India Women vs New Zealand Women Highlights, World Cup 2025 Warm-up: IND-W beats NZ-W by four wickets

IND-W vs NZ-W: Harleen, Harmanpreet guide India Women to comfortable win in warm-up encounter

Half-centuries from Harleen Deol and captain Harmanpreet Kaur helped India Women ease to a four-wicket win against New Zealand in its second and last Women’s World Cup warm-up fixture in Bengaluru.

Carson to bowl the penultimate over. India needs only five runs to win. Amanjot takes a single off the first before Deepti hits the winning boundary to wrap up the chase.

India wins by four wickets!

Another one! Jess gets the skipper Harmanpreet caught off her own bowling.

Harmanpreet Kaur 69 (86) c & b Jess Kerr

Deepti Sharma is at the crease now. A couple of runs added.

A wicket falls! Jemimah is cleaned up by Illing. India only seven runs short of victory against New Zealand.

Jemimah Rodrigues 8 (7) b Bree Illing

Amanjot Kaur is the next batter to walk in. Two dots to end the over.

Four! Jemimah opens her boundary account with a flick to deep midwicket. India’s target now only a handful of runs away. Seven coming off the over.

Illing back and welcomed with a four by Richa! But she falls on the very next ball. She is castled by the pacer.

Richa Ghosh 9 (7) b Bree Illing

In comes Jemimah Rodrigues, who gets off the mark with a double.

India needs 29 to win in 42 balls. Amelia welcomed back with a four! She flicks it through mid-wicket. Six runs off the over.

Harleen retired out, Richa Ghosh comes in. The keeper-batter gets off the mark with a boundary off Jess’s bowling. She gets a thick edge to deep third fence.

Jess Kerr with her fourth over. Concedes just three from it.

Devine back into the attack. Another dropped catch! Harleen mistimes her lofted shot over midwicket where the fielder misreads it. Four!! Length ball outside off, Harleen guides through third man for four.

Four!! Tahuhu slightly unlucky. Manages to force a false shot off Harman but the edge flies through third man for four. Four!! Slower bouncer from Tahuhu, Harleen waits for it and ramps it over third man for the second boundary in the over. Ten runs from the over. Carson spills a tough chance at point after Harleen gets a leading edge.

45 needed in 60 balls.

Four!! Harman brings up her fifty with a boundary. Full on the pads from Tahuhu, clipped over square leg for four. India continues to inch closer to the target.

Five from Amelia Kerr’s next. India needs 55 in 66 balls.

Amelia Kerr continues. Four!! Harleen sweeps again, this time in front of square and picks up another four. Five from the over.

Fifty for Harleen! Drives a full ball through covers against Carson for four before picking a single with a mistime sweep.

Amelia Kerr with her sixth over. Harman is dropped at point by Carson, slices her attempted drive straight at the fielder. Four!! Harleen brings out the sweep to find the fence at square leg. Seven from the over.

Carson back into the attack. Four!! Harleen jumps down the track and drives through cover for a boundary. Eight from the over.

Devine continues. Four!! Finally a boundary to break the barren run. Harman connects with a heave over midwicket and picks up four.

Four!! Illing goes slightly short against Harman, she waits for it and pulls it through midwicket for four.

Just five runs off Devine’s second over. Illing resumes from the other end. Bowls a maiden over.

Illing returns, and is greeted with a four! Harmanpreet now beginning to speed things up. She intended to cut one fine but got an edge instead which missed the keeper and raced away to deep third.

Yet another tidy over by Amelia, only gives three runs. New bowler Devine is welcomed by counterpart Harmanpreet with a four to deep third. Devine concedes another as Harleen’s edge rolls away to the ropes. She was helped by a misfield.

After a neat four-run over by Amelia, Tahuhu is smacked for two fours by Harleen, both through mid-wicket region. India crosses the 100-run mark in 18 overs.

Tahuhu with a slightly wayward over. A couple of wides towards the end of the over means she gives away seven runs.

India will need a few more boundaries often if it wants to see through a comfortable chase in 42 overs. Amelia doesn’t allow it though, gives away just two.

Lea Tahuhu to bowl her first. Begins her spell with a tidy first over. Harmanpreet managed to run a double, the only runs Tahuhu gave away.

The boundaries were beginning to dry up before Harmanpreet found the ropes against Amelia. Uses some power to hammer it through covers. Seven runs this over.

Carson continues. She keeps Harleen and Harmanpreet to singles as well. Just three coming off the over.

End of the PowerPlay. India has gotten a great start courtesy of Uma’s knock. Amelia Kerr into the attack. She gives away just the two runs.

WICKET!! A slog sweep too many for Chetry who gets a top edge on a Carson delivery and holes out to Devine.

Uma Chetry 38 (36) c Sophie Devine b Eden Carson

Harmanpreet in at 4.

