IND vs NZ Women's T20 World Cup 2024: India had to face defeat in its first match of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024. New Zealand defeated them by 58 runs. With this defeat, an unwanted record was registered in the name of India. This was Women's Team India's biggest defeat in terms of runs against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup. If seen overall, this was the second biggest defeat. The Indian team captained by Harmanpreet Kaur was all out on the score of 102 runs in the match played in Dubai.
In fact, India's biggest defeat in terms of runs in the Women's T20 World Cup was against Australia. Australia defeated Team India by 85 runs in the 2020 final. Now had to face defeat against New Zealand. This was the second biggest defeat. Team India was defeated by New Zealand by 52 runs in the match played at Trent Bridge in 2009. Now this is his third biggest defeat.
New Zealand had scored 160 runs while batting first against India. During this, captain Sophie Devine gave a strong performance. He scored 57 unbeaten runs. Sophie faced 36 balls and hit 7 fours. In response, Team India was all out on the score of 102 runs. Captain Harmanpreet scored the maximum 15 runs for India. He faced 14 balls and hit 2 fours.
India's next match in the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 is against Pakistan. This match will be played in Dubai on Sunday evening. Team India will have to prepare a lot for this match. India's last group match is against Australia. This match will be played in Sharjah on 13 October. The final match of the tournament will be played on 20 October.
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