India Women vs New Zealand Women | Suzie Bates’ fifty takes White Ferns to a four-wicket win

After winning the first T20I quite comfortably by 23 runs against the Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian side in Wellington, Kiwi skipper Amy Satterthwaite won the toss and elected to field first in the second game at Eden Park, Auckland.

India was off to a poor start while batting first as opener Priya Punia got out cheaply for the second consecutive time in the series. However, in-form Smriti Mandhana and No. 3 Jemimah Rodrigues combined together against the visiting team to take the score past 70 runs inside 10 overs. The 63-run stand for the second wicket was broken by Rosemary Mair as Mandhana was caught for 36 off 27 balls. Although Rodrigues carried on well at the crease, the Indian middle-order failed again in this series. They kept losing wickets at regular intervals and Dayalan Hemalatha getting retired hurt didn’t help them either. Rodrigues got out for 72 in the penultimate over and India finished with a score of 135/6 in 20 overs. The 53-ball knock by the Indian No.3 included six fours and one hit over the ropes. 

"I think we should give credit to our bowlers, it wasn't a good total but still they fought for us. We were 20 runs short, They played better cricket than us. We just need to learn from our mistakes and play better," India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said after the game, reported PTI.