India Vs New Zealand, Women’s World Cup 2025: The Indian team faced New Zealand on Thursday (23 October) in match number-24 of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025. In this match held at DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, the Indian team defeated New Zealand by 53 runs under the DLS rule. With this victory, India made it to the semi-finals. Due to rain, New Zealand’s innings was reduced to 44 overs, where they had to score 325 runs to win. But the Kiwi team could score only 271 runs for 8 wickets. Along with New Zealand, Sri Lanka was also out of the race for the semi-finals.
Australia, South Africa and England had already reached the semi-finals. Now India will face the winner of the match between South Africa and Australia in the semi-finals. The match between South Africa and Australia on October 25 will also determine which of the two teams will top the table. If that match is cancelled, Australia will remain on top. The Indian team will remain fourth in the points table and will play the semi-finals on October 30. What this means is that India will face the table topper in the semi-finals.
While chasing the target, New Zealand lost the wicket of Suzie Bates cheaply, who became the victim of Kranti Gaur after scoring 1 run. After this, Georgia Plimmer and Amelia Kerr took over the innings with a partnership of 50 runs. Plimmer was dismissed by Renuka Singh Thakur on a personal score of 30 runs. Then Renuka gave a big success to India by bowling Sophie Diwan. After Devine’s dismissal, Amelia Kerr and Brook Halliday made a partnership of 56 runs for the fourth wicket. Amelia (45 runs) was dismissed by Sneh Rana.
Part-time spinner Pratika Rawal gave India its fifth success by dismissing Maddy Green. After the fall of five wickets at 154 runs, Brook Halliday and Isabella Gage together made a partnership of 72 runs. However, this partnership was not enough to give victory to New Zealand. Halliday scored 81 runs on 84 balls with the help of 9 fours and one six. Whereas Gage contributed unbeaten 65 runs on 51 balls with the help of 10 fours.
New Zealand Scorecard: (271/8, 44 overs)
| batsman | Wicket | Run |
| suzy bates | Caught Pratika Rawal, b Kranti Gaur | 1 |
| georgia plimmer | b Renuka Singh Thakur | 30 |
| amelia kerr | Caught Smriti Mandhana, b Sneh Rana | 45 |
| Sophie Devine | b Renuka Singh Thakur | 6 |
| brooke halliday | Caught Sneh Rana, b Shree Charani | 81 |
| maddy green | Catch Kranti Gaur, Pratika Rawal | 18 |
| isabella gauge | unbeaten | 65* |
| jess kerr | Caught Smriti Mandhana, b Kranti Gaur | 61 |
| rosemary mair | Caught Smriti Mandhana, b Deepti Sharma | 1 |
Wicket Fall: 1-1 (Suzie Bates, 1.3 ov), 2-51 (Georgia Plimmer, 9.3 ov), 3-59 (Sophie Devine, 11.3 ov), 4-115 (Amelia Kerr, 20.5 ov), 5-154 (Maddy Green, 27.6 ov), 6-226 (Brooke Halliday, 38.4 ov), 7-266 (Jess Kerr, 42.6 overs), 8-271 (Rosemary Mair, 43.6 overs).
Smriti Mandhana-Pratika Rawal scored centuries
Batting first after losing the toss, the Indian team scored 340 runs for three wickets in 49 overs. This was the Indian team’s biggest score so far in the Women’s World Cup. For the Indian team, openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal played century innings. Pratika faced 134 balls and scored 122 runs, which included 13 fours and two sixes. Whereas Smriti contributed 109 runs on 95 balls with the help of 10 fours and 4 sixes. Jemimah Rodrigues faced only 55 balls and scored unbeaten 76 runs with the help of 11 fours.
India’s scorecard: (340/3, 49 overs)
| batsman | wicket fall | Run |
| Pratika Rawal | c Hannah Rowe (all), b Amelia Kerr | 122 |
| Smriti Mandhana | c Hannah Rowe (all), b Suzie Bates | 109 |
| jemima rodrigues | unbeaten | 76* |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | c Eden Carson, b Rosemary Mair | 10 |
| Richa Ghosh | unbeaten | 4* |
Wicket Fall: 1-212 (Smriti Mandhana, 33.2 ov), 2-288 (Pratika Rawal, 42.6 ov), 3-336 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 48.5 ov)
There was a change in the playing-11 of the Indian team for this match. Middle order batsman Jemimah Rodrigues came to play this match in place of all-rounder Amanjot Kaur. There was no change in the playing-11 of New Zealand.
So far 58 Women’s One Day International matches have been played between India and New Zealand. During this period, the Indian team has won 23 matches. Whereas New Zealand won 34 matches. One match was also tied. That means in statistics the Kiwi team has had the upper hand against India.
New Zealand’s playing eleven: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (c), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gage (wk), Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Lee Tahuhu, Eden Carson.
Indian team’s playing-11: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaur, Shri Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur.
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