Ahmedabad: At present two cricket teams each from New Zealand are on tour to India. The men's team has come to India to play the Test series and the women's team has come to India to play the ODI series. The Indian men's team, adorned with stars like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, was defeated by New Zealand in the Test series. After 12 years, the Indian team has lost the Test series at home. There is silence in the Indian camp. Players will have to practice even on Diwali. Amidst such an environment, the Indian women's team defeated the New Zealand women's team in the ODI series.
Smriti's century, Harman's fifty
Actually, the three-match series was tied at 1-1. The third and decider match of the series was played on Tuesday. Brook Halliday's inning of 86 runs helped New Zealand recover from a bad start and reach 232 runs. The Indian women's team achieved this modest target by losing four wickets in the 45th over itself. Smriti Mandhana scored a strong century. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored an unbeaten half-century and helped the Indian team win the series. In bowling, experienced Deepti Sharma took three wickets while Priya Mishra took two wickets.Halliday's innings went in vainThe Indian bowlers troubled the New Zealand batsmen with precise line-lengths right from the beginning of the innings. India got its first success when Suzie Bates was run out on a brilliant throw by Jemimah Rodrigues. New Zealand captain Sophie Devine (nine runs), who was in excellent form, also did not bat in the match. Georgia Plimmer scored 39 runs and Maddy Green scored 19 runs. Halliday scored the highest score of 86 runs.
Smriti's century, Harman's fifty
Actually, the three-match series was tied at 1-1. The third and decider match of the series was played on Tuesday. Brook Halliday's inning of 86 runs helped New Zealand recover from a bad start and reach 232 runs. The Indian women's team achieved this modest target by losing four wickets in the 45th over itself. Smriti Mandhana scored a strong century. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored an unbeaten half-century and helped the Indian team win the series. In bowling, experienced Deepti Sharma took three wickets while Priya Mishra took two wickets.Halliday's innings went in vainThe Indian bowlers troubled the New Zealand batsmen with precise line-lengths right from the beginning of the innings. India got its first success when Suzie Bates was run out on a brilliant throw by Jemimah Rodrigues. New Zealand captain Sophie Devine (nine runs), who was in excellent form, also did not bat in the match. Georgia Plimmer scored 39 runs and Maddy Green scored 19 runs. Halliday scored the highest score of 86 runs.
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