Indian eves seal ODI series against NZ |
Matching to the achievements of their male counterparts the Indian women cricket team has sealed the 3 match series in New-zealand after winning the second one day ODI. The Indian Women`s cricket team sealed the 3 match series in New Zealand after they won the second ODI bay oval stadium. Indian team was impressive with their bowlers, as they wrapped the home side in just 161 runs. Indian pacer Jhulan Goswami took the most wickets figures of 3/23. Poonam Yadav, Deepti Sharma and Ekta Bisht picked up two wickets each and Shikha Pandey took one wicket for 19 runs. New zealand was unable to hold onto any wickets and kept losing at regular intervals. However, the home side got off to a good start with the ball, picking up Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma within the first five overs. Rodrigues was out for a duck and Deepti was dismissed for just eight runs. After that Indian Captain Mithali Raj and opener Mandhana consolidated the innings by playing cautiously. Both Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj notched half centuries for an unbeaten partnership of 151 runs leading the Indian side to victory. Mandhana, who struck 13 boundaries and a six in her innings, remained unbeaten on 90 from 83 balls. Whereas, Mithali, who scored four boundaries and two sixes, played a 111-ball 63-run innings.
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