IND-W vs NZ-W, 2nd ODI Live Score: Devine-Gaze key as New Zealand look for strong finish

Izzy Gaze finds two boundaries in the last two overs as New Zealand eye a strong finish in the closing stages.

NZ - 236/5 in 47 overs.

Radha Yadav with a breakthrough wicket as she removes dangerous-looking Maddy Green with Arundhati Reddy taking a good catch at long-off.

NZ - 227/5 in 46 overs (Gaze - 6* off 3 balls, Devine - 67* off 79 balls).

Sophie Devine and Maddy Green push New Zealand past 200 and can target 50 more in the last six overs.

NZ - 204/4 in 44 overs (Devine - 66* off 78 balls, Green - 25* off 33 balls).

Only 10 overs of play in the first innings is remaining and New Zealand will be looking to finish strong with Sophie Devine and Maddy Green at the crease.

NZ - 191/4 in 41 overs (Devine - 60* off 68, Green - 19* off 25 balls). 

Sophie Devine and Maddy Green are settled and forming a good partnership for the fifth wicket. New Zealand are also regaining the momentum ahead of the last 10 overs.

NZ - 166/4 in 37 overs (Green - 12* off 15 balls, Devine - 42* off 54 balls).

Despite losing two wickets in quick succession, New Zealand remain on track for a challenging total with captain Sophie Devine dictating the tempo.

NZ - 147/4 in 33 overs (Devine - 33* off 39 balls, Green - 2* off 6 balls).

What a catch by Radha Yadav. She has taken a stunner running from mid-off to get rid off Halliday.

Radha Yadav gets the breakthrough. She gets Suzie Bates caught and bowled. Gets caught and bowled. Good effort by the Indian spinner to take this chance. Brooke Halliday is in with Sophie Devine.

A good presence of mind from Priya Mishra as she runs out Lauren Down at the non-striker's end. An unfortunate end to Down's struggling innings.

Down scored 3 runs off 19 balls. Brooke Halliday joins Suzie Bates (52*) in the middle.

NZ - 98/2 in 20.5 overs.

Suzie Bates brings her 35th ODI fifty with a four off Priya Mishra and in just 49 balls. New Zealand look to regain control after losing Plimmer.

NZ - 95/1 in 19 overs (Bates - 51* off 50 balls, Lauren Down - 1* off 15 balls).

A sensational diving catch from Radha Yadav ends Georgia Plimmer's impressive innings. Deepti Sharma provides a much-needed breakthrough.

Plimmer scored 41 runs off 50 balls. Lauren Down joins Suzie Bates (45*) in the middle.

NZ - 87/1 in 16 overs.

India have already dropped two catches and have been poor on the field as New Zealand accelerate their innings to take ane early control.

NZ - 75/0 in 13 overs (Bates - 39* off 38 balls, Plimmer - 35* off 41 balls).

Debutant Priya Mishra bowls her first over and concedes just 7 runs. Suzie Bates brings New Zealand's fifty with a cracking four over deep mid-on.

NZ - 53/0 in 10 overs (Bates - 36* off 34 balls, Plimmer - 17* off 32 balls).

No wickets in the first 10 overs but Indian bowlers keep the run rate under control. Deepti Sharam drops an easy catch of Georgia Plimmer on a followthrough.

NZ - 46/0 in 10 overs (Bates - 30* off 30 balls, Plimmer - 16* off 30 balls).

India introduce spin in the form of Deepti Sharma in the sixth over who bowls a maiden over to put some stop to New Zealand's strong start in powerplay.

NZ - 28/0 in 6 overs (Plimmer - 12* off 20 balls, Bates - 16* off 16 balls).

Both Suzie Bates and Georgia Plimmer find it easy to score runs in the opening stages as New Zealand are off to a promising start.

NZ - 18/0 in 3 overs (Bates - 8* off 9 balls, Plimmer - 10* off 9 balls).

Openers Suzie Bates and Georgia Plimmer are out in the middle to begin the game.

Saima Thakor to bowl the first over for India.

The game is underway at Narendra Modi Stadium...

The 20-year-old leg-spinner Priya Mishra is making her debut today. She replaced the fast bowler Renuka Singh in the playing XI.

India Women Playing XI: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Saima Thakor, Priya Mishra.

New Zealand Women Playing XI: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Lauren Down, Sophie Devine (c), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gaze (wk), Jess Kerr, Lea Tahuhu, Eden Carson, Fran Jonas.

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and debutant spinner Priya Mishra come in for Dayalan Hemalatha and Renuka Singh Thakur.

Lea Tahuhu and Fran Jonas replace Molly Penfold and Amelia Kerr in New Zealand's playing XI.

Sophie Devine wins the toss as New Zealand elect to bat first.

Harmanpreet Kaur returns for India in a big boost. 

In a major blow to New Zealand's hope to level the series today were hit by an injury to Amelia Kerr. The youngster suffered a left quadriceps muscle injury and has been ruled out of the remainder of the series.

“We’re really gutted for Melie,” New Zealand head coach Ben Sawyer said. “Injuries are always a challenging time for a player and we know how disappointed she is to not be able to play these games. Everyone knows how much of an integral part of this team Melie is so we’ll certainly miss her but we’re wishing her a speedy recovery.”

Smriti Mandhana stepped in to lead the team and won the toss as India batted first in the opening game.

Tejal Hasabnis and Saima Thakor received their first ODI caps and both made an immediate impact on their debuts.

Hasabnis top-scored with 42 runs off 64 balls and Deepti Sharma scored 41 runs off 51 balls as India were bowled out to 227 total in 44.3 overs. Amelia Kerr picked four wickets and her elder sister Jess Kerr bagged three for the visiting side.

While chasing a low-score target, the White Ferns struggled for meaningful partnerships and were stumbled 168 in 40.4 overs. Brooke Halliday top-scored with 39 runs and injured Kerr, batting at the no.9 position, scored an unbeaten 25 runs.

Radha Yadav picked three wickets for 35 while the debutant Thakor claimed two as India won the game by 59 runs.

India Women Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Dayalan Hemalatha, Jemimah Rodrigues, Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Saima Thakor, Renuka Thakur Singh, Shreyanka Patil, Uma Chetry (wk), Sayali Satghare, Priya Mishra.

New Zealand Women Squad: Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Lauren Down, Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gaze (wk), Jess Kerr, Molly Penfold, Eden Carson, Lea Tahuhu, Hannah Rowe, Fran Jonas, Polly Inglis (wk). 

Match: 2nd WODI 

Time: 01:30 PM IST (Toss at 01:00 PM)

Date: Sunday, October 27

Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

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