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Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Team India failed miserably in the first match of T20 World Cup 2024. In the match against New Zealand in Dubai, the Indian team lost in a one-sided fashion by 58 runs. In which New Zealand, batting first, scored 160 runs and Team India scored 100 runs in front of it. The Indian team, adorned with batsmen, was desperate for sixes and fours, but the result ultimately went against the team.
Harmanpreet scored the maximum 15 runs
In the match held in Dubai, Shefali Verma was the first to get out after scoring 2 runs. While Mandhana scored 12 runs, Harmanpreet Kaur scored only 15 runs and Jemimah Rodrigues scored only 13 runs. Along with this, Richa Ghosh was out after scoring 12 runs and Deepti Sharma was out after scoring 13 runs. The strike rate of 4 out of the top 6 batsmen of Team India was less than 100. The thing to think about is how poor the Indian batting must have been against New Zealand, when the Indian team was able to play only 19 overs and score 102 runs. The thing to note here is that not a single player of Team India could reach the 20-run mark. In which Harmanpreet scored the maximum 15 runs.
New Zealand performed brilliantly
The New Zealand team performed brilliantly in Dubai. Most importantly, after captain Sophie Devine won the toss, Suzie Bates and Plimmer gave the team a great start. Both players together scored 67 runs. After this, captain Divine scored 57 runs in the middle order and the team's score reached 160 runs. Whereas in the second innings the pitch slowed down and New Zealand's spinners benefited from this. Rosemary Mayer took 4 wickets for 19 runs. Tahuhu got 3 wickets and Carson got 2 wickets. When Emilia got the wicket.
Team India's path became difficult
After the defeat against New Zealand, the path of Team India has become very difficult. Because, now two out of three matches of Team India are difficult, the Indian team has to play the next match on 6th October. The Indian team will play against Sri Lanka on 9 October. Apart from this, the Indian team has a match against Australia on 13 October.
