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RESULTT20I3rd T20I · Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
India Women vs Zimbabwe Women
India Women won by 92 runs
India Women won the toss and chose to bat
- Match
- India Women vs Zimbabwe Women, 3rd T20I
- Date
- 20 Oct 2026 to 22 Oct 2026
- Start
- 19:00 IST · 13:30 GMT
- Venue
- Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
- Toss
- India Women won the toss and chose to bat
Venue guide
- Capacity
- 65,000
- Opened
- 2008
- Ends
- North End, South End
- Home to
- Delhi Daredevils, Chhattisgarh
- Floodlights
- Yes
| Harmanpreet KaurIndia Women · All-rounder | 91* (41)Bat · R (B) | 104s | 56s | 222.0SR | not outOut |
| Shafali VermaIndia Women · Batter | 3Bat · Inns | 128Runs | 42.67Avg | 250s | 0100s | 3Bowl · Inns | 5.0Overs | 0Wkts | 0/2Best |
INDWIndia Women 216/7 (20.0)
ZIMWZimbabwe Women 124/7 (20.0)
RUNS PER OVER
SCORE BY OVER
Final overs
Full commentary- Smriti Mandhana collects the trophy and hands it over to Jintimani Kalita. Niki Prasad joins her and they are all smiles. India's new captain is happy to stand at the side as the team pose for the photographs. A 3-0 cleansweep for India in the shortest format. The action shifts to Vadodara for the ODIs, which commences on Friday (October 23). Until next time, it's goodbye and good night from all of us..
- Smriti Mandhana | India captain: [On the team's performance in this match and the series] The batting was very brilliant. Anushka to start with, Shafali, then Harman and I think everyone just played their part and it was really good to watch. And again in the field, bowlers did execute their plans. Maybe yes, some things we can work on. We'll take it back and work on it. [On rotating the batting order and whether the team's intent and execution worked as planned] Yeah, for sure. Middle order in the first match we could not get going, again top order as well. Then in the second match, they did not get an opportunity to bat. So it's always good to have some game time and always good to have some runs behind your back. [On the bowling line-up] Yeah, it is looking good for sure. But yeah, we're all looking in a way where dew is playing its part. Again we're going to have the next three ones going ahead, there's going to be a lot of dew till we approach the Champions Trophy. So kind of combination we need, and the bowlers, more the merrier. It's always good to have options. So yeah, I'm really happy and pleased with the way Niki, Shafali, everyone chipped in with the overs. [On taking the team's momentum into the ODI series] Yeah, good domination in the way we dominated all the three matches. That's something which we'll look to do even in the one-day series. That's something which we've been speaking about as a team. So hopefully we can do that in Baroda as well.
- Shafali Verma | Player of the Series: Obviously, very happy towards the team if you're performing well. So really happy for that and winning the matches, and everything is going in our favor. So really happy for that. [On maintaining consistency and balancing the hard work required to sustain it] Of course, keep working hard in every day. As I said earlier, I have to keep working hard every day, think more about the game and just thinking to perform in every game. And yeah, I'm enjoying my innings and just trying to learn after every inning and just try to improve every inning by inning. [On developing her range of shots, particularly hitting the ball towards square leg rather than only towards midwicket] Well, yeah, I have worked for that front of the spinners. So before that I didn't hit that shot, but now I have worked on my footwork. So I think because of that footwork, I'm just timing the ball more well. So really happy about that footwork and just trying to improve day by day.
- Harmanpreet Kaur | Player of the Match: [On what this knock meant to her] I enjoyed myself in the middle. This is what I'm here for. I just want to enjoy my batting and good that those runs came. [On her innings progression] Well, I think the first ball when I hit for a four, that time I realised it's a good pitch and bat was coming nicely to the ball and I think I got a lot of confidence from that shot and then I just thought, let me just, you know, keep going and let's see how it goes. [On the conscious development of her batting and the shots she worked on after the Asia Cup] Well, I think bat swing is something which is my key, and I just want to keep doing that, keep repeating that in the nets. Again, I just want to give credit to my batting coach, Himanshu bhaiya, who has always been working really hard and understood the kind of batting I can do. Every time when we met, when we spent time in the nets, he just wants me to keep feeling that same pressure in the nets so that when I'm playing the match, I should not feel any extra pressure, and I think his tactics, his thoughts worked really well. [On whether she feels pressure] I don't think there is any pressure anymore. Now, it's all about enjoying myself on the field, and yeah, that's what I want to do.
