Match Details
Chasing 318 was always going to be a daunting task for the
West Indies Women. But they were up to the task as Deandra Dottin and Hayley
Matthews got them off to a flying start. They started aggressively and put away
the loose balls. Dottin brought up her fifty in no time as they scored 81 at
the end of the first powerplay. The 100-run stand was finally broken by Sneh
Rana as she dismissed Dottin on 62. The floodgates opened for the Indian Women on
her departure.
Matthews tried hard from one end but lacked support from the
other end. She departed on 43 and it led to a collapse as the Indian Women fought
back in the game. There weren’t any contributions from the other batters as
they kept losing wickets at regular intervals and eventually were knocked over
on 162. Sneh Rana finished with three wickets and the other bowlers also
chipped in with wickets to complete the win.
Earlier in the day, Indian skipper Mithali Raj won the toss
and had no hesitation to bat first. We saw a different approach from the Indian
openers as Yastika Bhatia and Smriti Mandhana took on the bowling from the word
go. Bhatia struck six boundaries before getting dismissed on 31 in the seventh
over. Mithali Raj (5) and Deepti Sharma (15) departed soon. Harmanpreet Kaur joined
Mandhana and started the recovery work.
Both build a solid partnership with both finding an odd boundary in the middle overs. They played some sensational strokes and Mandhana brought up her fifth ODI century. The 184-run stand was broken when Mandhana was removed on 123. Kaur started to cut loose and hit some lusty blows in the end as she hit her fourth century in ODIs. It laid the foundation and the Indian Women finished on a high as they posted a mammoth 317 on the board. Anisa Mohammed for West Indies finished with two wickets. The total proved to be too much for the Caribbean side as they lost the game by 155 runs.