T20 World Cup: India's second win, beats West Indies, moves into semi-finals

T20 World Cup: India's second win, beats West Indies, moves into semi-finals

ICC Women's T20 World Cup: Under the leadership of Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian women's team continues its impressive performance in the T20 World Cup. In their second match of the tournament, the Indian team defeated the West Indies by 6 wickets

New Delhi: Under the leadership of Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian women's team continues to perform brilliantly in the T20 World Cup. In their second match of the tournament, the Indian team defeated the West Indies by 6 wickets. This is the team's second win in a row. Earlier, India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets. Playing first in the match, West Indies scored 118 runs for 6 wickets. Off-spinner Deepti Sharma bowled well and took 3 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs. In reply, the Indian team achieved the target in 18.1 overs for the loss of 4 wickets. Harmanpreet Kaur scored 33 runs and Richa Ghosh scored 44 not out. In pursuit of the target, the Indian team got off to a fast start. After 3.2 overs the score was 32 for no wicket. After that, the team faltered and the score became 43 for 3 wickets. Shefali Verma scored 28 off 23 balls, Smriti Mandhana scored 10 off 7 balls and Jemima Rodrigues scored only one run off 5 balls. Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh then put on a partnership of 72 runs to ensure the victory for the team.Harmanpreet got out after scoring 33 runs off 42 balls. He hit 3 fours. When she got out, the team needed only 4 runs to win. Richa was not out after scoring 44 runs in 32 balls and Devika Vaidya scored 0 runs in 1 ball. Richa hit 5 fours in the innings. The 10 teams of the tournament are divided into 2 groups. 2 teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals. India have strengthened their claim for the knockouts by winning their first 2 matches.Earlier, with the brilliant bowling of Deepti Sharma, India restricted the West Indies to 118 runs. Stephanie Taylor (42 runs) and Shayman Campbell (30 runs) put the West Indies in a strong position in the match by putting on a 73-run partnership for the second wicket, but Deepti sent them both to the pavilion in the same over to give India a comeback. Karadi He got 3 wins by giving 15 runs in 4 overs. Renuka Singh (22 runs) and Pooja Vastrakar (21 runs) also got one wicket each for India.