New Zealand beat India by 58 runs in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 in Dubai on Friday. New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. The team scored 160 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the target, the Indian team was all out for 102 runs in 19 overs.
In this match, there was confusion regarding Amelia Kerr’s runout during the Kiwi innings. For this reason, the match was stopped for approximately 7 minutes. Richa Ghosh dropped a simple catch from New Zealand opener Suzie Bates in the sixth over. Brooke Holiday gave her life to Deepti Sharma. Read the best moments of the match…
1. Wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh missed Suzy Bates’ catch off Arundhati’s ball. Wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh missed captain Suzie Bates’ catch on the fourth ball of New Zealand’s sixth innings. At that time New Zealand’s score was 50 points. Arundhati bowled the ball to middle stump. Bates couldn’t judge and lifted her up. The ball was flying high behind the wicket. Indian wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh reached under the ball but could not catch it.
Indian wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh dropped Suzy Bates’ catch for a personal score of 18 runs.
2. Shreyanka Patil made a brilliant catch of Bates On the fourth ball of the 8th over, Shreyanka Patil took a brilliant catch from New Zealand captain Suzie Bates at the boundary line off Arundhati Reddy’s ball. Suzie Bates was out after scoring 27 runs in 24 balls.
.Shreyanka Patil dealt the first blow to New Zealand by catching Suzie Bates.
3. Confusion around the run-out, match stopped Controversy arose over Amelia Kerr not receiving a run-out in the first inning. The Indian team appealed to Kerr in the 14th over as they tried to win their second point, but the umpire dismissed it.
Deepti Sharma was playing at number 14 during New Zealand’s innings. Amelia Kerr was the striking batsman on the last ball of the over. Amelia played a long-range shot and failed to score with 1 point. The no-strike referee gave his cap to Deepti Sharma. At leg square, referee Jacqueline Williams was tying her shoelaces. Then Sophie Devine reached and called back Amelia Kerr for the second point. Both players ran for the sake of running.
Harmanpreet threw the ball to wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh and Richa bowled the stumps. Considering herself exhausted, Kerr began to return to the pavilion, when the third umpire stopped her from returning to the pavilion. Because the referee had signaled the end of the over. In such a situation, it was considered a dead ball. Amelia was saved from exhaustion.
The debate over this continued for a long time between the umpire and Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur. The match was stopped for approximately 7 minutes. Indian head coach Amol Majumdar also seemed disappointed at not being eliminated. He was seen chatting with the fourth official near the boundary line.
Amelia Kerr was run out as she attempted the second point in the 14th over. She started to move towards the pavilion, but the third referee stopped her.
Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur had a long discussion with the on-field umpire after she failed to get an out.
4. Life of Deepti Sharma Deepti Sharma had life on the third ball of the 10th over. Her catch was dropped by Brooke Halliday halfway through. In 9.3 overs, Eden Carson bowled a full toss, which Deepti Sharma bowled towards mid on. Brooke Holliday steps forward and the ball comes into her hand too, she thought she was going to catch it, but the ball slips off her finger and falls.
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New Zealand beat India by 58 runs in Women’s T20 World Cup
The Indian team lost their first match of the Women’s T20 World Cup. The team was defeated by New Zealand by 58 runs in the match played on Friday evening in Dubai. During the match, the Indian team looked lackluster in all three departments (batting, bowling and fielding). The Indian team’s second match will be against Pakistan on October 6.