Half-centuries from Harleen Deol and captain Harmanpreet Kaur helped India Girls ease to a four-wicket win (DLS) in opposition to New Zealand in its second and final Girls’s World Cup warm-up fixture in Bengaluru.
The 2 batters put up a 132-run partnership for the third wicket to place the workforce accountable for the Kiwis’ rain-adjusted 237-run goal in 42 overs.
A brisk begin by Uma Chetry and Pratika Rawal helped the workforce start the chase on the entrance foot. The fifty-run opening partnership got here inside the ninth over. By the point each openers had been dismissed, the workforce already had 71 on the board inside the tenth over.
Harleen and the skipper then took cost with a level-headed partnership, discovering boundaries at common intervals to maintain the required price in examine.
New Zealand was responsible of dropping a number of catches — Eden Carson placing down a pair at level herself.
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Harleen retired out on 74 following which the workforce misplaced wickets in a trice. However the injury was achieved beforehand. Amanjot Kaur and Deepti Sharma sealed the outcome with 10 balls to spare.
Earlier, Kranti Goud struck twice within the first eight overs to take away each Kiwi openers. A strong partnership between Sophie Devine and Amelia Kerr rebuilt the innings for the workforce. Left-arm spinner Shree Charani eliminated each set batters to deliver India again into the encounter.
Maddy Inexperienced waged a lone battle with a 42-ball 49 as wickets fell at common intervals round her. Charani ended with a three-wicket haul, and part-timer Pratika too picked one, serving to limit the Kiwis to 233, a complete that was chased down with relative ease.
Revealed on Sep 27, 2025