilliantly. Together they added 76 runs for the second wicket. Sophie Devine broke the partnership by dismissing Yastika for 35 runs. Smriti batted brilliantly and scored the 8th century of her ODI career. She scored 100 runs.

Smriti-Harmanpreet's match winning partnership

After Yastika was out, Smriti shared a century partnership with captain Harmanpreet. Together they added 117 runs in 115 balls. Captain Harmanpreet scored the 18th half-century of her ODI career. She scored 59 runs.

Jemima and Yastika ran out Suzie Bates

Earlier, New Zealand did not have a good start. The team's first wicket fell in the form of a run out. In the sixth over of the match, Suzie Bates drove towards cover. Jemima, standing here, did a brilliant field and threw the ball to keeper Yastika. There was a miscommunication between Suzie Bates and Georgia Palmer regarding taking the run and Suzie Bates was run out. She played an innings of 4 runs.

Brooke Holiday's half-century innings

New Zealand Women had lost 5 wickets for 88 runs at one time. After this, middle order batsman Brooke Holiday took over the innings. She scored 86 runs while hitting a fifty. She shared a 64-run partnership with Isabelle Gaze for the sixth wicket. Apart from Brooke, Georgia Palmer played an innings of 39 runs.

Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets

Off-spinner Deepti Sharma sent 3 batsmen of New Zealand Women to the pavilion. She dismissed match top-scorer Brooke Halliday for 86, Isabelle Gaze for 25 and Hannah Rowe for 11.

 

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