Indian eves reach semi finals of Women’s T20 World Cup 2020
Team India has reached the semi-finals of the World Cup after defeating New Zealand by 4 runs. With this, the Women’s team India reached the semi-finals of the World Cup for the fourth time. Earlier, India had also reached the semi-finals in 2009, 2010 and 2018.
This is Team India’s third consecutive win in this World Cup. The Indian Eves have defeated Australia, Bangladesh and New Zealand enroute the semi finals.
Kiwi team came out to chase the target of 134 runs of Team India, but managed to score 129 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In this victory of India, opener Shefali Verma scored a blistering 46 runs, while all the contribution from Team India was in the bowling. For her brilliant performance 16-year-old Shefali won the Player of the Match award for the second time in a row.
New Zealand innings
New Zealand started off after chasing the target of 134 runs of Team India and in the second over, Shikha Pandey gave a big blow to New Zealand. She got the wicket of dangerous looking Rachel Priest who was caught at the hands of Radha Yadav. Rachel could only score 12 runs and thus New Zealand’s first wicket fell.
After this, the spin attack of Team India bowlers started spreading its magic. On the fourth ball of the sixth over of the innings, Team India’s spinner Deepti Sharma bowled Suzie Bates on a personal score of 6 runs. After that Team India’s leg-spinner Poonam Yadav got the scalp of skipper Sophie Devine for 14 runs caught by Radha Yadav.
After three wickets fell, Maddy Green and Katy Martin combined to handle New Zealand’s innings and shared a 43-run partnership. Together, they scored a total of 26 runs in the 10th, 11th and 12th over. But in the 15th over, Tanya Bhatia caught Maddy Green on the bowling of Rajeshwari Gaikwad on a personal score of 24 runs.
After this, Katy Martin was dismissed by 25 runs in the 17th over. Radha Yadav showed her the way to the pavilion. Every bowler used by the Indian’s Women team picked up a wicket ensuring the white ferns couldn’t reach the target.
