Team India continue their winning streak as they thrash West Indies by 6 wickets.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur 33 (42) lose wicket after guiding team towards a win.
Richa Ghosh and Harmanpreet Kaur guide India towards win
In-form Shafali Verma 28 (23) who took the onus of India's batting in the absence of Smriti and Jemimah got dismissed by K Ramharack's delivery and Afy Fletcher's catch as she tried to hit a shot.
Team India looks stable considering the Net Run Rate after the powerplay and are on their way to chase the target. But having lost two important batters, how difficult will be the chase is something to look out for. WI were 29/1 after Powerplay in their innings.
The highest run-scorer for India in the opening game of the World Cup, Jemimah Rodrigues 1 (5) gets dimissed and the women in blue look in trouble.
Smriti Mandhana 10 (7) gets stumped and makes her way back to hut after falling prey to K Ramharack's spell.
Shafali Verma looks on fire as she smashes 12 runs including 3 boundaries off the first over.
India need to chase the target of 119 runs to register their second successive win in the T20 World Cup
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Deepti Sharma - 100 wickets (87 innings)
Poonam Yadav - 98 wickets (72 innings)
Radha Yadav - 67 wickets (62 innings)
Rajeshwari Gayakwad - 58 wickets (51 innings)
Jhulan Goswami - 56 wickets (67 innings)
India is in dominating position as West Indies lose another wicket just before the just of the last over as Renuka Singh dismisses Shabika Gajnabi
Gajnabi and Nation take charge and aim to end West Indies innings on high note.
Chinelle Henry 2(4) gets run out by Richa Ghosh
Deepti Sharma first sends Campbelle 30 (36) who was looking dangerous and in-form for the West Indies as Smriti Mandhana takes and unbelievable catch. She continues the momentum and dismisses Stafanie Taylor 42 (40) to shake WI batting line-up and become the highest wicket-taker for India in T20Is.
West Indies women look stable as they are slowly getting settled after Hayley Matthews departure. Will Campbell and Taylor carry the momentum going forward?
After an expensive over by Rajeshwari Gayakwad who conceded 12 runs in the 5th over, Deepti Sharma ended the powerplay in style by giving away just 2 runs and West Indies are 29/1. Campbelle and Taylor stabilising the innings for West Indies.
Total matches played: 20
Matches won by India: 12
Matches won by West Indies: 8
Pooja Vastrakar bowls wicket maiden and helps India take the grip from her first delivery of the match as she dismissed West Indies skipper Hayley Matthews 2 (6)
After national anthems, both teams look geared up for the match.
Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur Singh
Hayley Matthews(c), Stafanie Taylor, Shemaine Campbelle, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Chedean Nation, Afy Fletcher, Shamilia Connell, Rashada Williams(w), Karishma Ramharack, Shakera Selman
"We are gonna have a bat. Last game didn't go too badly. We have one change. We had the tri-series. India are a strong side. We would look to get better of them by playing our brand of cricket."
"We wanted to bat today. Last game we chased. Today, the wicket is looking a little better compared to the last game. We wanted to bat first. Smriti and Devika are back. We know them. We played a couple of games before the tournament."
West Indies win toss and opt to bat first. When asked to Harmanpreet, Team India also wanted to bat first as well. Will the decision be in West Indies' favour or the women in blue will chase sucessfully in their second game at the campaign?
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey, Yastika Bhatia, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Anjali Sarvani, Pooja Vastrakar,
West Indies: Hayley Matthews (c), Rashada Williams (wk), Shemaine Campbelle, Stafanie Taylor, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Chedean Nation, Zaida James, Afy Fletcher, Shamilia Connell, Shakera Selman, Aaliyah Alleyne, Karishma Ramharack, Trishan Holder, Djenaba Joseph
The average 1st innings total at this venue is 149. It drops down to 141 in the 2nd innings. The deck at Newlands Stadium is generally great for spinners, and you get proper grip and turn to take advantage of at this venue. In the T20 World Cup match between India and West Indies, it is expected to be the case.
Live streaming of the T20 World Cup match between India Women vs West Indies Women will be available on Star Sports Network.
Live streaming of the T20 World Cup match between India Women vs West Indies Women will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar app.
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