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An incompetent batting execution by India prompted a surrender against New Zealand as the Mithali Raj-drove side went down by 62 runs in its second match of the ICC Women’s World Cup.
New Zealand, who have ruled the Indians all through, let nothing change in a natural content by first scoring a solid 260 for 9. They then, gagged the Women in Blue by bowling them out for just 198 in 46.4 overs.
India have now slipped to fifth among eight teams after this loss while New Zealand, with two dominates from three matches, are currently second behind Australia in the standings.
Pooja Vastrakar’s 4 for 34 out of 10 overs and Harmanpreet Kaur’s 71 off 62 balls were two decent exhibitions which barely had any effect on the bigger result.
Amelia Kerr (50 and 3/56 out of 9 overs) first laid the stage with a strong 50 runs and afterward penetrated the defenses of opponent captain Mithali Raj (31 off 56 balls) with a flighted delivery.
The quest for 261 began a dissonant note with Smriti Mandhana (6 off 21 balls), Yastika Bhatia (28 off 59 balls) and Deepti Sharma (5 off 13 balls) incapable track down ways of pivoting the strike.
Considerably more confounding was Ramesh Powar’s strategy of sending three left handers with Sophie Devine giving the new ball to off-break bowler Frances Mackay (8-1-25-0).
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