NEW DELHI: The Indian girls’s cricket staff confronted a setback as skipper Sophie Devine led New Zealand to a series-levelling victory with a 76-run win within the second ODI in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Opting to bat first, Devine scored 79 off 86 balls, that includes seven fours and a six. She shaped an important fifth-wicket partnership with Maddy Inexperienced, who contributed 42 off 41 balls, to assist New Zealand amass 259 for 9.
Devine additionally shone with the ball, claiming 3/27 as New Zealand bowled India out for 183, with No. 9 batter Radha Yadav top-scoring with a gritty 48.
Lea Tahuhu additionally took three wickets for New Zealand, ending with figures of three/42. Jess Kerr (2/49) and Eden Carson (2/32) chipped in with important wickets.
Chasing 260, India struggled on the outset, rapidly falling to 26 for 3 inside the first 5 overs. They had been additional diminished to 102 for 7 within the twenty sixth over. Radha Yadav and Saima Thakor (29) supplied some resistance, placing collectively a 70-run stand for the ninth wicket.
Kerr broke this partnership by dismissing Thakor, and India had been all out in 47.1 overs, enabling New Zealand to tie the sequence at 1-1.
Smriti Mandhana’s tough patch continued as she acquired out after simply two balls, dismissed by Tahuhu. Fellow opener Shafali Verma scored 11 with two boundaries earlier than being adjudged LBW by Kerr. Yastika Bhatia additionally fell early, turning into Tahuhu’s second sufferer, leaving India’s high order in disarray.
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, again from a minor damage, scored 24 runs and teamed up with Jemimah Rodrigues (17) so as to add 38 runs earlier than each had been dismissed.
Tejal Hasabnis (15) and Deepti Sharma (15) could not capitalize on their begins, leaving India in a precarious place at 102 for 7 within the twenty sixth over.
Earlier, New Zealand began sturdy, with openers Suzie Bates and Georgia Plimmer including 87 runs in below 16 overs. Bates scored 58 off 70 balls whereas Plimmer contributed 41 off 50.
India managed to combat again by taking three fast wickets. Radha Yadav additionally pulled off a exceptional catch, operating backward to offer leg-spinner Priya Mishra her maiden worldwide wicket.
Yadav performed a key function in three of the primary 4 New Zealand wickets, seeming to tilt the sport again in direction of India when Brooke Halliday was strolling again to the pavilion.
Then Devine stepped in and, with the help of Inexperienced, helped New Zealand regain management. Maddy Inexperienced’s innings included 5 boundaries, bolstering the guests who had misplaced the primary ODI of the three-match sequence.
Radha Yadav completed with 4 wickets, however conceded 69 runs in her 10 overs, whereas off-spinner Deepti Sharma ended with figures of two/30.
