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IND W vs NZ W HIGHLIGHTS, Women's T20 World Cup 2024: White Ferns hammer Women in Blue by 58 runs

India women vs New Zealand women HIGHLIGHTS: India lost their last 6 wickets for just 32 runs to get a disappointing start in UAE

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India vs New Zealand

India vs New Zealand (Pic:Twitter)

The New Zealand women's team with the help of strong performances from both batters and bowlers, beat India by 58 runs in the first match of the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup to start thier campaign on a high. India were never in the game ever since New Zealand started to bat and gave the black caps upper hand, before bowlers completing the job in the second half of the match.

Earlier, New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine won the toss and opted to bat first. New Zealand openrs Suzi Bates (27) and Georgia Plimmer (34) proved the decision right and added 67 runs for the first wicket. Arundhati Reddy and Asha Sobhna then removed both the openers respectively to get India back into the game.

Skipper Sophie Devine (57 not out) then added 32 runs for the third wicket with Amelia Kerr (13) and 46 runs for the fourth wicket with Brooke Halliday (16) to take New Zealand to 160 for 4 after 20 overs.
Renuka Singh was the most successful bowler for India with two wickets, while Arundhati reddy and Asha Sobhna got one wicket each.

In reply, Indian batting line-up was completely annhilated by New Zealand bowlers, as only Smriti Mandhana (12), Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues (13), Richa Ghosh (12) and Deepti Sharma (13) were able to cross the double digit mark with the whole team bundling out on just 102 after 19 overs.

For New Zealand, Rosemary Mair took 4 wickets, Lea Tahuhu took 3 wickets, Eden Carson took two wickets, while Amelia Kerr got one wicket under her name. 

India willnnext face Pakistan on October 6.

Scorecard

New Zealand 

New Zealand Women Inning
160-4 (20 ov) CRR:8.00
Batter Dismissal R B 4s 6s SR
Suzie Bates c S Patil b A Reddy 27 24 2 0 112.5
Georgia Plimmer c SS Mandhana b A Sobhana 34 23 3 1 147.83
Amelia Kerr c P Vastrakar b RS Thakur 13 22 0 0 59.09
Sophie Devine (C) Not out 57 36 7 0 158.33
Brooke Halliday c SS Mandhana b RS Thakur 16 12 2 0 133.33
Maddy Green Not out 5 3 1 0 166.67
Extras 8 (b 4, Ib 0, w 4, nb 0, p 0)
Total 160 (4 wkts, 20 Ov)
Yet to Bat Izzy Gaze,Jess Kerr,Rosemary Mair,Lea Tahuhu,Eden Carson
Bowler O M R W NB ECO
Pooja Vastrakar 1 0 9 0 0 9
Renuka Thakur 4 0 27 2 0 6.75
Deepti Sharma 4 0 45 0 0 11.25
Arundhati Reddy 4 0 28 1 0 7
Asha Sobhana 4 0 22 1 0 5.5
Shreyanka Patil 3 0 25 0 0 8.33

India

India Women Inning
102-10 (19 ov) CRR:5.37
Batter Dismissal R B 4s 6s SR
Smriti Mandhana c M Green b E Carson 12 13 2 0 92.31
Shafali Verma c & b E Carson 2 4 0 0 50
Harmanpreet Kaur (C) lbw b R Mair 15 14 2 0 107.14
Jemimah Rodrigues c M Green b LMM Tahuhu 13 11 1 0 118.18
Richa Ghosh (WK) c SFM Devine b LMM Tahuhu 12 19 0 0 63.16
Deepti Sharma c SFM Devine b LMM Tahuhu 13 18 0 0 72.22
Arundhati Reddy c SW Bates b R Mair 1 4 0 0 25
Pooja Vastrakar b AC Kerr 8 7 1 0 114.29
Shreyanka Patil c (sub M Penfold) b R Mair 7 13 1 0 53.85
Asha Sobhana Not out 6 10 0 0 60
Renuka Thakur c SFM Devine b R Mair 0 1 0 0 0
Extras 13 (b 2, Ib 0, w 11, nb 0, p 0)
Total 102 (10 wkts, 19 Ov)
Bowler O M R W NB ECO
Jess Kerr 3 0 13 0 0 4.33
Eden Carson 4 0 34 2 0 8.5
Rosemary Mair 4 0 19 4 0 4.75
Amelia Kerr 4 0 19 1 0 4.75
Lea Tahuhu 4 0 15 3 0 3.75
11:07 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women Full scorecard: India innings

