In the second T20I match against Team India, has reached the score of 51 runs for the loss of three wickets in 10 overs at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur.
Having opted to bat first, Zimbabwe’s opening batswoman Kellies Ndlovu was dismissed on a 11-ball duck, whereas fellow opening batswoman Beloved Biza departed after scoring seven runs in 13 balls.
Sharne Mayers managed to score nine runs in 10 balls, which included two boundaries.
Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano and skipper Josephine Nkomo are unbeaten in the middle.
Team India’s Nandani Sharma, Kranti Gaud, and have bagged one wicket each.
Earlier, Zimbabwe’s skipper Nkomo won the toss and elected to bat first against the “Women in Blue”.
After winning the toss, Zimbabwe’s skipper Nkomo said, “[What are you looking to do?] We’re looking to have a bat. Last time we had a good start, and we’re hoping to carry it forward. [Need more runs through that middle order?] Yeah, definitely. So today the plan is just to try rotate the strike more and just turn those ones into twos, and I’m sure we’ll be good to go. [Can you replicate that performance?] Hopefully if we go through our process well, we should be able to replicate it. Of course it was a good feeling, and I think it gives our bowlers a bit of confidence. [Are you ready to bowl?] Definitely. [Any changes?] No”.
The “Women in Blue” are leading the ongoing three-match T20I series by 1-0 and will look to continue riding on the momentum. The visitors will be eager to secure a win in order to keep the series alive. If Team India manages to secure a win tonight, it will then be the first series win for the hosts under the captaincy of .
IND W vs ZIM W 2nd T20I: Confirmed Playing XIs
India: Smriti Mandhana (C), Shafali Verma, Anushka Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Niki Prasad, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), Arundhati Reddy, Sree Charani, Nandani Sharma, Kranti Gaud.
Zimbabwe: Kelis Ndhlovu, Beloved Biza, Modester Mupachikwa (WK), Sharna Mayers, Nyasha Gwanzura, Michelle Mavunga, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano, Josephine Nkomo (C), Francisca Chipare, Tendai Makusha, Olinder Chare.