- Josephine Nkomo | Zimbabwe captain: [Reflecting on the series and the lessons learned] A lot of learnings. I think there was a huge improvement. Today we saw Beloved Biza taking three wickets, scoring a 44, Sharne Mayers scoring a half-century and I thought the fielding was outstanding throughout the series. [On the team's fielding, bowling performance, and whether she was pleased with the bowlers as captain] I think we still have a lot to learn and quite a lot of things that we need to improve on. And hopefully going into the ODIs we'll get those things right. [On adjusting to the batting-friendly pitches, fast outfield and playing conditions] I thought we were a bit slow to adjust as bowlers, but like I said, going into the ODIs, I think we know the conditions a little bit better. [On getting similar batting tracks in Vadodara for the ODIs] Hopefully.
- Amol Muzumdar | India's head coach: [On whether the team’s plans and execution went as expected] Absolutely. It's been an important series for us. And, just looking back at the series, there are a lot of plus points, a lot of positives to take out from this series. And yeah, we are happy about the result. Now we go off to Baroda. [Niki Prasad, the biggest positive from the series?] Yeah, the youngsters have added some fuel to the tank, for sure. Niki Prasad showed her class in the first game itself, and also Anushka showing some flashes today and in the first game as well. So I think there are a lot of positives, as I said, and not to forget Harman's innings as well. [Asked how he manages the challenge of having plenty of bowling options in the playing eleven] I leave it to the captain. [Team's approach going into the one-dayers] Look, we have always been talking about playing ruthless cricket and dominating cricket as far as any game is concerned, whether it is T20 or ODIs. We have always spoken about domination in the dressing room, and in the last 10 or probably 12 T20s, if you see, there's been a lot of domination on the field. So I guess whatever we are speaking in the dressing room and in the team meetings, they are trying to apply that on the field.
- Stats by Roshan Gede
- Biggest victory margins for IND-W in home T20Is 92 runs vs ZIM-W, Raipur, 2026 72 runs vs BAN-W, Bengaluru, 2016 60 runs vs WI-W, Mumbai DYP, 2024 51 runs vs SA-W, Surat, 2019
- 23rd consecutive defeat for ZIM-W in T20Is. India’s 11th straight win in the format.
- Most wins in a calendar year in Women’s T20Is (FM teams) 19 - England Women in 2024 (W/L: 6.333) 18 - India Women in 2026 (W/L: 2) 17 - England Women in 2012 (W/L: 8.5) 16 - India Women in 2018 (W/L: 2.285) 16 - South Africa Women in 2026 (W/L: 2) 16 - Sri Lanka Women in 2026 (W/L: 3.2)
- Most sixes in a Women’s T20I (both innings combined) 15 - South Africa Women v India Women, Potchefstroom, 2018 15 - India Women v Zimbabwe Women, Raipur, 2026 14 - West Indies Women v South Africa Women, Basseterre, 2010 14 - Australia Women v West Indies Women, North Sydney, 2023 14 - India Women v West Indies Women, Mumbai DYP, 2024 14 - South Africa Women v India Women, Johannesburg, 2026 14 - Pakistan Women v Sri Lanka Women, Nisshin, 2026 14 - India Women v Sri Lanka Women, Nisshin, 2026
- 22:16 Local Time, 16:46 GMT, 22:16 IST: All smiles in the Indian camp. Harmanpreet was emotional and was crying during the mid-innings interview but now she has a big smile alongside her colleagues. Biggest margin of victory at home for India in this format. A good start for Smriti Mandhana as permanent skipper. A good batting workout for Zimbabwe. Once again Mayers impressing with her muscular batting. She came out to open and after a first-ball duck for Kelis Ndhlovu, Mayers and Biza were the shining lights for their side. The others didn't contribute much and the result was never in doubt at any stage. As Nkomo mentioned many times on this tour, it's a good learning experience for Zimbabwe. Seven bowlers were used by India and Nandani Sharma the pick with a three-fer. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff...
