India off-spinner Deepti Sharma restricted West Indies batsmen to 118 for six of their Group 2 match of the Women’s T20 World Cup right here on Wednesday.
Veteran Deepti (3/15) took three wickets to turn into the primary Indian to take 100 T20I wickets.
Asked to bowl, Pooja Vastrakar (1/21), beginning with the brand new ball, gave India an early breakthrough, dismissing the damaging Hayley Mathews (2) together with her very first ball.
The West Indies captain was performed with further bounce as Richa Ghosh accomplished a routine catch.
Pooja continued to place strain on the West Indies by taking maiden wickets. Shemaine Campbell (30) hit a Renuka Singh (1/22) supply over sq. leg for West Indies’ first boundary within the third over.
The introduction of spin noticed the West Indies acquire 12 runs from Rajeshwari Gaikwad’s over together with two fours.
At the midway mark, West Indies had been 53 for one. Campbell and Stafanie Taylor (42) propelled the West Indies innings and placed on a sluggish however regular 73-run partnership. Both shared 9 boundaries between themselves.
However, the dual assaults of the ever-reliable Deepti led to Mini’s batting collapse. The off-spinner first punished Campbell with a reverse sweep and Smriti Mandhana accomplished a stunning catch at quick third.
Three balls later, he trapped Taylor leg earlier than, initially giving the umpire not out, however India efficiently reviewed the choice and overturned it.
Chinelle Henry (2) was about to go as Mandhana was run out by Ghosh.
India had been in a position to stem the move of runs however their fielding was discovered missing. Deepti dropped Chadian Nation for 3 runs within the sixteenth over.
Nation and Shabika Gajanabi (15) took West Indies previous 100 runs. Deepti accomplished 100 wickets by dodging Eli Fletcher within the final over.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