IND 71/2 in 10 overs

WICKET!! Jess Kerr strikes! Cleans up Pratika Rawal for 15. In ducker on the stumps, Pratika misses her shot and the ball rolls onto the stumps.

Pratika Rawal 15 (18) b Jess Kerr

Harleen in at 3. Four!! Gets off the mark with a cover drive to the boundary for four.

Six!! Chetry continues her boundary-hitting. Slog sweeps Jess Kerr over square leg.

Four!! Chetry misses her shot outside off, beats the keeper and it runs away to the fence. Fifty up for India. Four!! Shorter from Carson, pulled through square leg for another four. Chetry moves into her 30s in quick time.

Four!! Chetry punishes an overpitched ball by crunching the drive through cover. Four!! Full on the stumps, Chetry lofts it through midwicket.

Four!! Pratika Rawal gets two boundaries in two balls against Eden Carson. Drives the first ball through the offside before cutting the next one through the same region.

Just a single from Illing’s next. Four!! First boundary of the Indian innings. Was overpitched outside off by Jess, driven through cover by Uma. Four!! Second four of the over, pitched up no leg, Uma lofts it through midwicket for four.

Jess Kerr struggles to get her line right in her first over. Concedes seven wides in the over.

Pratika Rawal and Uma Chetry open the innings for India. Bree Illing to bowl the first over. Three from the over.

IND 3/0 in 1 over

Charani to close the innings out. Four for Green! She hasn’t given up just yet. She takes it to deep third for a much-needed boundary. SIX! Green making the most of the last few balls. A wicket off the final ball! New batter Flora Devonshire hits one straight back to Charani, who completes a three-wicket haul.

New Zealand ends with 232/8 on the board.

A 30-minute break before the chase begins.

Arundhati continuing to keep things tidy. It’s the penultimate over of the innings but New Zealand can’t pick up the pace. In fact, it loses another wicket! Arundhati cleans Kerr up in her last ball.

Charani is back. Kerr sweeps one away to find her first boundary. The spinner gives away seven runs this over.

Just as New Zealand crossed the 200-run mark, Arundhati strikes! Gaze, the centurion from the first warm-up match has to go. Uma effects a stumping to send her back. In comes Jess Kerr, who gets off the mark instantly. Eight off the over.

Four! Harmanpreet gives away her first boundary. Shorter one bowled at gaze, she connects well and slashes it to the ropes. A slightly expensive over this time, gives away nine runs.

Arundhati comes back. Four for Gaze!! Another lucky shot for her. She gets a thick edge that travels to deep third again for a boundary. Six runs this over.

Harmanpreet to bowl her second. Yet another four-run over from the captain. India will need to hold New Zealand back from surging past in the last few overs.

Charani continues. Green shifts to her back foot and cuts one through backward point to the fence. Green runs two off the very next ball, takes it through square leg. Seven this over.

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur decides to have a go with the ball. She runs through her over quite decently. Only conceded four singles.

Charani is back. Four! Gaze gets a lucky edge to deep third. The fielder was unable to chase it down. Seven coming off the over.

Pratika to bowl the 32nd over. Only 10 more overs from here. She concedes three singles off the first three deliveries and nothing more.

A brief pause it is. The match, however, is reduced further to 42 overs now.

A light drizzle has now intensified into a heavier one. Play is stopped once again. It is very likely that a few more overs will be lost.

Arundhati returns and will hope to continue the wicket-taking momentum. Gaze gets off the mark with a four through covers. Five off the over.

WICKET!! Pratika strikes! Halliday is caught in front of the wickets and is given out lbw. Was looking for the sweep but didn’t make contact.

Brooke Halliday 11 (18) lbw b Pratika Rawal

Izzy Gaze in at 7. Blocks out the rest of the over. Maiden.

NZ 153/5 in 30 overs

Four!! Halliday brings out the sweep against Charani and finds the square leg boundary. Four!! Bowled into the pads, Green sweeps it fine and to the fence. 11 from the over.

Four!! Part-timer Pratika Rawal into the attack and Maddy Green gets off the mark with a pull through midwicket for four. Four!! Halliday joins the merry. Cuts a wide ball to the boundary.

WICKET!! Devine shapes to cut but misses, and the ball cannons into offstump. Two big wickets from Charani.

Sophie Devine 54 (54) b Sree Charani

Maddy Green in at 6.

NZ 133/4 in 27 overs

WICKET!! The young spinner strikes for India! Kerr gets a thin edge on her push outside off. Chetry holds on behind the stumps.

Amelia Kerr 40 (67) c Uma Chetry b Sree Charani

Brooke Halliday in at 5. Deepti bowls a maiden against the new batter.

NZ 132/3 in 26 overs

Another tight over from Charani, just concedes two runs. Deepti follows suit with a four run over. Kerr moves into the forties.

Four!! Deepti loses her trajectory, fires one in on the legs, clips Devine’s pads and runs away for four. Fifty for Devine! Gets there by gleefully putting away a full toss to midwicket fence for four.

