Ind vs Wi Women T20 Highlights: The magic of Deepti Sharma’s spin, Indian women’s team crushed West Indies with 37 balls

East London (South Africa): Brilliant spin bowling from Deepti Sharma and Rajeshwari Gaikwad helped India beat West Indies by 8 wickets in the last match of the group stage of the three-nation T20 series. Team India got this victory with 37 balls remaining. Deepti took three wickets for 11 runs in four overs with two maidens, while Rajeshwari achieved success by giving nine runs in four overs. Pooja Vastrakar took two wickets for 19 runs in four overs. India and South Africa have already booked their tickets for the final to be played on February 2.

West Indies team could only score 94 runs

West Indies captain Hayley Mathews scored 34 runs while opening the innings but her team could only manage 94 runs for six wickets. India achieved the target in 13.5 overs losing two wickets. For India, opener Jemimah Rodrigues scored an unbeaten 42 off 39 balls while skipper Harmanpreet Kaur scored an unbeaten 32 off 23 balls. Both shared an unbroken 54-run partnership for the third wicket.

Earlier, Indian bowlers decided to bowl after winning the toss of Harmanpreet. After bowling the first three overs from Renuka Singh and Shikha Pandey, the captain handed over the ball to Deepti and she proved the confidence of the captain by taking the wickets of Rashada Williams (eight) and Shaman Campbell (zero) in two consecutive balls without conceding any runs in the fourth over. Retained. Mathews hit two against Shikha in the fifth over and a four against Deepti in the sixth over to leave West Indies 31 for two in the power play.

Tight grip in the middle overs

Rajeshwari Gaikwad, who came to bowl in the seventh over, after increasing the pressure by putting a maiden, trapped Jenaba Joseph (3) in the ninth over. Mathews hit a four against Renuka in the 11th over to increase the reduced run rate but in the next over, Pooja Vastrakar was caught by wicketkeeper Yastika Bhatia to end her 34-ball innings. The West Indies team could score only five runs between the 12th to 15th over.

Jayda James hit her first six of the innings against Shikha in the 16th over and second six against Deepti in the 18th over. Earlier in the same over, Deepti stumped Shabika Gajanbi (12). Zaida and Aliya Allen scored nine runs in the last over to take the score to 90. Pooja, however, achieved her second success by dismissing Allen on the last ball.

Smriti’s bat did not work

Chasing the target, India suffered a setback with the dismissal of Smriti Mandhana (5) in the second over but Jemima did not let the pressure dominate with two fours against Genelia from the other end. Coming in to bat at number three, Harleen Deol (13) hit a four against Shamila Connell. India’s score was 36 for one in the powerplay but in the eighth over, Harleen was caught by Mathews at mid-off to Gajanbi.

Harmanpreet hit the crease as soon as he stepped on the crease. He and Jemima hit two fours against Allen in the 11th over. In the 13th over, the Indian captain sealed the team’s victory by sending Jayda’s consecutive balls across the boundary line. Harmanpreet hit four fours in her 23-ball unbeaten innings while Jemimah hit five fours in her 39-ball unbeaten innings.

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