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IND vs NZ Full Highlights: The Indian team made it to the semi-finals of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. On Thursday (23 October), in the match played against New Zealand at DY Patil Stadium, Team India defeated the opposing team by 53 runs under DLS. Openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal contributed significantly in helping the team win by scoring centuries.
Pratika scored 122 runs in 134 balls with the help of 13 fours and 2 sixes. Whereas Mandhana scored 109 runs in 95 balls by hitting 10 fours and 4 sixes. Both of them made a partnership of 212 runs (201 balls) for the first wicket, due to which the team could reach a big total of 340 runs.
Rain interfered in the match
There was also interference from rain in the match, due to which Team India, who came to bat first, got a chance to bat only 49 overs. After this, under DLS, New Zealand was given a target of 325 runs in 44 overs. While chasing this target, the Kiwi team could score only 271/8 runs on the board in 44 overs.
During this, Brooke Halliday played the biggest innings for New Zealand, scoring 81 runs in 84 balls with the help of 9 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, Isabella Gage played an inning of 65* runs in 51 balls with the help of 10 fours. However, both the batsmen could not make the team cross the victory line. During this period, Renuka Singh Thakur and Kranti Gaur took maximum 2-2 wickets for India.
Win after 3 consecutive defeats
This was Team India’s first win after three consecutive defeats in the tournament. Earlier, Team India under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur had faced defeat against South Africa, Australia and England. The team had also won the first two matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Now by defeating New Zealand the team saved itself from elimination. The Indian team has to play its last league match against Bangladesh on 26 October.
India was the last team to reach the semi-finals
Let us tell you that India became the last team to reach the semi-finals. Before this, Australia, South Africa and England had confirmed their place in the knockout stage.