Raipur: The second T20 match between India and Zimbabwe women’s cricket teams was played at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, which Team India won by 9 wickets. With this victory, Team India managed to take a 2-0 lead in this series. In this match, Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Zimbabwe team managed to score 102 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. India achieved the target of 103 runs in 8.5 overs at the loss of 1 wicket. In this match, Shafali Verma played a brilliant half-century for Team India.
Zimbabwe women’s team, batting first, scored 102 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Talking about Zimbabwe’s innings, captain Josephine Nkomo scored 27 not out. He hit two fours during his 35-ball innings. While Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano, who came to bat at number three, played a brilliant inning of 34 runs in 32 balls, which included 5 fours. Apart from these, Modest Mupachikwa scored 9 runs, Beloved Bija scored 7 runs, Michelle Mavunga scored 4 runs, while Kelis Ndlovu and Nyasha Gwanjura could not even open their account and were out on duck. In India’s bowling, Nixie Prasad took maximum 2 wickets, while Kranti Gaur, Nandani Sharma, Deepti Sharma and Shri Charani got 1-1 success.
The Indian women’s team, which came to chase the target, adopted a brilliant aggressive stance from the very beginning and easily won the match by 9 wickets by scoring 104 runs at the loss of 1 wicket in just 8.5 overs. In this stormy victory of India, opener Shefali Verma batted in a very explosive manner. He played a brilliant inning of 55 runs with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes in just 25 balls. While captain Smriti Mandhana also supported him completely and scored unbeaten 47 runs in 25 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, Anushka Sharma remained unbeaten after scoring 1 run, while India’s only wicket fell in the form of Shefali Verma.
Playing XI of both the teams for the match:
Indian women’s team – Shefali Verma, Smriti Mandhana (captain), Anushka Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Nikki Prasad, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Sri Charani, Arundhati Reddy, Nandini Sharma, Kranti Gaur.
Zimbabwe women’s team – Nyasha Gwanzura, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano, Kelis Ndhlovu, Beloved Biza, Josephine Nkomo (captain), Modest Mupachikwa (wk), Michelle Mavunga, Francisca Chipare, Olinder Chare, Tendai Makusha, Sharney Mayers.
The Indian team has already taken the lead by winning the first match of the series. By winning this match, Team India managed to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in this series. Now by winning the third match, Team India would like to clean sweep Zimbabwe.