When asked to bowl, Deepti created a web around the West Indies batsmen, limiting them to 118 for six.
Before Richa Ghosh led India to a six-wicket victory over West Indies in their Women’s T20 World Cup Group 2 match on Wednesday in Cape Town, Deepti Sharma excelled with the bat.
When asked to bowl, Deepti created a web around the West Indies batsmen, limiting them to 118 for six.
The experienced off-spinner (3/15) became the first Indian to take 100 women’s T20I wickets. She took three wickets.
India secured their second victory of the tournament with 11 balls remaining thanks to a crucial 72-run partnership between captain Harmanpreet Kaur (33) and Ghosh (44 not out).
With openers Shafali Verma (28 runs) and Smriti Madhana (10) bringing the team total to 31 in four overs on the back of six fours, India got off to an explosive start that required less than a run.
But India lost their momentum because West Indies won with slow bowling. Mandhana completely missed off-spinner Karishma Ramharack’s (2/14) ball, giving wicketkeeper Rasha Williams an easy stumping.
Jemimah Rodrigues, who won the match’s final game, took Jemimah Rodrigues (1) and made Hayley Matthews (1/12) her first and only loss of the day thanks to the skipper’s superb catch of her own bowling.
Shafali attempted to raise the ante after two low-scoring overs. But he was caught at the long leg, and the West Indies took three wickets quickly.
Before hitting back-to-back fours off Afy Fletcher (0/24) in the ninth over, Harmanpreet took her time getting comfortable.
The score of the India captain came from 42 balls and included three boundaries.
Ghosh finished the game, which is what she does best.
In her 32-ball, unbeaten innings, the youngster hit five fours, including one to win the match. In 18.1 overs, she reduced India to 119 for 4 runs.
By striking on her very first ball, Pooja Vastrakar (1/21) gave India the early lead by opening with the new ball and eliminating the dangerous Hayley Matthew (2).
As Richa Ghosh completed a regulation catch, the West Indies skipper was overcome by the additional bounce.
With a wicket maiden, Pooja continued to exert pressure on the West Indies. In the third over, Shemaine Campbelle (30) drove a delivery from Renuka Singh (1/22) past square leg for West Indies’ first boundary.
West Indies scored 12 runs thanks to the introduction of spin, including two fours from Rajeshwari Gayakwad’s over.
At halftime, West Indies were 53 for 1. The West Indies’ innings were stabilized by Campbell and Stefanie Taylor (42) as they slowly but surely put together a 73-run partnership. Nine boundaries separated the two of them.
However, a brief batting collapse was caused by two strikes from the ever-dependable Deepti. Smriti Mandhana made a lovely catch at short third as the offspinner first punished Campbelle for going for a reverse sweep.
Three balls later, she trapped Taylor’s leg before the umpire initially ruled it not out. But India successfully overturned the decision.
After Chinelle Henry (2) made her escape, she became the next victim. India was successful in halting the run flow, but their fielding was criticized. In the 16th over, Deepti struck out Chedean Nation for three.
West Indies reached the 100-run mark thanks to Nation and Shabika Gajnabi (15).
When Deepti outwitted Aly Fletcher in the final over, she reached the 100-wicket mark.
Read Also :- “Rohit’s career has been interesting”: After the Nagpur Test, Waugh calls India captain an epic “underachiever.”