Indian Women's Team Beat New Zealand by 59 Runs in 1st WODI Match at Narendra Modi Stadium
The Indian women's cricket team has performed brilliantly against the New Zealand women's team. They won the first ODI match by 59 runs. In this match, Team India had given New Zealand a target of just 228 runs to win.
Indian Women's Cricket Beat New Zealand in 1st Women's ODI Match: The first match of the ODI series was played between the Indian women's team and the New Zealand women's team. This match was organized at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Indian women's team won this match. Team India won this match by 59 runs. With the victory in this match, the Indian women's team has gone ahead 1-0 in this series. Team India has made a record in this match.
Team India's regular captain Harmanpreet Kaur was out of the first ODI due to being unfit. In this match Smriti Mandhana was the captain for team India.
In the match, Team India captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to bat first. Saima Thakor and Tejal Hasabnis, who were selected for this series, have also got a chance to make their ODI debut. After winning the toss, Team India came out to bat first and the start of the match was disappointing and the team got its first big blow in the form of Smriti Mandhana at just 12 runs. The entire Indian team was reduced to just 227 runs in 44.3 overs.
For Team India, veteran all-rounder Deepti Sharma played a brilliant innings of 41 runs. During this excellent innings, Deepti Sharma hit two fours and a six in 50 balls. Apart from Deepti Sharma, Tejal Hasabnis scored 42 runs. At the same time, Jess Kerr gave the first success to the New Zealand team. For New Zealand, star all-rounder Amelia Kerr took the maximum four wickets. Apart from Amelia Kerr, Eden Carson and Jess Kerr took two wickets each. To win this match, the New Zealand team had to score 228 runs in 50 overs.
The New Zealand team's start in chasing the target was disappointing and four batsmen of the team had returned to the pavilion at a score of just 79 runs. The entire New Zealand team was reduced to just 168 runs in 40.4 overs. Maddie Green played a brilliant innings of 31 runs for New Zealand. Apart from Maddie Green, Lauren Down scored 26 runs, Georgia Plimer scored 25 runs and Amelia Kerr scored an unbeaten 25 runs.
Radha Yadav took the maximum of three wickets from Team India. Apart from Radha Yadav, Saima Thakor took two wickets.
Player of the Match: Deepti Sharma (IND-W) 1/35 (9) & 41 (51).
The second ODI match of Indian Women's vs New Zealand ODI Series will be played on Sunday, October 27 from 1:30 pm at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.