The Indian women's cricket team has not made a good start to the T20 World Cup. He had to face defeat at the hands of New Zealand in his first match. Team India lost badly in this match but with this, India has made some unwanted records in its name. New Zealand players have also made some records in their names.
Sports Desk, New Delhi. The Indian women's cricket team has not made a good start to the ICC T20 World Cup-2024. He had to face defeat at the hands of New Zealand in his first match. New Zealand, batting first in the match played on Friday night, scored 160 runs losing four wickets. The Indian team faltered in front of this score and collapsed for 102 runs.
After this defeat, some records have been registered in the names of India and New Zealand. Team India has made some such records which no other team would like to make. New Zealand has also registered its name in the record book. What are those records?
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Bad records of Team India
Indian team bowler Shikha Pandey bowled four overs of her coat in this match and spent 52 runs, but did not get a single wicket in her name. With this, Shikha has made the record of the most expensive comeback in the Women's T20 World Cup. No other bowler had spent more runs on his return than him. Surprisingly, there is an Indian bowler at second place in this list, whose name is Deepti Sharma. Deepti gave 45 runs against New Zealand but did not take a wicket.
India had to face defeat in this match by 58 runs. This is India's second biggest defeat so far in terms of runs in the Women's T20 World Cup. Earlier, it was defeated by Australia by 85 runs in the 2020 final.
New Zealand records
In this match, New Zealand batsman Sophie Devine batted very well. Sophie scored unbeaten 57 runs with the help of seven fours in 36 balls. With this, Sophie is the first New Zealand batsman to score more than 50 while playing at number-4 or below in a Women's T20 World Cup match. Before him, Francis McKay had played an inning of 49 runs against South Africa in Galle in 2012.
New Zealand bowler Rosemary Meir took four wickets for 19 runs in four overs in this match. She is the second most successful bowler to take four wickets in the Women's T20 World Cup. Ahead of him is Nicola Brown who took four wickets for 15 runs against Pakistan in 2010. At number three is Sophie Devine who took four wickets for 22 runs against West Indies in 2016.
Sophie Devine, along with scoring a half-century, also took three catches in this match. With this, she has become the fourth player to score a half-century and take three catches in a Women's World Cup match. Before her, Australia's Beth Mooney, Alyssa Healy and South Africa's Tanzeem Britts have done this work. Hilli is the only wicketkeeper among them.
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