The Indian women’s cricket team defeated recently-winning Women’s T20 World Cup champions New Zealand by 59 runs. One of the standout highlights of India’s bowling effort was the smart run-outs that the Indian spinners gave after displaying great mental fortitude. deepti sharma. As captain of the New Zealand national team sophie devine The bowler realized his chance when he came forward to block Deepti’s delivery. With Devine not yet out of the crease and not paying attention to the situation, Deepti throws the ball back to the wicketkeeper Yashtika Bhatia Who removed the bail before Devine returned to the crease.
Divine even moved out of the way to avoid Deepti throwing it back at Yastika. However, shortly after, Divine realized his mistake as Yashtika removed bail and India filed an appeal.
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New Zealand suffered their third loss as Sophie Devine ran out of steam.
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A check by the third umpire confirmed that Devine was out of play, and the New Zealand captain’s innings was brought to an unceremonious end. Devine was out after giving up just two runs on five pitches.
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India, who batted first, were bowled out for 227 in 44.3 overs. There were useful contributions throughout the order, with five batsmen scoring over 30 runs, but none could reach the half-century mark. 27 years old Tejal HasabnisHe made his debut for India and became the top scorer with 42 points. The other batsman who crossed the 40-run mark was Deepti Sharma who scored 41 runs.
New Zealand were unable to move forward in the run chase and were unable to string together a single 50-run partnership. India were bowled out in just 40.4 overs, a total of 168 overs.
Radha Yadav He led India’s wicket row with three. 28 years old sailor Saima Thakuralso made his Indian debut and chipped in with two wickets. Deepti Sharma added one wicket with a brilliant run-out.
India, who lost to New Zealand in the group stage of the Women’s T20 World Cup, will be hoping to seal a series win in the three-match ODI series.
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