This is Team India’s third victory in the World Cup.Image Credit source: PTI
India Women vs New Zealand Women World Cup Match Result: India confirmed its place in the semi-finals of ICC Women’s World Cup 2025. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s team India, which was struggling to stay in the tournament, defeated New Zealand by 53 runs (Duckworth-Lewis Method) in a ‘do or die’ match. Team India achieved this big victory on the basis of record-breaking centuries and memorable partnership of Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal. With this, the Indian team became the fourth and last team to reach the semi-finals, while New Zealand’s hopes were ended.
There was a lot of pressure on the Indian team in this match played on Thursday 23 October at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Team India had lost its last three matches and here it needed to win at any cost. Team India did the same and broke the streak of consecutive defeats and registered its third win in the tournament. In this way, after Australia, South Africa and England, India became the fourth and last team to reach the semi-finals.
The foundation of the Indian team’s victory in this match was laid by the amazing partnership of 212 runs between Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal. Both of them made a partnership of more than 100 runs for the second time in the tournament. Vice-captain and star opener Smriti Mandhana, who was out between 80 and 90 in the last two consecutive matches, this time managed to score a century. This was his first century in this World Cup and third overall in the history of the tournament. After that, Pratika also scored the first century of her World Cup career. After this, Jemimah Rodrigues, who returned to the playing 11, played an explosive inning of 76 not out and took the team to a big score of 340 runs in 49 overs.
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