In the women’s cricket match, 2nd ODI held on 27th October between New Zealand and India, India lost by 76 runs. The captain of the New Zealand team, Sophie Devine took three wickets and scored 79 runs.
Suzie Bates with 58, Georgie Plimmer with 41, and Maddy Green with 42 chipped the score to a competitive total after winning the toss. The target of 260 runs was given to the Indian women.
Chasing the target, Indian women openers couldn’t stick to the ground posing a great impact on the team. Captain of the Indian team, Harmanpreet Kaur who got back after an injury scored 24 runs. Radha Yadav was the star of the match marching with a score of 48 and also dismissed four wickets.
Indian Superchamp: Radha Yadav
It was Radha Yadav who gave hope to India. Radha took the first wicket by dismissing Brooke Halliday. She scores her second wicket with an incredible catch. Another wicket of Radha Yadav strikes Suzie Bates.
Meanwhile, Devine stood strong giving pressure to the Indian time. All the eyes waiting for luck, Radha Yadhav again took a wicket sending Lauren off the ground through run-out. The last wicket of Radha Yadav was Plimmer who was at 41 runs.
New Zealand Captain to Lead
Sophie Devine scored fifty. New Zealand captain Devine stood strong with constant boundaries and leg sweeps. She led an all-around show by adding 79 runs to the winning streak of New Zealand. Devine took 3 wickets while Lea Tahuhu also took 3 wickets followed by Jess Kerr, and Eden Carson with 2 wickets each. Bates also challenged the Indian team with 58 runs followed by 42 runs by Maddy.
Speaking to reporters, Captain Harmanpreet Kaur said “We didn’t play our best cricket. Going forward we know every game is important. We created chances but we were not able to avail those chances. They played better cricket than us, no doubt about that. Feilding we made some mistakes so that is a learning for us going forward. We chased many times 160-170, we were expecting that on the board. While batting, we knew someone had to bat through but we kept losing wickets.”
The Winning Captain Devine, stated “I’m really proud of this group. People have been speaking about our recent results, coming out against a world-class side like India, to produce that performance I’m overwhelmed. We’ve been targeting this game for a long time. To come out and lay a marker is great, but we’ve got a long way to go in the tournament. We’ve had some good starts in the powerplay from Georgia and Suzie.”