Suryaa Sports Desk: In the second ODI match against the Zimbabwean women's national team at Vadodara, the Indian women's cricket team put on a brilliant performance to clinch the series... Indian women's cricket team clinched the series with a brilliant performance in the second ODI match against Zimbabwe women's national team at Vadodara. Despite the early setbacks in this match, the senior players played responsibly and led the team to a huge score. The Indian team won the match by a huge margin of 121 runs against the opposition team and won the three-match series by two nil with one match remaining. Dominating the match, Team India entertained the sports fans with an all-round performance. After winning the toss and batting first, the Indian team started playing heavy shots and wickets fell within a short period of time. Captain Smriti Mandhana was left without opening the account, while opener Shefali Verma reached the pavilion after scoring just eight runs.
Experienced Harmanpreet Kaur has successfully carried out the responsibility of supporting the team in a difficult period with the loss of two crucial wickets for just nineteen runs. Bursting with excellent batting, she took on the opposing bowlers and rained boundaries all over the field. Harmanpreet Kaur scored 126 runs off just 121 balls with the help of 15 impressive fours. Prateika Rawal who stood with her at the crease contributed well with 61 runs. Deepti Sharma, the all-rounder who broke out at the end, scored an unbeaten 106 runs in just 86 balls and registered another century. Due to the excellent batting performance of these three, the Indian team managed to post a huge score of 328 runs on the board in the stipulated overs. Speaking after the match, Captain Smriti Mandhana expressed happiness over the team's victory and credited the partnership of Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma as the main reason for this huge victory.
They said that they were able to achieve this feat because of the admirable fight of both of them who supported the team in difficult times. After that, the Indian bowlers tied the Zimbabwean team to bat. Young spinner Vaishnavi Sharma, who was playing just her second ODI, took four wickets while Deepti Sharma took three more wickets to spell the downfall of the opposition. Impressed by the all-round performance, Team India boosted their confidence with this victory. Also Read: Big shock for Team India.. Star wicket keeper Ishan Kishan missed third T20