Indian women's cricket team has won the three-match ODI series against New Zealand 2-1. India defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets in the third and deciding match on Tuesday. New Zealand set a target of 233 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, which India achieved by losing 4 wickets in 44.2 overs. Opener Smriti Mandhana scored a century and captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored a half-century.
Smriti Mandhana scored a brilliant century
India did not have a good start while chasing the target. Opener Shefali Verma was out after scoring 12 runs in 11 balls. She was caught out by Hannah Rowe in the fourth over. After this Smriti Mandhana took the lead along with Yastika Bhatia. Both of them made a partnership of 76 runs for the second wicket. Sophie Devine caught and bowled Yastika in the 21st over. Yastika Bhatia scored 35 runs in 49 balls. Mandhana made a strong partnership of 117 runs with captain Harmanpreet Kaur for the third wicket. Hana bowled Mandhana in the 40th over. He scored 100 runs in 122 balls with the help of 10 fours.
New Zealand team had given a target of 233 runs.
The New Zealand team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, had a slow start. The Kiwi team did not lose a single wicket in the first 5 overs but scored only 14 runs. New Zealand got its first blow in the seventh over. Suzy Bates was run out after scoring 4 runs. Saima Thakor brought second success to India. He got Lauren Down (1) caught out by Yastika Bhatia on the first ball of the eighth over. Priya Mishra bowled out captain Sophie Devine in the 11th over. He scored 9 runs in 11 balls.
Brooke Halliday scored 86 runs in 96 balls.
Georgia Plimmer played an innings of 39 runs in 67 balls. He hit 6 fours. Priya dismissed Plimmer in the 19th over. Maddy Green was run out after scoring 15 runs in the 25th over. Isabella Gage (25 off 49 balls) made a 64-run partnership with Brooke Halliday for the sixth wicket. Deepti caught and bowled Gage in the 39th over. Deepti ended Halliday's innings in the 46th over. He scored 86 runs in 96 balls with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. Hannah Rowe scored 11 runs, Aidan Carson and Fran Jonas scored 2 runs each. Lee Tahuhu remained unbeaten on 24 runs off 14 balls.
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