2d T20I: Hayley Matthews Leads West Indies To 9-Wicket Win Over India
Hayley Matthews’ scintillating 85 now not out overshadowed Smriti Mandhana’s stylish 62 as West Indies girls ended their nine-match shedding streak in opposition to India, successful the second one T20I right here by means of 9 wickets to degree the three-match sequence 1-1 in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday.
After Mandhana’s 41-ball-knock and Richa Ghosh’s quickfire 32 off 17 balls took the hosts to 159/9, West Indies tore aside the Indian bowling assault in a ruthless show of power-hitting to file their greatest win on the subject of wickets in opposition to India.
The sixth-ranked West Indies knocked off the 160-run goal in an insignificant 15.4 overs to achieve 160/1, recording their first win over international No 3 India after 9 consecutive losses since November 2016. This was once their 9th win within the shortest structure in 24 conferences.
Matthews, who had previous taken 2/36, led the demolition activity with a brutal 47-ball 85 — which integrated a whopping 17 fours — whilst Qiana Joseph (38 off 22 balls, 6x4s, 2x6s) advert Shemaine Campbelle (25 now not out) fired their photographs too.
The sequence decider will now be performed right here on the DY Patil on Thursday. India gained the primary sport by means of 49 runs.
It was once Joseph who introduced in the second one over, hitting 3 fours and a six off Titas Sadhu to gather 18 runs and Matthews joined her spouse with a flurry of fours because the West Indies introduced up their 50 within 5 overs.
With dew settling in rapid, Indian bowlers may just now not make a mark with the brand new ball and the one probability within the powerplay went begging when Sajana Sajeevan dropped Joseph on 26.
Saima Thakor (1/28) in the end deceived Joseph within the 7th over taking the tempo off the ball, with the left-hander miscuing one shot, safely accrued by means of Richa Ghosh for the one step forward.
The dismissal introduced a short lived length of lull earlier than Matthews hit a few fours off Radha Yadav and No 3 Shemaine Campbell hit 3 barriers in a row off Sadhu to regain the momentum.
Matthews in point of fact took a liking to Yadhav because the eleventh over noticed the Windies skipper smashing 4 consecutive fours, generating a superb mixture of robust hits with precision to find gaps. Thakor suffered a an identical destiny because the West Indies captain hammered 3 fours in a row within the 14th over to convey close the doorways utterly on India.
Previous, Mandhana’s 2nd successive fifty and Richa Ghosh’s power-packed 32 ensured a par ranking.
Stand-in skipper Mandhana made essentially the most of her 3 reprieves, notching up a phenomenal half-century laced with 9 fours and a six to offer much-needed impetus on the most sensible as wickets fell on the different finish.
If Mandhana constructed the bottom, Ghosh performed the finisher’s position to perfection with six fours in her 17-ball-knock which took India previous the 150-run mark.
At one level, it seemed difficult given the failure of the opposite specialist batters.
Coming off a very good 73 within the sequence opener, Jemimah Rodrigues (13) hit a few fours however was once trapped leg-before when she overlooked connecting with the ball looking to paintings it to the on facet, falling to Matthews.
Debutant Raghvi Bisht didn’t make a dent as she performed around the line to be pinned in entrance of the wickets for simplest 5 off Afy Fletcher (2/28).
Deepti Sharma (17) simplest had herself responsible for her run-out, going for a non-existent run whilst Ghosh stored asking her to go back.
Deandra Dottin was once the hero for the Windies for her impressive fielding and for returning a measly 4-0-14-2, snaffling the wickets of Uma Chetry and Ghosh.
Dottin was once additionally a hit in now not simplest saving a six with a perfectly-timed jump at the ropes however her effort led to a impressive catch to disregard Yadav (7), grabbing the ball in each arms whilst being parallel to the bottom after masking a substantial distance from long-on.
In a red-hot shape, Mandhana’s flourish was once a satisfaction to observe as she additionally made essentially the most of more than one reprieves — 3 dropped catches in consecutive overs.
Having struck 3 fours off Ashmini Munisar within the thirteenth over which had a kind of dropped possibilities, Mandhana’s stroke of the innings got here when she pierced the in-field with a gentle power via covers for 4 at the ultimate ball to end up why she is a category aside.
