India vs West Indies, Women's T20 World Cup HIGHLIGHTS: India Beat West Indies By 6 Wickets To Register Second Win On The Trot
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India Beat West Indies By 6 wickets in Cape Town.
Wicket maiden at this stage of the innings from Chinelle Henry. India's will have to wait before they celebrate their win. Harmanpreet Kaur departs. India- 115/4.
10 runs off that over. Two boundaries from India's keeper-batter Ghosh in that over. India need 4 more to win. 115/3 after 17 overs.
Gajnabi Into the attack. India sense another commanding win.
Richa Ghosh- 31* off 26
Harmanpreet Kaur- 32* off 36.
7 off that over including a boundary from the bat of Ghosh. India are 105/3 after 16 overs.
Chinelle Henry Into the attack. India could look to finish it off early now. Well in control of this chase.
Richa Ghosh- 25* off 22
Harmanpreet Kaur- 31* off 34
Matthews almost got a wicket there as Ghosh got a thick outside edge but the keeper couldn't hold on to it. 6 runs from that over. India 98/3 after 15 overs.
Matthews back into the attack. Will she pick a wicket here?
Harmanpreet Kaur- 28* off 30
Richa Ghosh- 22* off 20
8 runs coming off that over including a boundary by Kaur off the penultimate ball. India are 92/3 after 14 overs.
Fletcher gets a second over. Her first over had gone for 16 runs.
Harmanpreet Kaur- 21* off 25
Richa Ghosh- 21* off 19
5 coming off that over. India are 84/3 after 13 overs.
Selman gets her second over on the trot. India need less than run a ball and these two are easily helping India getting close to their target.
Shamilia Connell, back into the attack. Her first over had gone for 14. A better one this time around. However, Ghosh did score a boundary off her and India take 9 runs from that over. India are 79/3 after 12 overs.
6 off that over. India are 70/3 after 11 overs.
Shakera Selman into the attack. Some pace on the ball for India.
4 coming from Ramharack's 4th over. India are 64/3 after 10 overs. DRINKS BREAK!
Harmanpreet Kaur- 14* off 17
Richa Ghosh- 9* off 8
Ramharack is bowling out here.
Good over that from India's perspective. A couple of boundaries from India's captain. A total of 16 coming that over. That should break the shackles. India are 60/3 after 9 overs.
Afy Fletcher Into the attack now. Spin to continue.
India Need 75 to Win From 72 balls. Gettable but they need to find a way to score off spinners and stitch a partnership here.
Not the best of news for West Indies Cricket. Taylor is being stretchered off now.
Some sort of injury there for Stafanie Taylor. She is lying on her back on the ground with the physio and teammates attending to her.
Just 1 run and a wicket from this over. Another successful one for West Indies. Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh the two batters out in the middle for the Women in Blue.
Second wicket for Ramharack. West Indies see the back of a set Verma who looks to play a big shot but is caught in the deep. India 43/3 now as Verma departs for 28.
Another economical over by Matthews. 2 runs coming off it. India are 43/2 after 7 overs.
Matthews bowling her third over straight and why not. She has been extremely impressive.
Ramharack did concede a boundary in that over with Verma getting after her but she has finished that over well with 6 coming off it. India end powerplay at 41/2.
1 run and a wicket. This can be a thriller of a game from here as Harmanpreet Kaur joins Shafali Verma in the middle.
Another WICKET! Matthews takes a catch off her own bowling to remove India's star from their previous match Jemimah Rodrigues. India are 35/2
Matthews continues for West Indies. Spinners are really bringing the Windies back into the game after 28 came off the first 2 overs.
Jemimah Rodrigues has replaced Mandhana. End of a successful over for West Indies. A wicket and 3 came off it. India are 34/1 after 4 overs.
Spin bowlers bringing West Indies back into the game. Ramharack gets Mandhana stumped. India are 32/1.
First over without a boundary for India. But they are cruising at the moment. 31/0 after 3 overs. Smriti Mandhana (10* off 5 ); Shafali Verma (19* off 13)
Haylew Matthews into the attack after the Indian openers have taken 14 runs each from the first two overs bowled by pacers. That might have prompted the introduction of spin early.
