The Indian ladies’s cricket staff’s horror tour of New Zealand continued because the White Ferns demolished the guests by 63 runs in a rain-curtailed fourth WODI on Tuesday to inch in direction of a clear sweep within the five-match collection right here.
The sport grew to become a glorified ‘T20’ because of rain as Amelia Kerr stole the present with a 33-ball-68 which took New Zealand to 191 for five.
Amelia, one half of the well-known Kerr sisters, then mopped up the tail with 3 for 30 as India managed solely 128 earlier than being all-out in 17.5 overs.
Teenager Richa Ghosh’s counter-attacking 52 off 29 balls was the one silver lining in an in any other case disastrous efficiency which has now led to 5 defeats on this tour together with the one-off T20.
The bowling efficiency of the Indians appeared to have nose-dived with every passing sport and it was the worst on Tuesday the place solely Rajeshwari Gayakwad (4-0-26-1) regarded the half.
Meghna Singh (1/45 in 4 overs) and Deepti Sharma (1/49 in 4 overs) have been two bowlers taken to the cleaners by Amelia who had 11 fours and a six in her kitty.
New Zealand began on a rousing word with a 53-run opening stand between Sophie Devine (32 of 24 balls) and Suzie Bates (41 off 26 balls).
Once the platform was laid, Amelia and Amy Satterthwaite (32 off 16 balls) actually pummelled the Indian bowling.
A chase of 192 was all the time going to be a tricky ask though the off form Harmanpreet Kaur was dropped from the taking part in eleven.
Smriti Mandhana very understandably was out of rhythm after a protracted and exhausting quarantine and children Shafali Verma (0) and Yastika Bhatia (0) have been out in fast succession.
The maych was nearly as good as over by the fifth over when India have been diminished to 19 for 4.
Richa and Mithali Raj (30 off 28 balls) added 67 runs nevertheless it was in a misplaced trigger as wickets fell at common interval.
Amelia’s sister Jess additionally bought two wickets upfront whereas Francis Mackay and Heley Jensen shared the spoils with two and three wickets respectively.
The solely time India had one thing to cheer about was when Richa clobbered the White Ferns bowlers for 4 big sixes and 4 boundaries whereas Mithali performed the second fiddle.
Once Richa was gone, the abdomen for struggle wasn’t evident in others as six wickets fell for 32 runs.
Time is working out for coach Ramesh Powar as solely two weeks are left for World Cup to start out and it’s not in any respect trying good for the staff.
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