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Women's T20 World Cup-New Zealand defeated India by 58 runs
Published - 5-OCT-2024 5:13 IST | Updated - 5-OCT-2024 5:13 IST
The Indian women's team had to face defeat in their first match in the T20 World Cup. New Zealand defeated India by 58 runs in the match played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday.
New Zealand won the toss and batted and scored 160 runs. In response, the Indian team was all out for 102 runs in 19 overs. After this defeat, Team India has reached the fourth position in the points table of Group-A. Whereas, New Zealand is at the top. Pakistan's team is at number two. India's second match will be against Pakistan on October 6.
All India's batsmen failed
India's start was not special in this match. The team made mistakes first in bowling and then in fielding. Not only this, Team India's batsmen also failed. Openers Shefali Verma (2 runs) and Smriti Mandhana (12 runs) were sent to the pavilion by Eden Carson.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur was out after scoring 15 runs. Apart from them, Jemima Rodriguez remained unbeaten after scoring 13 runs, Deepti Sharma 13, Mandhana 12, Richa Ghosh 12, Pooja Vastrakar 8, Shreyanka Patil 7 and Asha Shobhana 6 runs.
Rosemary Mair took 4 wickets for New Zealand. Lee Tahuhu took 3, Aiden Carson took 2 and Amelia Kar took 1 wicket.
Devine's captaincy innings
Earlier, the Kiwi team won the toss and scored 160 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Suzie Bates and Georgia Plimer gave the team a good start. There was a partnership of 67 runs for the first wicket between the two. Sophie Devine remained unbeaten after scoring 57 and Maddie Green 5 runs. Apart from them, Georgia Plimer contributed 34, Suzie Bates 27 and Brooke Holiday contributed 16 runs. For India, Renuka Singh took 2 wickets, Arundhati and Asha Shobhana took 1-1 wickets.
Playing-11 of both teams
India:
Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemima Rodriguez, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma, Shreyanka Patil and Renuka Singh, Asha Shobhana, Arundhati Reddy.
New Zealand:
Sophie Devine (captain), Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimer, Amelia Kerr, Brooke Holiday, Maddie Green, Lee Tahuhu, Eden Carson, Jess Kerr and Rosemary Mair.
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