
The Indian women’s team had a bad start in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. In the match against New Zealand, Team India had to face defeat by 58 runs in their first match. In the match, New Zealand batted first after winning the toss and scored 160 runs. In response, Team India was reduced to 102 runs in 19 overs. In this way, the Indian team lagged behind badly in the match. Team India’s second match will now be with Pakistan on Sunday.
Chasing the target of 161 runs in the match against New Zealand, Team India lost the wickets of opener Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana in the power play itself. After this, captain Harmanpreet Kaur also got out after playing some attractive shots. As soon as Harmanpreet Kaur got out, the pressure on Team India increased which the middle-order batsmen could not handle.
Indian top-order batsman is struggling in Women’s T20 World Cup
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The top order of the Indian team is seen struggling in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. Even in the warm-up match, the players of Team India did not show anything special. In the match against New Zealand, Shefali Verma could score only 2 runs. Apart from this, Mandhana scored 12 runs while Harmanpreet Kaur could contribute only 15 runs. Apart from this, Jemima Rodrigues, who showed an amazing performance in the warm-up match, could also score only 13 runs against New Zealand while Richa Ghosh and Deepti Sharma scored 13-13 runs.
Rosemary Meyer took the highest number of 4 wickets in bowling for New Zealand. Apart from this, Lee Tahuhu took two wickets. At the same time, Aiden Carson took two wickets while Emily Karr took one wicket. Captain Sophie Devine, who played an unbeaten half-century in batting for New Zealand, was chosen as the Player of the Match.
Team India’s bowling was also ineffective in Women’s T20 World Cup
Team India’s bowling was also ineffective in the match against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup. The Indian team could not get a single batsman out in the power play. New Zealand’s openers made a partnership of 67 runs for the first wicket. After this, Sophie Devine was successful in scoring runs at a fast pace while handling the innings. Sophie remained unbeaten after scoring 57 runs for her team.
Talking about bowling from Team India, all the players put in their best efforts, Renuka Singh took two wickets while Arundhati Reddy and Asha Shobhana took one wicket each. After poor bowling, fielding also spoiled Team India’s work in the match.
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