Indian Woman cricket team was 2-1 down in the One day match
played against the New
Zealand team touring the country. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat
first at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
Indian bowlers had a good start in the beginning with a wicket in the third
over. Then the touring team came back with some good partnerships to put a good
total in the board. AE Satterthwaite scored 43 runs from 55 balls and SFM Devine
the middle order bats woman showed her skills in the field by scoring 89 runs in
102 balls with 10 fours and 3 six. The team was bundled out for 220 runs in
49.5 over. For India,
Niranjana and Gayakwad picked three wickets each and H Kaur took two wickets. Chasing
a target of 221 runs to win the match and level the series Kamini and Mandhana
gave India
a good slow and steady start to take the team to a 49 runs partnership for the
first wicket. The second wicket partnership between Mandhana and Raj put the
team in a strong position in the game. Raj made 83 and Mandhana was dismissed
after scoring 66 for the team. Indian reaches the target in the 45th
over with two wickets remaining. Now the series is poised at 2-2 with one game
to go. Mithali Raj was awarded the man of the match for her good performance with the bat.
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