It was yet again the magic of Indian spin twins that created
havoc for the opposition in ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifiers. Zimbabwe was done
and dusted for a paltry score of 60 in 28.5 overs, thanks to some bowling
brilliance exhibited by leg spinner Poonam Yadav and slow left arm bowler
Rajeshwari Gayakwad. Poonam picked up a fifer (5-19) and made the Zimbabwean
batting look out of sorts. She found an able ally in Rajeshwari who scalped
2-18. Musonda was the top scorer for Zimbabwe with 26 runs.
Chasing 61 runs was going to be a cake walk for a strong
Indian batting line-up. Women in Blue chased down the target in nine overs, losing
just the one wicket of Veda Krishnamurthy (29), who after providing a brisk and
solid start fell against the run of play. Mona Meshram (21) and Harmanpreet
Kaur (11) saw their team through with unbeaten knocks.
India has qualified for the Super Six stage that commences
on 15th Feb. The top four teams out of the Super Six will make their
way to England to play the ICC Women’s World Cup, starting June26, 2017.
Brief Scores: Zimbabwe
Women 60 all out in 28.5 overs (MA Musonda 26; P Yadav 5-19, R Gayakwad 2-18) lost
to India Women 61-1 in 9 overs (V Krishnamurthy 29, M Meshram 21*; P Marange
1-21) by nine wickets
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