Runs coming thick and fast for Team India. 3 more boundaries in that over. One off the inside edge of Verma, 2 from the bat of Mandhana. India 28/0 after 2 overs. What a start by the Women in Blue.
Chinelle Henry will share the new ball duties with Connell for West Indies.
Great start for India. 3 boundaries in that over by Verma. Connell just couldn't get her control. India off to a rapid start. 14/0 after the 1st over.
Verma, Mandhana Open For India. Left and right-hand combination. Shamilia Connell to begin the proceedings for West Indies.
West Indies- 118/6 after 20 overs
Stafanie Taylor- 42 off 40
Shemaine Campbelle- 30 off 36
Chedean Nation- 21 off 18
Shabika Gajnabi- 15 off 13
Deepti Sharma- 3/15
Pooja Vastrakar- 1/21
Renuka Singh- 1/22
Just 4 of that final over. Sensational from Deepti Sharma who finishes with figures of 3/15. West Indies are 118/6 after 20 overs.
100th T20I WICKET FOR DEEPTI SHARMA who is bowling the final over. Afy Fletcher is bowled by Sharma who picks her third wicket. She also became the country's leading wicket-taker in Women's T20Is. West Indies 115/6.
Thakur Gets a wicket last ball of that over. She bowls Shabika Gajnabi. West Indies- 114/5 after 19 overs.
Renuka Thakur bowling the 19th. Who will then bowl the final over? Will it be Deepti Sharma?
Superb over by Vastrakar. But Gajnabi gets a luck boundary off a near-perfect yorker in the final ball of that over. Total 7 runs off it. West Indies are 107/4 after 18 overs.
Vastrakar bowling the penultimate over for India, which means Renuka Singh could bowl the last over.
Much-needed over from the West Indies' point of view. 2 boundaries in that over. One each from Nation and Gajnabi. A total of 12 coming off that over. West Indies are 100/4 after 17 overs.
Vaidya continuing after a decent first over. This could be her last over with the pacers having an over remaining to finish off the innings.
6 came off that over. West Indies 88/4. Chedean Nation and Shabika Gajnabi the two batters out in the middle for Windies.
Gayakwad will bowl out in the 16th over.
4 runs and 1 wicket came off that over. The first by Devika Vaidya in this innings.
India are tighetning the screws now. Out of nowhere they have now taken 3 quick wickets. Mandhana and Ghosh affect a run out there. Chinelle Henry departs. West Indies are 79/4.
3 runs and 2 wickets in that over. West Indies are 78/3 after 14 overs.
India take the DRS OF THE LAST BALL AND TAYLOR DEPARTS. She is out LBW. Double wicket over from Deepti. West Indies are 78/3.
Chinelle Henry is the new player in after that wicket.
Campbelle DEPARTS! Deepti Sharma breaks the partnership for India. Tried the reverse sweep there but Mandhana at short third produced a fine catch to end Campbelle's innings worth 30 off 36 balls. West Indies- 77/2
Deepti Sharma comes back for her third over. Figures of 0/8 in 2 overs before this over.
Campbelle with a boundary in this over. Over the bowler's head. Total 9 runs came off that over. West Indies are 75/1 after 13 overs.
Vastrakar comes back for her second spell. India's only wicket-taker so far in this match.
What a fine innings this has been so far by Taylor. Another boundary in that over. 7 runs from that over. West Indies are 66/1 after 12 overs.
Gayakwad from the other end. Bowling her third over.
Taylor with another boundary in that over. A lofted shot inside out over covers. 6 came off that over. West Indies- 59/1 after 11 overs.
50 of the partnership comes up between Campbelle and Taylor. Productive one for the Windies who had lost their first wicket at the score of 4. But they now need to accelerate.
Pace back into the attack.
A fine over from Gayakwad until that boundary off the last ball by Taylor. 5 came from it. West Indies are 53/1/ after 10 overs. DRINKS BREAK.
Stafanie Taylor (28* off 27); Shemaine Campbelle (21* off 27)
India will hope this is a better over from Gayakwad. A change of ends for her.
Another boundary from Taylor in this over. Radha had started with a long hop and the batter pounced on to that scoring opportunity. 8 off that over. West Indies are 48/1.
Spinners continue. Radha Yadav into the attack.
