ICC Women’s T20 world Cup: Jemimah half-century helps India beat West Indies in warm-up match
India beat West Indies by 20 runs in their first warm-up match of the 2024 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
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A half-century from middle order batter Jemimah Rodrigues, on Sunday, helped India beat West Indies by 20 runs in their first warm-up match of the 2024 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Dubai.
Having been asked to bat first, the Indian women did not have the best of starts as they lost a struggling Shafali Verma in the third over to Chinelle Henry.
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s promotion to number 3 in the batting order to plug that area of weakness did not work either as she fell to Hayley Matthews for just 1. Smriti Mandhana too fell to the off-spinner to leave India reeling at 23/3 in the sixth over.
This is when Rodrigues (52) and southpaw Yastika Bhatia (24) joined hands with a 50-run fourth wicket stand before the latter fell prey to Matthews.
Rodrigues continued to motor along and India required a late cameo from Deepti Sharma (13*) and a couple of hits from Pooja Vastrakar and Shreyanka Patil to post 141/8 in their alloted 20 overs.
Matthews starred for West Indies, finishing with figures of 4-17 in her four overs.
Unlike their struggle with the bat, India dominated the proceedings with ball in hand. Vastrakar and Renuka Thakur combined to strike thrice within the first four overs to leave...
