Hamilton: Women’s Cricket World Cup: India won the World Cup League match against Bangladesh by 110 runs. The Women’s World Cup cricket tournament is being held in New Zealand. In these tournaments, in which 8 teams participate, each team must face the other team once. The teams that finish in the top 4 in terms of points at the end of the league matches will qualify for the semifinals.
The Indian team was in 4th position with 2 wins and 3 defeats in 5 matches. The Indian team clashed with Bangladesh today in a situation where they must win the remaining 2 matches. The Indian women’s team won the toss and elected to bat first in Hamilton. Smriti Mandana and Shabali Verma got off to a good start as Mandana scored 30 and Shabali 42. Mithali Raj, who pitched next, was ducked out. Only Yastika Patiya, who came later, struggled at one end and scored a fifty.
Harmanpreet Kaur was out for 14 runs. Richa Ghosh (26) and Rana (27) gave India a 229 for 7 in 50 overs. Pooja was unbeaten on 30 and Goswami on 2. For Bangladesh, Ritu Moni took 3 wickets, Nahida Akhtar 2 wickets and Alam 1 wicket.
Then the Bangladesh team started with a target of 230 runs to win. The Bangladesh team took consecutive wickets in the stunning bowling of the Indian players. In the end, Bangladesh were all out for 119 at the end of 40.3 overs. Rana was the highest wicket-taker for India with 4 wickets. With this victory, the Indian team has moved up to 3rd place in the standings. India will take on South Africa in their last league match on March 27.