Indian girls thrash West Indies by 81 runs in last World Cup warm-up recreation

India will enter the ICC Women’s World Cup with their tails up after opener Smriti Mandhana’s 67-ball 66 and the bowlers’ disciplined present powered them to an 81-run win over West Indies of their last warm-up recreation right here on Tuesday.

Kept underneath remark after taking a blow to her head throughout the staff’s first observe match towards South Africa on Sunday, the elegant Mandhana was in her aspect inside two days from the damage, laying the muse for India’s difficult complete of 258 all out within the allotted 50 overs.

In reply, West Indies had been stopped at 177 for 9 at Rangiora Oval.

A strong present with the bat 👍

An spectacular show with the ball 💪#StaffIndia beat West Indies by 81 runs within the #CWC22 warm-up recreation. 👏 👏 #INDWvWIW

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India, who will face arch-rivals Pakistan of their marketing campaign opener on Sunday, beat South Africa by two runs of their first warm-up recreation.

Opting to bat, 2017 version finalists India had been off to a poor begin as Shafali Verma was bowled by Chinelle Henry for a duck.

Deepti Sharma joined Mandhana within the center and the 2 went about rebuilding the innings with a partnership that was damaged after the 2 skilled campaigners had added 117 runs for the second wicket whereas sustaining a scoring price of just about six.

The in-from Mandhana compiled her 66 runs in 67 balls, hitting seven fours within the course of earlier than being dismissed by Cherry-Ann Fraser off her personal bowling.

Mandhana’s nice effort got here barely two days after she was identified with a gentle gentle tissue damage to her left earlobe which triggered discomfort whereas batting towards the South Africans, forcing her to depart the sphere retired harm.

Deepti made 51 off 64 balls, accumulating most of her runs in singles and two. She hit only one boundary throughout her keep within the center.

When Deepti was despatched again by Fraser, India had been 142 for 3 within the twenty seventh over.

Skipper Mithali Raj contributed 30 off 42 balls with the assistance of 4 boundaries, whereas Yastika Bhatia chipped in with an helpful 42 in 53 deliveries. Bhatia discovered the fence 5 occasions.

West Indies’ innings bought off to a disastrous begin as they misplaced 4 wickets with solely 53 runs on the board, together with captain Stefanie Taylor for simply 8 runs.

Wicketkeeper Shemaine Campbelle top-scored for the Windies with a 63 off 81 balls, whereas Hayley Matthews made 44 in 61 deliveries.

However, the others did not make substantial contributions because the West Indies fell quick by a giant margin.

Pooja Vastrakar was probably the most profitable Indian bowler, returning figures of three/21 in seven overs, whereas there have been two wickets apiece for Meghna Singh and Deepti, who ended the sport with a nice all-round present.

The veteran Jhulan Goswami (0/14 in 8 overs), too, bowled exceptionally properly, although she couldn’t determine within the wicket’s column.

Brief scores
India Women: 258 in 50 overs (Smriti Mandhana 66, Deepti Sharma 51); West Indies Women: 177/9 in 50 overs (Shemaine Campbelle 63, Hayley Matthews 44; Pooja Vastrakar 3/21)