Indian girls endure 3-wicket defeat to New Zealand in 3rd ODI, lose collection

Mithali Raj-led Indian girls’s group misplaced the 3rd ODI by means of 3 wickets to New Zealand on Friday.  New Zealand girls finished the second-highest a success run chase within the historical past of ODI as India once more did not protect an impressive general of 279.

India had misplaced the primary two ODIs by means of 62 runs and 3 wickets, respectively, after struggling a 18-run defeat within the lone T20I.

It used to be Jhulan Goswami once more who led the bowling pack, after sitting out of the second one ODI. She accounted for the 3 New Zealand wickets on the most sensible to rock the house aspect’s run chase of 280. India looked to be cruising to their first win of the excursion once they lowered New Zealand to 171 for six within the thirty fifth over however after all they might no longer accomplish that as Lauren Down (65 no longer out) took the hosts house with 5 balls to spare.

Jhulan Goswami simply doing Jhulan Goswami issues as she dismisses each the NZ openers!?#NZvIND #LiveCricketOnPrime percent.twitter.com/LtufE12P5O

— amazon high video IN (@PrimeVideoIN) February 18, 2022

After New Zealand gained the toss, they invited India to bat first. Younger openers Meghana (61) and Verma (51) gave India a flying get started with a stand of 100 in 13 overs, however the guests misplaced wickets at common durations later to be all out for 279 in 49.3 overs.

New Zealand have sealed the collection with an unassailable 3-0 lead ?

They win by means of 3 wickets and entire the second-highest a success chase (280) in Girls’s ODI historical past ?#NZvIND percent.twitter.com/sF8OGY3DeR

— ICC (@ICC) February 18, 2022

In answer, New Zealand didn’t have a excellent get started as they suffered two early blows. However then, Amy and Amelia Karr constructed a 103 runs partnership within the center and helped their group to win the sport. For the second one recreation in a row, the Indian bowling lacked enamel to hassle the opposition batters.

After the fit, Mithali Raj mentioned, “We didn’t get the partnerships we needed within the center order, however Deepti were given us to 280. Each recreation the batting unit has been doing smartly. It is going down the cord, however there are spaces we want to support in within the box.”

Superstar opener Smriti Mandhana as soon as once more neglected the fit — her fourth recreation of the excursion, together with the lone T20I — as she got here out of quarantine on Tuesday.

With PTI inputs