India beat West Indies by 60 runs to clinch women’s T20 series 2-1

By  News On Air   Dec 20, 2024

In Women’s T20I Cricket, India defeated the West Indies by 60 runs in the third and final match to clinch the series 2-1 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai last night.

Put in to bat first, India posted their highest-ever total in T20Is, scoring 217 for four in 20 overs, thanks to Smriti Mandhana’s 77 runs off 47 balls and Richa Ghosh’s quickfire 54 runs off just 21 balls. Richa Ghosh also equalled the world record for the fastest fifty in women’s T20Is, reaching 50 in just 18 balls.

In reply, the West Indies could only manage 157 for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. For India, Radha Yadav took four wickets.

Richa was adjudged Player of the Match for her brilliant fifty, while Mandhana was awarded the Player of the Series accolade for her three half-centuries and an aggregate of 193 runs.

India will next face the West Indies in a three-match ODI series, scheduled to take place on the 22nd, 24th, and 27th of this month.