- End of over 20 · 4 runs (1 1 W 1 W 1) · 2 wktZIMW 124/7Nomvelo Sibanda 1(1) · Tendai Makusha 1(1) · Nandani Sharma 4-0-18-3
- 19.61Nandani Sharma to Nomvelo Sibanda, 1 run, a direct-hit but Nomvelo Sibanda is in. It's a back of the hand slower-ball on a good length outside off, Nomvelo Sibanda cuts to Deepti at backward point and beats the direct-hit. Plonking the bat in. India clean-sweep Zimbabwe 3-0
- Nomvelo Sibanda, left handed bat, comes to the crease
- 19.5WNandani Sharma to Loryn Phiri, out Caught by Prema Rawat!! Good catch running in by Prema at deep mid-wicket. She just manages to hang on as she clutches it on to her body. It's another back of the hand slower-ball and Loryn Phiri comes down the track to heave, off the bottom of the bat and looked to be falling in space. But Prema judged it well. Takes it with both hands. Loryn Phiri c Prema Rawat b Nandani Sharma 1(2)
- Nandani Sharma to Loryn Phiri, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
- 19.41Nandani Sharma to Tendai Makusha, 1 run, another back of the hand slower-ball on a good length outside off, Tendai Makusha swings it to deep backward square-leg, doesn't carry to the fielder who is Kranti
- Tendai Makusha, right handed bat, comes to the crease
- 19.3WNandani Sharma to Beloved Biza, out Bowled!! The back of the hand slower-ball gets Beloved Biza. Way too early as she comes down the track to loft and totally deceived. Misses and the top of middle-stump is found. Nandani Sharma smiles and does a gentle double fist-pump. Beloved Biza b Nandani Sharma 44(50) [4s-5]
- Nandani Sharma to Beloved Biza, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
- 19.21Nandani Sharma to Loryn Phiri, 1 run, back of the hand slower-ball and full outside off, Loryn Phiri gets forward to loft and it's on the bounce to long-on
- 19.11Nandani Sharma to Beloved Biza, 1 run, length delivery and on leg-stump, Beloved Biza gets forward to drive to long-on
- Nandani Sharma [3.0-0-14-1] is back into the attack
- Loryn Phiri, right handed bat, comes to the crease
- End of over 19 · 6 runs (1 0 4 0 1 W) · 1 wktZIMW 120/5Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano 7(5) · Beloved Biza 43(48) · Deepti Sharma 4-0-18-1
- 18.6WDeepti Sharma to Mugeri, out Caught by Shafali Verma!! Not to the pitch and a simple catch to cover. It's tossed up full outside off, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano comes down the track and is nowhere near the pitch, she lofts and it's off the bottom of the bat. Easy catch for cover and Shafali takes it. Mugeri c Shafali Verma b Deepti Sharma 7(5) [4s-1]
- Deepti Sharma to Mugeri, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
- 18.51Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, 1 run, tossed up full and Beloved Biza comes down the track to drive to long-on
- 18.4•Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, no run, Deepti Sharma follows Beloved Biza outside the leg-stump, full and Biza drives and misses. Richa Ghosh fumbles too, but short fine is there. The back foot slid out for a second, so a stumping chance missed
- 18.34Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, FOUR, she tried that shot in the last over but couldn't get the gap. This time she does. It's full and outside the leg-stump, Beloved Biza brings out the reverse-sweep and gets it wide of Niki at backward point
- 18.2•Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, no run, slower and tossed up full on middle, Beloved Biza comes down the track to drive and Deepti Sharma dives to stop to her right
- 18.11Deepti Sharma to Mugeri, 1 run, slower and tossed up full on off, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano gets forward to drive to long-on
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shafali Vermac Tendai Makusha b Beloved Biza | 69 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 186.5 |
| Anushka Sharmac Nyasha Gwanzura b Nomvelo Sibanda | 28 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 140.0 |
| Niki Prasadc Loryn Phiri b Nyasha Gwanzura | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur*not out | 91 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 222.0 |
| Richa Ghoshc Nyasha Gwanzura b Beloved Biza | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Deepti Sharmac Modester Mupachikwa b Tendai Makusha | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Arundhati Reddyc Kudzai Chigora b Beloved Biza | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.0 |
