The Indian women’s cricket team has won the final match of its tour of New Zealand. The Indian team won this last match of the five match ODI series by 6 wickets. However, the Indian team had already lost this series by losing the first four matches. By winning this match, India was saved from being razed. For the Indian team, this was the first win of the entire New Zealand tour. Before the ODI series, India had to face defeat against New Zealand in the only T20 match.
The Indian team, who had already lost the series 4-0, had a great performance in the last game. The Indian team first held New Zealand to 251 runs in stipulated overs and then easily achieved the goal based on brilliant batting from Smriti Mandhana (71), Harmanpreet Kaur (63) and captain Mithali Raj (54). The Indian team won the match with four overs and six wickets to spare. ‘Man of the match’ Smriti Mandhana was selected.
New Zealand’s third-order batsman Emilia Kerr was named ‘Player of the Series’. She scored 353 runs in 5 ODIs with an average of 117. Emilia scored a century and three half centuries in this series. Captain Mithali Raj scored the most runs for India. He scored 232 runs in 5 games with an average of 77.
Deepti Sharma, a broken leg bowler for the Indian women’s team, was the best wicket player in this 5-match ODI series. She took 10 wickets in 5 matches with a bowling average of 24. Rajeshwari Gaikwad was the second most successful bowler in India. Rajeshwari took 6 wickets in the series.