New Zealand women beat India by 6 wickets in third One day International at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore just few moments ago. It was a disappointing performance by the Indian batters who played many dots balls in their innings which did not help India to post a huge score.
While chasing 183 the New Zealand innings got off to good start with Priest and Bates putting up 125 runs for the first wicket stand. Bates was caught in the slips but it was a no-ball. Bates and Priest put pressure on the Indian bowling.
India got back to back wickets but the Indian fielding was not up to the mark and missed too many chances. New Zealand team lost 4 wickets and won the match by 6 wickets with 26 balls to spare. Suzie Bates scored 59 and Priest scored 64. The pick of the bowlers for India was Jhulan Goswami picking 1 wicket for 28 runs.
India won the toss and elected to bat. The Indian innings began off to a poor start losing the early wicket of Thiruskamini for 4. Madhana was the second wicket out for 8 runs at the score of 29.
Mithali Raj and Kaur played so too dot balls in the middle overs. Harmanpreet Kaur was run-out for 11 facing 41 balls. Mithali Raj was dismissed at the score of 78. Then Veda Krishnamurthy and Deepti Sharma put up an important 71-run, 5th wicket stand. Veda was the stand-out batsmen for the Indian team scoring 61.
From 109 for 4 in 40 overs, the Indian team played some excellent strokes. At the end of 50 overs India put up a competitive total of 182 for 9. The pick of the bowlers for Kiwis was Devine picking 3 wickets for 40 runs.
With this win New Zealand led the series 2-1 and move in 5th place in the ICC championship points table. The next match will played on 6th July.