India Women Inning
102-10 (19 ov) CRR:5.37
Batter Dismissal R B 4s 6s SR
Smriti Mandhana c M Green b E Carson 12 13 2 0 92.31
Shafali Verma c & b E Carson 2 4 0 0 50
Harmanpreet Kaur (C) lbw b R Mair 15 14 2 0 107.14
Jemimah Rodrigues c M Green b LMM Tahuhu 13 11 1 0 118.18
Richa Ghosh (WK) c SFM Devine b LMM Tahuhu 12 19 0 0 63.16
Deepti Sharma c SFM Devine b LMM Tahuhu 13 18 0 0 72.22
Arundhati Reddy c SW Bates b R Mair 1 4 0 0 25
Pooja Vastrakar b AC Kerr 8 7 1 0 114.29
Shreyanka Patil c (sub M Penfold) b R Mair 7 13 1 0 53.85
Asha Sobhana Not out 6 10 0 0 60
Renuka Thakur c SFM Devine b R Mair 0 1 0 0 0
Extras 13 (b 2, Ib 0, w 11, nb 0, p 0)
Total 102 (10 wkts, 19 Ov)
Bowler O M R W NB ECO
Jess Kerr 3 0 13 0 0 4.33
Eden Carson 4 0 34 2 0 8.5
Rosemary Mair 4 0 19 4 0 4.75
Amelia Kerr 4 0 19 1 0 4.75
Lea Tahuhu 4 0 15 3 0 3.75

10:51 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: NZ beat IND

Over Summary: 1 1 1 0 W W; IND 102/10 after 19 overs (Target: 161)

NZ won by 58 runs

Mair with her final over. Single towards mid wicket for Sobhna. Shreyanaka goes for a bigge but gets a lifeline, courtesy India's 100 runs comes up.

Sobha takes a single off the second delivery.

Shreyanka goes for a biggie and once again fails to hit from the middle of the bat. A skier and this time substitue Molly does make the mistake, GONE.

India 9 down. Two in two for Mair, Renuka slices it straight to Devine.

India 102 all out.

Women In Blue have a horrid start of their ICC Women's T20 World Cup campaign. Kiwis register their biggest win (by runs) against India.
10:46 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: IND 99/8 after 18 overs

Over Summary: 1 4 0 0 0 0; IND 99/8 after 18 overs, Asha Sobhna 4 (8), Shreayanka 6 (11)
 
India need 62 from 12 balls

Amelia Kerr bowls her final over. Asha takes a single off the first delivery.

Shreyanka unleashes revers-sweep shot and collects a boundary towards point region.

Kerr makes a superb come back in the over and bowls 4 DOT balls to Shreayanka to end the over. 
 
10:43 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: India 94 for 8 after 17 overs

Over Summary: 0 0 1 1 1 0; IND 93/8 after 17 overs, Asha Sobhna 3 (7), Shreayanka 2 (5)
 
India need 67 from 18 balls

Tahuhu bowls her final over of the match. Two dots to start with. Asha Sobhna takes a single towards fine leg. Shreayanka gets a single towards deep mid wicket. Asha gets another single to deep mid wicket square. Dot ball to end the over. 
10:39 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: IND 90/8 after 16 overs

Over Summary: 1 1 W 0 0 1; IND 90/8 after 16 overs, Asha Sobhna 1 (3), Shreayanka 1 (3)
 
India need 71 from 24 balls

Amelia Kerr back into the attack. Two singles to start the over.

But Kerr strikes once again as she knocks Pooja out of the tossed up delivery and ball whizz past between bat and pad straight onto stumps. India now 8 down.
10:35 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: NZ 3 wickets away from victory

Over Summary: 1 0 1 W 0 0; IND 88/7 after 15 overs
 
India need 73 from 30 balls

Tahuhu comes back into the attack.

Deepti Sharma collects a single twords deep backward square to start the over.

