Indian women seal the T20I series comfortable 7 wickets win over West Indies

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Thanks to a brilliant bowling performance by Indian bowlers and Jemimah Rodrigues unbeaten knock, the Indian women’s team defeated West Indies by 7 wickets played at Providence Stadium, Guyana on Friday.

West Indies captain Anisa Mohammed won the toss and decided to bat first. Anuja Patil got the breakthrough for the visitors as she took an early wicket of Hayley Mathews for 5. The Indian bowlers kept a tight lid on West Indies batting line up not allowing them to score runs easily. At the end of six overs, West Indies were struggling at 12 for 2.

After the power play overs, the Indian women bowlers continued to strangle the West Indies batters which made life tough. CA Nation and Henry scored 11 runs each for the hosts. Indian women restricted West Indies to a paltry total of 59 for 9. Radhav Yadav and Deepti Sharma took 2 wickets each, while Harmanpreet Kaur, Poonam Yadav, Pooja Vastrakar, Anuja Patil picked 1 wicket each.

Chasing down a modest target of 60 runs to win, it was a shaky start as Shafali Verma was dismissed off the 3rd ball of innings. Smriti Mandhana also fell cheaply by the bowling off Hayley Mathews for 3. At the end of six overs, Indian women were 16 for 2.

Jemimah Rodrigues kept the Indian innings intact and played a patient knock on slow wicket. Harmanpreet Kaur scored just 7 runs off 19 balls. Rodrigues remained not out on 40* off 51 balls and helped Indian women register a 7 wicket win with 20 balls to spare.

The Indian women registered emphatic wins in the first two T20I matches. In the first T20I, Indian women crush West Indies by 84 runs and won the 2nd T20I match by 10 wickets.

Indian women 60 for 3 in 16.4 overs (Jemimah Rodrigues 40*, Hayley Mathews 2/7) beat West Indies women 59 for 9 in 20 overs ( Nation 11, Radha Yadav 2/6, Deepti Sharma 2/12) by 7 wickets.

Indian women take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the 5 match T20I series. The 4th match will be played on 17th November.

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Jemimah Rodrigues 40* helps Indian women register a 7 wicket win and seal the series against West Indies 
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