Sree Charani, the left-arm spinner, comes into the attack. Kerr and Devine knock the ball around for three singles in the over.

Devine has freed up nicely here and is piling on the runs. She injects one through covers off Deepti’s bowling. The spinner pulls things back and gives away just two runs.

New Zealand brings up its 100 in only 18.2 overs. Arundhati concedes her first boundary after giving away a no-ball for overstepping. Kerr maximises the opportunity and smashes one to long on fence.

Deepti Sharma into the attack. Kerr welcomes the off-spinner with a four. She lofts one over mid off for a boundary. Deepti only gives away two off the last ball thereon. Kerr and Devine look settled and dangerous.

And we’re back on the field after a brief delay. Arundhati finishes the 17th over with a dot.

NZ 91/2 (17)

Looks like the rain has relented. Ground staff have started their work in the middle. The game is expected to be reduced further, possibly to 44 overs a side.

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The rains have returned!

Arundhati had bowled five balls of the 17th over. She only gave away a single off the first ball before the rains returned to play spoilsport.

The wait game continues..

The dark clouds seem to be back again. The floodlights are on.

Sneh concedes another boundary. Devine uses the face of her blade to guide one to deep third. But only a couple of singles added thereon. Six off the over.

Arundhati continues to keep her end secure. She keeps the stumps in play throughout the over and gives away only three runs this over.

Time for drinks!

Sneh continues. This time, it is Kerr who founds the boundary against the spinner. She sweeps to deep midwicket fence. Seven runs this over.

Another tight over by Arundhati. Kerr and Devine seem happy with the singles and run three. That said, the Kiwi skipper has raced away here, striking at a blistering rate.

Sneh Rana is welcomed with consecutive fours by Devine! She cuts the first through deep third and drives the next one through covers. She adds one more, pulling it to deep midwicket fence. 15 runs.

A tidy first over for Arundhati Reddy, who had suffered an injury scare in the first warm-up match. She is fit to continue. Just two runs.

Two singles in Kranti’s over takes NZ to 50. Four!! Devine finds the gap through covers and picks her third boundary.

Four!! Renuka goes short, Devine cuts hard and finds the boundary, her second in two overs.

WICKET!! Huge wicket for India and it is Kranti that strikes again.

Suzie Bates 19 (23) c Sree Charani b Kranti Gaud

Sophie Devine in at 4. She gets off the mark with a boundary second ball.

NZ 42/2 in 8 overs

Fours in successive overs for NZ against India’s opening bowlers. Kerr finds her first boundary, against Renuka.

Four!! Bates continues to find the fence. Another four against Renuka, this time with a drive past mid off.

First breakthrough for India and it is Kranti Goud who removes Plimmer for 3. Full and straight, beats her attempted defense and traps her in front.

Georgia Plimmer lbw b Goud 3 (7b)

Amelia Kerr in at 3.

NZ 24/1 in 4 overs

Plimmer gets her innings underway with a flick through midwicket for a couple. Four!! Second boundary of the innings for Bates. Kranti Goud goes down leg and that is easy pickings for the batter.

Suzie Bates and Georgia Plimmer open the innings. The match has been reduced t0 46 overs per side due to rain.

Bates gets the innings underway with a boundary against Renuka Singh Thakur. Width offered and the experienced batter takes full toll. Six runs from the opening over.

- Arundhati fit to play after injury scare vs England

- Radha Yadav to be rested

- Amanjot to play as pure batter

ICC: The rain has completely stopped now, and the covers are coming off too. The umpires are out in the middle for an inspection, and the Super Soppers are in action trying to soak the water in the outfield.

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ICC: The ground staff were starting to remove the covers, but the rain has picked up pace again, and now even more covers are coming on.

The intensity of the rain has slowed down a bit, but the outfield has taken a lot of water and the covers are firmly in place.

ICC: We can see the Super Sopper at work with a few of the ground staff out there too.

India, meanwhile, has added two players from its A squad, Vrinda Dinesh and Nandini Kashyap, making it 17 members in total.

IND-W: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Sree Charani, Uma Chetry, Vrinda Dinesh, Nandini Kashyap.

New Zealand will only field 12 players; Bella James, Polly Inglis, and Rosemary Mair have been rested.

NZ-W: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (C), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Izzy Gaze (WK), Bella James, Jess Kerr, Flora Devonshire, Eden Carson, Bree Illing, Lea Tahuhu, Polly Inglis, Rosemary Mair.

It looks like the rains are paying a visit today as well. The match start has been delayed.

ICC: At the moment, the pitch and the surrounding area are under a large sheet, with an extra cover placed directly over the pitch. There’s also a bit of breeze across the ground, so fingers crossed this turns out to be just a passing shower. That said, the visuals don’t look too promising with plenty of dark clouds hovering overhead.

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