IND W vs NZ W: India become first team to enter Women's T20 World Cup semi-finals

India Women produced yet ar splendid performance to beat New Zealand Women by 4 runs on Thursday's Women's T20 World Cup cricket match. With win, India Women became first team to enter semi-finals of Women's T20 World Cup. Pacer Shikha Pandey once again bowled well in final over to ensure team's victory by defending 12 runs successfully.

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IND W vs NZ W Women's T20 World Cup: Smriti Mandhana falls early yet again 

After being asked to bat first by New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine in Women's T20 World Cup match, India Women lost Smriti Mandhana (11 runs) early with just 17 runs on board. Opener Shafali Verma continued her impressive performance with bat and continued to revive India Women innings with wicketkeeper-batswoman Taniya Bhatia. Bhatia (23 runs) was next batswoman to fall after being caught by Amelia Kerr off Rosemary Mair's bowling. 

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IND W vs NZ W Women's T20 World Cup: Middle-order collapse 

India Women middle-order failed to fire with Jemimah Rodrigues, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma failing to contribute with bat. Shafali Verma continued to hold one end of innings before she was eventually dismissed by Amelia Kerr just four runs (46 runs) short of half-century in Women's T20 World Cup Shikha Pandey and Radha Yadav scored some useful runs down order to take team India's total to 133/8 in 20 overs in IND W vs NZ W Women's T20 World Cup match.

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IND W vs NZ W Women's T20 World Cup: New Zealand bowlers performance

For New Zealand, Amelia Kerr and Rosemary Mair picked up 2 wickets apiece, while Lea Tahuhu, Sophie Devine and Leigh Kasperek picked up 1 wicket apiece in IND W vs NZ W Women's T20 World Cup match.

IND W vs NZ W: India Women fightback in  Women's T20 World Cup match

Chasing 134 runs to win, New Zealand lost Rachel Priest early in innings by Shikha Pandey. Suzie Bates also was dismissed early by off-spinner Deepti Sharma. Poonam Yadav, who has been most successful bowler for India in tournament. dismissed Sophie Devine to put more pressure on White Ferns in  Women's T20 World Cup match.

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Maddy Green and Katey Martin did try to get team's innings back on track, but Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Radha Yadav dismissed both of m to bring ir team back in match. Rajeshwari Gayakwad impressed with figures of 1-22 in 4 overs. With just 16 runs to defend, Shikha Pandey held her nerves to concede just 12 runs and taking team to victory in  Women's T20 World Cup match.