| Prema Rawatrun out (Nomvelo Sibanda) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.0 |
| Kranti Gaud*not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Extras10 (b 0, lb 0, w 10, nb 0)
Total216/7 (20.0 ov, RR 10.80)
Did not bat: Smriti Mandhana, Nandani Sharma
Fall of wickets: 54-1 (Anushka Sharma, 5.2 ov), 68-2 (Niki Prasad, 7.5 ov), 152-3 (Shafali Verma, 14.4 ov), 180-4 (Richa Ghosh, 17.0 ov), 189-5 (Deepti Sharma, 18.0 ov), 202-6 (Arundhati Reddy, 18.4 ov), 209-7 (Prema Rawat, 19.3 ov)
| Bowler · ZIMW | O | M | R | W | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nomvelo Sibanda | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 8.25 |
| Tendai Makusha | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 11.25 |
| Kudzai Chigora | 3 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 13.33 |
| Loryn Phiri | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 11.00 |
| Nyasha Gwanzura | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7.50 |
| Beloved Biza | 4 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 12.50 |
India Women- 1Shafali VermaBatter
- 2Smriti Mandhana(c)Batter
- 3Anushka SharmaBatter
- 4Harmanpreet KaurAll-rounder
- 5Niki PrasadAll-rounder
- 6Richa Ghosh(wk)Wicketkeeper
- 7Deepti SharmaAll-rounder
- 8Arundhati ReddyAll-rounder
- 9Nandani SharmaBowler
- 10Kranti GaudBowler
- 11Prema RawatBowler
Bench
Zimbabwe Women- 1Kelis NdhlovuAll-rounder
- 2Beloved BizaAll-rounder
- 3Chipo Mugeri-TiripanoAll-rounder
- 4Sharne MayersBatter
- 5Josephine Nkomo(c)All-rounder
- 6Nyasha GwanzuraBatter
- 7Modester Mupachikwa(wk)Wicketkeeper
- 8Kudzai ChigoraBatter
- 9Loryn PhiriBowler
- 10Tendai MakushaAll-rounder
- 11Nomvelo SibandaBowler
Bench
- 19.5WNandani Sharma to Loryn Phiri, out Caught by Prema Rawat!! Good catch running in by Prema at deep mid-wicket. She just manages to hang on as she clutches it on to her body. It's another back of the hand slower-ball and Loryn Phiri comes down the track to heave, off the bottom of the bat and looked to be falling in space. But Prema judged it well. Takes it with both hands. Loryn Phiri c Prema Rawat b Nandani Sharma 1(2)
- 19.3WNandani Sharma to Beloved Biza, out Bowled!! The back of the hand slower-ball gets Beloved Biza. Way too early as she comes down the track to loft and totally deceived. Misses and the top of middle-stump is found. Nandani Sharma smiles and does a gentle double fist-pump. Beloved Biza b Nandani Sharma 44(50) [4s-5]
- 18.6WDeepti Sharma to Mugeri, out Caught by Shafali Verma!! Not to the pitch and a simple catch to cover. It's tossed up full outside off, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano comes down the track and is nowhere near the pitch, she lofts and it's off the bottom of the bat. Easy catch for cover and Shafali takes it. Mugeri c Shafali Verma b Deepti Sharma 7(5) [4s-1]
- 18.34Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, FOUR, she tried that shot in the last over but couldn't get the gap. This time she does. It's full and outside the leg-stump, Beloved Biza brings out the reverse-sweep and gets it wide of Niki at backward point
- 17.64Arundhati Reddy to Beloved Biza, FOUR, good hit. It's a slower-ball on a good length outside off, the leg-cutter and Beloved Biza shuffles across and swipes it hard to the deep mid-wicket fence. Beats the fielder to her left
- 17.44Arundhati Reddy to Mugeri, FOUR, a juicy low full-toss outside off and Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano doesn't miss out. She gets forward and drives wide of the dive of cover. Beats both Harman at cover and mid-off diving to her right
- 17.1WArundhati Reddy to Nyasha Gwanzura, out Bowled!! 50th T20I wicket for Arundhati Reddy. It nips back in from a good length and beats Nyasha Gwanzura who was trying to force it off the back foot. Past the inside-edge and falls on leg-stump. Nyasha Gwanzura b Arundhati Reddy 2(7)
- 16.34Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, FOUR, superb sweep. It's tossed up full on off, from round the wicket, Beloved Biza gets low and sweeps superbly to the deep square-leg fence. Got on top of it nicely
