Bengaluru, Sep 25
Fifties from Shafali Verma and Mamatha Madiwala propelled India A to stun New Zealand by four wickets in the Women’s ODI World Cup warm-up game at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) Ground 2 on Thursday.
Electing to bat first, Isabella Gaze hit an unbeaten 101 to take New Zealand to 273/9 in their 50 overs. With rain interrupting India A’s chase, their target was revised to 224 in 40 overs via the DLS method, and the hosts’ reached the target with just three balls in a nail-biting finish to stun the White Ferns aiming to win an ODI World Cup for the first time after 2000.
New Zealand, meanwhile, will be keen to address their mistakes from this game before playing their second warm-up game, against the main Indian team led by Harmanpreet Kaur at the same venue on Saturday.
Brief Scores: New Zealand 273/9 in 50 overs (Isabella Gaze 101 not out, Jess Kerr 36; Sayali Satghare 3-45, Priya Mishra 1-24) lost to India A 226/6 in 39.3 overs (Shafali Verma 70, Mamatha Madiwala 56 not out; Jess Kerr 2-15, Amelia Kerr 2-26) by four wickets via DLS method