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New Zealand's women's cricket team defeated India by 58 runs in the Women's T20 World Cup Group A match here on Friday. Chasing a target of 161 runs, the Indian team collapsed at just 102 runs. While chasing a big score, the Indian batsmen looked under a lot of pressure right from the beginning.
The New Zealand bowlers took advantage of this very well. In this match, no batsman from India could cross the 20-run mark. India has started the Women's T20 World Cup with a defeat. Every department of the Indian team failed miserably against New Zealand.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored the most runs from India's side. Only 15 runs came from her bat. Apart from her, Shafali Verma scored 2 runs while Smriti Mandhana scored only 13 runs.
The most successful bowler from New Zealand was Rosemary Mair, who took 4 wickets for 19 runs in her 4 overs, while Lee Tahuhu took 3 wickets for 15 runs in her 4 overs.
Earlier, New Zealand captain Sophie Devine won the toss and decided to bat first. For New Zealand, young batsman Georgia Plimer and experienced Suzie Bates gave New Zealand a good start.
Devine and Brooke Halliday (16 runs in 12 balls) shared a 46-run partnership in just 4.2 overs. Due to this New Zealand was able to score a good score considering the pitch.
New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine, who decided to come down in the batting order today, displayed superb footwork against the Indian bowlers and brought up her half-century with a down-knee cover drive off Shreyanka Patil.
Indian bowlers looked very weak in front of Sophie Devine. Apart from this, India also made many mistakes in fielding, which benefited New Zealand. For India, Renuka Singh took two wickets for 27 runs while Asha Sobhana and Arundhati Reddy got 1 wicket each.
