ICC Womens World Cup 2022: In the 8th match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022, on 10 March 2022, New Zealand defeated India by 62 runs. This is New Zealand’s second consecutive win. At the same time, India has lost its first match. Due to this defeat, the Mithali Raj-led Indian team slipped to number five in the points table. At the same time, New Zealand’s team reached number two with 4 points.
In this match played at Sedan Park, Hamilton, Indian captain Mithali Raj won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first, New Zealand scored 260 for 9 in 50 overs. Chasing the target, the Indian women’s team could only manage 198 runs for 10 wickets in 46.4 overs. Harmanpreet Kaur was the team’s highest scorer for India. He scored 71 runs in 63 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes.
Apart from him, Mithali Raj scored 31 runs. Opener Yastika Bhatia was dismissed after scoring 28 runs. Sneh Rana contributed 18 runs, Jhulan Goswami contributed 15 and Meghna Singh contributed 12 runs. Apart from these, none of his batsmen could touch the double figure.
For New Zealand, Lee Tahuhu took 3 wickets for just 17 runs. Amelia Kerr also took 3 wickets. Hayley Jensen took 2 wickets. Jess Kerr and Hannah Rowe also managed to take a wicket each. New Zealand’s Amy Sutherwait was adjudged Player of the Match.
Earlier, Pooja Vastrakar was the most successful bowler for India. He took 4 wickets for 34 runs in 10 overs. Indian cricket team has got a target of 261 runs. Pooja Vastrakar took two wickets in two consecutive balls in the 47th over.
He bowled Lee Tahuhu (one run) on the third ball of the over. Jess Kerr (nil) was also bowled on the fourth ball. However, she could not score a hat-trick. She could not send Frances Mackay to the pavilion on the fifth ball. This is Pooja’s best performance in One Day Internationals.
Pooja was India’s highest scorer in the match against Pakistan in the Women’s World Cup. Prayer He played an innings of 67 runs in 59 balls with the help of 8 fours. She was also adjudged player of the match. She could not bowl in the last match. In the match against New Zealand, Jhulan Goswami and Deepti Sharma took one wicket each for India. At the same time, Rajeshwari Gaikwad managed to take 2 wickets.
Amy Satterthwaite was the highest scorer for New Zealand. Amy Sutherwait scored 75 runs in 84 balls with the help of 9 fours. He was sent to the pavilion by Pooja Vastrakar. There was a time that New Zealand would score 280-290 in 50 overs. Her score after 44 overs was 229 for 5, but in the last 6 overs she could only score 31 runs and also lost 4 wickets.
Amy Sutherwaite Apart from this, from New Zealand, captain Sophie Devine scored 35 runs in 30 balls with the help of 7 fours, Amelia Kerr scored 50 runs in 64 balls with the help of 5 fours, Maddy Green. 27 runs in 36 balls with the help of 3 fours and wicketkeeper Katy Martin scored 41 runs in 51 balls with the help of 3 fours.