No run on the second ball. Single to mid off for Pooja. Tahuhu strikes again, Deepti departs as he hits straight to Devine. Shreayanka comes out to bat and fails to score off the remaining two deliveries.
10:31 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: India need 75 from 36 balls

Over Summary: 0 1 1 2 1 4 ; IND 86/6 after 14 overs, Deepti 12 (16), Pooja 6 (3)
 
India need 75 from 36 balls

Eden Carson to continue. 9 from the over.
10:28 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: India on the verge of losing the game

Over Summary: 1 W 1 0 0 1 ; IND 77/6 after 13 overs, Deepti 8 (12), Pooja 1 (1)
 
India need 84 from 42

Mair comes back into attack.

Deepti collects a single towards deep square leg region.

That's out, Arundhanti chips one in the air and Bates completes the catch comfortably. India six wickets down.

Pooja Vastrakar comes out to bat.  Pooja takes single towards mid wicket to get off the mark. Two back-to-back dots. Deepti gets a single to end the over,

Required rate is now 12.
10:23 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: India on complete backfoot

Over Summary: 0 1 0 1 1 WD 0; IND 74/5 after 12 overs, Deepti 6 (8), Arundhati 1 (3)
 
India need 87 from 48

Amelia Kerr is back into the attack. Deepti collects a single towards deep mid wicket. Tossed up googly from Kerr, Arundhati pulls it back to her own legs. Two more single to end the over. 

 
10:18 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: India 5 down

Over Summary: WD 1 1 2 2 0 W; IND 70/5 after 11 overs, Deepti 4 (5)
 
India need 91 from 54

Tahuhu continues and she starts with a wide.

Richa takes a single to deep mid-wicket off the second ball and Deepti takes a single in short third due to a misfield.

Richa punches the ball through extra cover to get a couple of runs follows by a double towards deep mid-wicket. Tahuhu bowls a DOT ball on the penultimate delivery of the over.

Tahuhu strikes off the final delivery as Richa tries to hit the ball down the ground but find Kiwi skipper Devine's. India 5 down.
10:12 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: IND 63/4 after 10 overs

Over Summary:  0 1 2 1 0 WD3 1; IND 63/4 after 10 overs. Richa 7 (14), Deepti 3 (4)
 
India need 98 from 60

Eden carson is back into the attack. Richa drives the first ball to long-off for a single.

No run on the second.

In the air, Halliday drops one, double for Deepti. Single towards long-off for Deepti.

Richa defends the ball for no run

Wide ball and the batters take a couple of runs 3 wides for India. Single for Richa to end the over.
10:08 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: India's top 4 back in the dug out

Over Summary:  0 1 0 WD 1 W 0; IND 55/4 after 9 overs. Richa 6 (12), Deepti 0 (1)
 
India need 106 from 66

Lea Tahuhu comes into the attack. dot ball to start. Rodrigues gets a single towrds midwicket. Dot ball for Richa. Richa now takes a single to deep mid-wcket. tahuahu strikes lenghth ball, Jemimah chips it to Maddy Green. India lost thier fourth.Deepti Sharma comes out to bat. Dot ball to end the over.
10:02 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: 50 up for India

Over Summary:  1 2 1 1 1 1; IND 52/3 after 8 overs. Richa 2 (7), Jemimah 7 (4)
 
India need 109 from 72

Amelia Kerr comes into the attack. Single to start. Richa gets a single on on side. Jemimah gets a double between long on and deep midwicket. Three more singles to end the over.
9:58 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: NZ on top

Over Summary: 0 0 0 1 1 0; IND 45/3 after 7 overs. Richa 2 (7), Jemimah 7 (4)
 
India need 116 from 78

Jess Kerr back into the attack. Just two from the over.
 
9:54 PM

India women vs New Zealand Women LIVE SCORE: India in deep trouble

Over Summary: 1 4 2 WD W 0 1; IND 43/2 after 6 overs. Richa 1 (2), Jemimah 6 (3)
 
India need 118 from 84 

Mair into the attack. Jemimah places the first ball of the over to deep backward square for a single. Kaur drives one to point for boundry. Now a double in fine leg. Wide from Mair. Strong appeals looks straight, umpires raises his finger and kaur goes upstairs. Flatline on sneko, three reds on ultra edge. Kaur is gone India three down in powerplay. Richa Ghosh comes out to bat. IS it two in two NZ playes looks confident and they goes upstairs but the ball is going over the stump Richa survives. Single to end the over. 43 runs and 3 wickets from powerplay.

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First Published: Oct 04 2024 | 5:01 PM IST

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