Harmanpreet scored 91 runs on 41 balls
Indian women's cricket team defeated Zimbabwe by 92 runs in the third T20 to win the 3-match series 3-0. India, batting first, scored 216 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. In reply, Zimbabwe team could score only 124 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Shefali Verma and Harmanpreet Kaur scored fifties for India. Shefali scored 69 runs on 37 balls. Harmanpreet remained unbeaten after scoring 91 runs on 41 balls. In bowling, Nandani Sharma took 3 wickets for 18 runs. On Tuesday, India registered its biggest T20 win at home. Earlier the team had defeated Bangladesh by 72 runs in 2016.
At one time Harmanpreet was playing after scoring 11 runs on 12 balls. After this he started hitting big shots and scored unbeaten 91 runs in 41 balls. His innings included 10 fours and 5 sixes. His strike rate was 221.95.
Harmanpreet along with Shefali added 84 runs in 41 balls for the third wicket. India scored 62 runs in the last 5 overs, although the team also lost 4 wickets during this period. During the interview after the innings, Harmanpreet became emotional and had tears in her eyes. This was his first series after leaving the captaincy. On October 6, he had announced to step down from the captaincy of the Indian team in all three formats. After this Smriti Mandhana was made the new captain.