Deepti Sharma
The Indian women’s team travels to New Zealand to play one T20 and five ODIs. New Zealand wins T20 match New Zealand won the first ODI by 62 runs and the second ODI by 3 wickets.
The 3rd ODI was played today in Queenstown. Batting first, the Indian women scored 279 in 49.3 overs. Opening batsmen Magna 61 and Shafali Verma 51 gave a strong start. With 100 runs in 13 overs, the Indian team was expected to touch 300 runs. But the stumbling block was caused by the midfielders not adding big runs. Deepti Sharma played responsibly and scored 69 not out.
Faced with a difficult goal, the New Zealand team played carefully and traveled through each stage. Despite losing the first two wickets for 14 runs, the midfielders played immensely and recovered the team from the slump. Amelia Kerr 67, Emmy 59, Lauren Down led the team with 64 not out. New Zealand scored 12 runs in the 49th over as they needed 18 runs in the last two overs. Athletes. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 280 for 7 in 49.1 overs to clinch the ODI series. Chase the 2nd highest target in women’s ODI cricket. Lauren Down won the Best Player award.