Summary
Batting first after losing the toss, Kiwi team scored 260 runs losing nine wickets in 50 overs. Amy Satterthwaite scored the highest 75 runs for the team. Chasing the target of 261 runs, the Indian team was reduced to 198 runs in 46.4 overs. The Indian team will now take on West Indies on 12 March.
New Zealand beat India by 62 runs in the eighth match of the Women’s ODI World Cup. This is Team India’s first defeat in the 2022 ODI World Cup. Earlier, the team had defeated Pakistan by 107 runs. Batting first after losing the toss, New Zealand scored 260 runs in 50 overs for the loss of nine wickets.
Amy Satterthwaite played the highest innings of 75 runs for the team. Chasing the target of 261 runs, the Indian team was reduced to 198 runs in 46.4 overs. Vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s half-century went in vain. She was dismissed for 71 runs off 63 balls. The Indian team will now take on the West Indies team on March 12. Batting first after losing the toss, New Zealand did not start well. Suzy Bates is run out. At the same time, captain Sophie Devine was dismissed after scoring 35 runs. Amelia Kerr and Satterthwaite then put on a 67-run partnership for the third wicket off 67 balls. Amelia Kerr departs after scoring 50. After this, Maddy Green could not do much and returned to the pavilion after scoring 27 runs.
Amelia Kerr
Katie Martin and Satterthwaite put on 49 runs in 55 balls for the fifth wicket. Satterthwaite was dismissed after scoring 75 runs. New Zealand’s innings collapsed as soon as he was dismissed. Pooja Vastrakar sent Lee Tahuhu and Jess Kerr to the pavilion for two consecutive balls in the 47th over. However, she missed the hat-trick. In the end, Francis McKay (13) and Hana Rowe (2) remained unbeaten. Apart from Pooja and Rajeshwari, Jhulan Goswami and Deepti Sharma got one wicket each. Chasing the target of 261 runs, Team India did not have a good start either. Smriti Mandhana was dismissed after scoring six runs. He was caught by Jess Kerr at the hands of Suzy Bates. After this, Deepti Sharma also could not do much and was dismissed after scoring five runs. Yastika Bhatia was dismissed for 28 runs and captain Mithali Raj scored 31 runs. Mithali and Harmanpreet Kaur shared 47 runs for the fourth wicket. Harmanpreet scored 14th half-century of ODI career. However, she could not take Team India to victory.
Richa Ghosh was dismissed for zero, Sneha Rana scored 18 runs, Pooja Vastrakar scored six and Jhulan Goswami scored 15 runs. Jensen wrapped up the Indian innings by sending Rajeshwari Gaikwad to the pavilion. Meghna Singh remained unbeaten on 12 runs. Lee Tahuhu and Amelia Kerr took three wickets each for New Zealand. At the same time, Hailey Jensen took two wickets. Apart from this, Jess Kerr and Hana Rowe got one wicket each. If we look at the record, in the last 44 years, the two teams have met 13 times in the ODI World Cup, in which New Zealand won 10 times and India won twice. At the same time, one match of 1997 was tied. At the same time, overall both the teams have come face to face 55 times in ODIs. Out of this, Team India has won 20 times. At the same time, New Zealand has won 33 matches. One match ended in a tie.
With this defeat, the Indian team has slipped from third to fifth position in the points table with one loss and one win and two points in the points table. At the same time, New Zealand’s team has reached the second place with two wins and one loss and four points from three matches. Australia are on top with four points from two matches and West Indies are third with four points.
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New Zealand beat India by 62 runs in the eighth match of the Women’s ODI World Cup. This is Team India’s first defeat in the 2022 ODI World Cup. Earlier, the team had defeated Pakistan by 107 runs. Batting first after losing the toss, New Zealand scored 260 runs in 50 overs for the loss of nine wickets.
Amy Satterthwaite played the highest innings of 75 runs for the team. Chasing the target of 261 runs, the Indian team was reduced to 198 runs in 46.4 overs. Vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s half-century went in vain. She was dismissed for 71 runs off 63 balls. The Indian team will now take on the West Indies team on March 12.