Deepti concedes a boundary. It is Taylor who scores it off the fifth ball of that over but in total 6 came off it. West Indies are 40/1 after 8 overs.
Deepti continues after an economical first over. Third straight over from an off-spinner.
5 runs off that over. West Indies are 34/1 after 7 overs.
Off-spinner from both ends. Shafali Verma replaces Gayakwad after the latter's 12-run over.
Much better over from India's perspective. Juts 2 singles from it off the last 2 deliveries. West Indies END POWERPLAY AT 29/1.
Deepti Sharma into the attack to bowl the final over of powerplay.
Concedes two boundaries in that over does Gayakwad. One each from Campbelle and Taylor. The batters run three off the last ball as Windies score 12 runs in that over. West Indies are 27/1 after 5 overs.
Left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad introduced into the attack.
A couple of doubles and a single from that over. West Indies are 15/1 after 4 overs. Stafanie Taylor 3* off 6; Shemaine Campbelle 8* off 12.
Vastrakar, who took the wicket in her firsr over, gets a second in her opening spell.
A boundary from Campbelle and two singles from that over. The batter just guided a short of a length ball on her legs past the square leg fielder for the first boundary of the innings. West Indies are 10/1 after 3 overs.
Renuka Singh continues for India. She is bringing on the team's third over, her second on the trot.
Shemaine Campbelle has replaced Matthews to join Taylor out in the middle.
A wicket maiden from Vastrakar. West Indies are 4/1 after 2 overs.
This was the first time Vastarkar was bowling with the new ball for India since September 2022. She had a great record against Matthews and got her wicket first up in this match as well.
Pooja Vastrakar has picked up a wicket first ball. She removes Hayley Matthews who has edged that striaght to the keeper. Early breakthrough for India.
2 singles, 1 leg bye and a 1 wide off that over. West Indies are 4/0 after 1st over.
Stefanie Taylor, Hayley Matthews open the innings for West Indies. Renuka Singh starts the proceeding with the new ball for Team India.
India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur Singh
West Indies Women (Playing XI): Hayley Matthews(c), Stafanie Taylor, Shemaine Campbelle, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Chedean Nation, Afy Fletcher, Shamilia Connell, Rashada Williams(w), Karishma Ramharack, Shakera Selman
West Indies have won the toss and chosen to bat first at the Newlands in Cape Town.
Hello and Welcome To our Live Coverage of the Women's T20 World Cup Group B Clash between India and West Indies. The teams have had a contrasting beginning to their campaign with India starting off with a win 7-wicket win over Pakistan and the West Indies losing to England by 7 wickets in their opening match. Toss and Team News Coming Up in just a bit.
Background
It's been a great start to the Women's T20 World Cup for Team India. Even though Pakistan had posted their highest score against India in a T20 International after opting to bat first, the Women in Blue were up to the task and registered their highest successful chase in T20 World Cup, easing to a 7-wicket win with one over remaining.
Harmanpreet Kaur & Co., who did lose early wickets in what was a high-pressure game against arch-rivals, got to their target with the help of a superb half-century from Jemimah Rodrigues (53*) which was brilliant supported by Richa Ghosh (31*).
India are now gearing up for their second Group B fixture in which they will be up against West Indies. It hasn't been a positive start for the Windies side who experienced a 7-wicket loss to England in their opening match. India would be pretty confident of their chances against this opposition as they not only have a better head-to-head record against this team but they side will further be strengthened by the return of vice-captain Smriti Mandhana who missed out the Pakistan game due to an injury.
The match will be played at the same venue where India took on Pakistan- the Newlands in Cape Town and a win here could take them to the top of Group B where England are currently sitting comfortably with 2 out of 2 wins and a net run rate of +2.497.
Squads:
India Women: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur Singh, Smriti Mandhana, Shikha Pandey, Devika Vaidya, Anjali Sarvani
West Indies Women: Hayley Matthews (c), Rashada Williams (wk), Stafanie Taylor, Shemaine Campbelle, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Chedean Nation, Zaida James, Afy Fletcher, Shamilia Connell, Shakera Selman, Karishma Ramharack, Aaliyah Alleyne, Trishan Holder, Djenaba Joseph
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