CWG 2022 Cricket: Indian women’s thrash Barbados to qualify for the semi-finals

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 The Indian women’s cricket showed their skills to crush Barbados in a must-win contest played at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Wednesday.

Barbados captain Hayley Mathews won the toss and decided to field first. It was an ideal start as Bruce got rid of Smriti Mandhana via review for LBW. The umpire gave not out but on review, it was overturned to out as it was hitting the stumps. Jemimah Rodrigues showed intent right from word go.

Shafali Verma took the charge putting pressure on Barbados bowlers, especially Connell and Bruce. Verma kept the momentum going for the Indian team and did not allow Barbados bowlers to settle. At the end of the first six overs, India ended at 50 for 1.

It was a disastrous end for Shafali Verma as she was run out in a horrible mix-up. Shafali Verma and Rodrigues added 71 runs for the 2nd wicket. Shakera Selman dismissed Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur with a lovely delivery to trap her in front of the stumps to leave Women in Blue struggling.

Taniya Bhatia came into the playing XI replacing Yastika Bhatia but did not look comfortable against disciplined Barbados bowling. Mathews got rid of Bhatia as Dottin made a simple catch look tough to put the Indian team under pressure.

Jemimah Rodrigues showed intent after smashing Mathews for a boundary to keep the Indian innings going. Deepti Sharma also took the charge and made batting look easy against wayward Barbados bowling. With Barbados going behind the over rate, they were penalized with an extra fielder inside the circle.

Rodrigues completed her fifty off 44 balls and kept the Indian innings momentum going on with Deepti Sharma. Rodrigues ended the innings with a boundary to help the Indian team post a competitive total of 162 for 4. Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma added unbeaten 70 runs for the 5th wicket.

The wrecker in chief Renuka Thakur displayed a superb skill of bowling as she rattled Deandra Dottin with a lovely delivery shattering the stumps. Singh then grabbed the wicket of Hayley Mathews providing a simple catch to Shafali Verma at mid-on. Singh showed her skills with peach of deliveries to Kyica Knight and then Aaliyah Alleyne to derail the Barbados innings. At the end of the first six overs, Barbados looked in deep trouble at 20 for 4.

The Indian bowlers never allowed Barbados batters to score runs freely. It was a superb bowling performance as they restricted the opponents for just 62 runs picking up 8 wickets after the end of 20 overs.

Indian women 162 for 4 in 20 overs (Jemimah Rodrigues 56*, Deepti Sharma 34*, Shakera Selman 1/20) beat Barbados 62 for 8 in 20 overs ( Kyshona Knight 16, Renuka Singh 4/10) by 100 runs.

With this win, the Indian women’s team qualified for the semi-finals of CWG 2022. They will now play the winner England versus New Zealand to play today.








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