INDW vs WIW: India won their 3rd encounter in a row in the Women’s T20I tri-series at Buffalo Park, thanks to again a precise bowling performance. In order to confine the West Indies to 94, Deepti Sharma took 3 for 11, while Pooja Vastrakar staged an excellent comeback with 2 wickets. Jemimah Rodrigues then led the modest pursuit with 42. India won the toss and elected to field.
Prior to the match starting, the teams received contrasting news. Renuka Singh, a pace bowler who had skipped each of India’s past matches played the match. While the West Indies substituted injured players Stafanie Taylor, Chinelle Henry, Shakera Selman, and Chaldean Nation for 4 players from their Under-19 T20 World Cup team: All-rounders Zaida James, Djenaba Joseph, Trishan Holder, and pace bowler Jannillea Glasgow.
In-form batsman Hayley Matthews was dismissed by Pooja Vastrakar
INDW vs WIW: Deepti’s flight and fall caused West Indies to slip when India decided to bowl. She started by cleaning out Rashada Williams, who had started the batting with Hayley Matthews as the West Indies switched up their opening pair, and then she repeated the move the following ball against Shemaine Campbelle.
Before Matthews and Shabika Gajnabi took over, left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad caught Djenaba Joseph in upfront during INDW vs WIW encounter. Matthews was eventually dismissed by Vastrakar for 34 runs, leaving West Indies at 53 for 4 inside the 12th over.
INDW vs WIW: Zaida James performed spectacularly
INDW vs WIW: James then displayed her skills for the inaugural time in the West Indies. She carried over her momentum from the recently finished Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup when she led West Indies in runs scored. And she scored an undefeated 21 from 31 deliveries in the match.
Utilizing her footwork to get onto the surface of a Deepti delivery and smack it straight out over long-off. James did tonk two 6s during the match which was exactly as much as West Indies had done in the whole tri-series up to that point.
INDW vs WIW: Smriti Mandhana dismissed early
INDW vs WIW: Zaida James began by smashing Shikha Pandey over wide long-on. Despite this, they were only able to reach 94, which shows how difficult the batsmen preceding them had it.
India lose Smriti Mandhana prematurely in the chase of 95 runs when she failed to handle a Shamilia Connell in-dipper. However, Rodrigues started by adding 33 with Harleen Deol and then an unbeaten 54 with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.
INDW vs WIW: Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur’s match winning partnership
INDW vs WIW: On a sluggish track that encouraged spin, Rodrigues maintained her composure. She effortlessly locating openings and taking advantage of the West Indies seamers’ wide. Harmanpreet also came to the forefront as the batting progressed. Freeing her arms to knock four 4s as she concluded undefeated on 32 off only 23 deliveries during INDW vs WIW matchup. With 8 wickets and 37 deliveries remaining, the duo assisted India to reach their target in only 40 deliveries.
India, who already advanced despite their loss to South Africa 2 days ago, will now play South Africa in the Tri-series Finale on Thursday.
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