New Zealand delivered in each side of the sport as they defeated India by 58 runs on the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup 2024.
Sophie Devine steered New Zealand each as skipper and with the bat, making 57 not out to assist the White Ferns set India an imperious 161 to win.
In reply, India struggled to maintain tempo, too usually choosing the mistaken pictures to present New Zealand wickets and their first win in 11 T20 internationals.
Having chosen to bat, New Zealand made positive {that a} relative gamble paid off as Suzie Bates set the tone.
She started the innings with a 4 and she or he and Georgia Plimmer motored to 55 with out loss within the powerplay.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur used breaks within the sport as an opportunity to re-set, and her workforce had been stuffed with effort however not at all times capable of benefit from the probabilities they created – with Richa Ghosh placing down a excessive ball from Bates, having mis-judged the flight.
The White Ferns stored scoring shortly till Bates departed for 27 from 24 balls and Plimmer (34) adopted three balls later to go away New Zealand at 67 for 2 and with two new batters on the crease.
Nonetheless, these batters had been the skilled pair of Amelia Kerr and Devine. Kerr’s time on the crease was an eventful one, as she was seemingly run out chasing a single earlier than being handed a reprieve when the choice was overturned after the ball was known as lifeless.
The all-rounder scored 13 earlier than her highly effective shot was caught effectively by Pooja Vastrakar, with New Zealand having moved to 109.
From there, the scoring picked up once more, with Devine main the cost whereas ably supported by Brooke Halliday after which Maddy Inexperienced.
New Zealand took 37 runs off the ultimate three overs to succeed in 160 for 4 on the innings break and current India the possibility to finish the second highest profitable chase of a Girls’s T20 World Cup.
In response, India made 11 off the primary over earlier than Shafali Verma departed for 2 with Smriti Mandhana and Kaur additionally falling within the powerplay, as off-spinner Eden Carson claimed two wickets.
Rodrigues had been electrical within the area for India however, confronted with an uphill battle of a rising run charge, she hit the ball straight to Maddy Inexperienced at mid-on whereas attempting to pressure it by a niche within the area.
Halliday then dropped Sharma on zero however New Zealand didn’t have to attend lengthy for a fifth and sixth wicket.
First Ghosh after which Arundhati Reddy despatched simple catches to fielders as India fell to 75 for six within the thirteenth over.
It was an identical story for Sharma, who added 13 runs to the entire earlier than Devine took a easy catch at mid-off handy Lea Tahuhu her third wicket. Rosemary Mair took 4 wickets in whole as India’s chase petered out within the penultimate over.
New Zealand 160 for 4 in 20 overs (Sophie Devine 57 not out, Georgia Plimmer 34; Renuka Singh Thakur 2/27)
India 102 all out in 19 overs (Harmanpreet Kaur 15, Jemimah Rodrigues 13; Rosemary Mair 4/19, Lea Tahuhu 3/15)
Consequence: New Zealand win by 58 runs
Content material courtesy: ICC Enterprise Company FZ LLC 2020 by way of On-line Media Zone.