India won the last ODI (One Day International) cricket match in the ongoing series against New Zealand by 9 wickets can won the series.
The fifth and the last ODI match was played in Bangalore Chinnasamy Stadium grounds.
New Zealan won the toss and batted. However, the team could not sustain excellent onslaught of India bowlers and lost wickets quickly.
New Zealand scored 118 runs losing all their wickets in 41 overs. Captain Suzie Bates scored 42 runs and Anna Peterson scored 22 runs. Other batswomen were out cheaply.
For India, Goswamy, Rajeswari Gaekwad and Deepti Sharma took 2 wickets each. Ekta Bisht and Harmanpreet Kaur took a wicket each.
India started playing with a target of 119 runs. Opener Mantana got our giving a catch to the bowler Morna Neilson after scoring 13 runs. Deepti Sharma joined Trishkamini. These 2 batswomen played steadily and took India to the victory target.
India scored 121 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 27.2 overs and won by a huge margin of 9 wickets.
Trishkamini scored 62 runs off 78 balls with 13 4’s while Deepti Sharma scored 44 runs off 78 balls with 8 4’s. Both remained not out.
Thus, India won the 5 match ODI series by a score of 3-2.
Indian Cricket Councilhas felicitated the India women’s cricket team and announced bonus payment of Rs 21 lakhs.
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