- 14.3WNiki Prasad to Mayers, out Caught by Shafali Verma!! This time Shafali runs in from long-off and takes it well. It's slower and tossed up full outside off, Sharne Mayers gets forward and makes room to loft, slices it and that's a well-judged catch from Shafali who has been off-color in the field tonight. End of a good knock. Niki Prasad strikes in her first over. Replays show that Shafali held on with the left hand and then throws the ball away. Mayers has a chat with the next batter as she walks off. Mayers c Shafali Verma b Niki Prasad 60(49) [4s-4 6s-4]
- 13.66Prema Rawat to Mayers, SIX, smashed for six. It's tossed up full on off, Sharne Mayers sees the flight and gets to the pitch to hammer it way back over long-on. Second six of the over. She is hiting the ball well. The ball goes towards the Zimbabwean dugout and Mayers is all smiles
- 13.34Prema Rawat to Mayers, FOUR, 50 for Sharne Mayers. On a length and the leg-break turns away outside off, Mayers goes on the back foot and opens the face of the bat to glide it between backward point and short third man. Raises the bat
- 13.26Prema Rawat to Mayers, SIX, it's tossed up full outside off, Sharne Mayers gets forward to loft and slices it. Shafali is not on the edge of the fence at long-off. Had she been right back, might have had a chance. Instead she watches it go over the leap and the outstretched right hand
- 11.5DDropped catchPrema Rawat to Beloved Biza, 1 run, dropped by Shafali at mid-off. Simple catch as Beloved Biza comes down the track and again miscues the loft. Shafali comes in and goes with both hands, drops it. Should've been taken
- 11.44Prema Rawat to Beloved Biza, FOUR, just over mid-off's leap. Shafali the fielder and she was late to time her leap. Just clears her outstretched right hand. May have just flicked the fingertips of Shafali. Beloved Biza totally miscued the loft as she came down the track and she is lucky that she gets four
- 9.5OMilestoneKranti Gaud to Mayers, 1 run, too full on off, Mayers knocks it down to long-on, the partnership between Mayers and Beloved Biza is now 50
- 7.64Arundhati Reddy to Mayers, FOUR, that was been drilled past the fielder, too full and in the slot, Mayers hammers it towards long-off, Smriti at mid-off can't get to the ball as it was hit hard
- 7.56Arundhati Reddy to Mayers, SIX, pulled away with utter disdain, banged in short on the stumps, Mayers was deep in the crease, gets into the position in a flash and hooks it over fine leg for another maximum
- 6.56Prema Rawat to Mayers, SIX, that has been dispatched right into the stands, too full and in the slot, Mayers gets to the pitch of the ball and lofts it through the line over long-off
- 3.24Nandani Sharma to Mayers, FOUR, half-tracker from Sharma and she's latched onto it in a flash, the back of the hand slower delivery, Mayers picked it early and smashes it through deep extra cover
- 1.64Nandani Sharma to Beloved Biza, FOUR, that has been hammered away, short and sits up well for the pull, Biza was standing deep in the crease and hoicks it away to deep mid-wicket, one bounce over the ropes
- 1.3WNandani Sharma to Mupachikwa, out Caught by Richa Ghosh!! She's edged it, a good length delivery closer to the off-stump and it moves away late with an extra bounce, Mupachikwa feels for it and edges it to the keeper. The umpire remain unmoved and India straightaway went for the review. Ultra edge confirmed a clear spike and the decision was reversed. Mupachikwa c Richa Ghosh b Nandani Sharma 1(4)
- 0.64Kranti Gaud to Mayers, FOUR, that was crashed away! Overpitched and in the slot, Mayers gets to the pitch of the ball and drills it all along the ground to deep cover
- 0.1WKranti Gaud to Kelis Ndhlovu, out Caught by Niki Prasad!! Kranthi strikes first ball and Zimbabwe are off to a disastrous start, one more failure for Ndhlovu as she departs for a golden duck. It was full and pushed across her, Ndhlovu drives it in the air towards covers, where Niki takes a shap low catch. Kelis Ndhlovu c Niki Prasad b Kranti Gaud 0(1)
- Smriti Mandhana collects the trophy and hands it over to Jintimani Kalita. Niki Prasad joins her and they are all smiles. India's new captain is happy to stand at the side as the team pose for the photographs. A 3-0 cleansweep for India in the shortest format. The action shifts to Vadodara for the ODIs, which commences on Friday (October 23). Until next time, it's goodbye and good night from all of us..
- Smriti Mandhana | India captain: [On the team's performance in this match and the series] The batting was very brilliant. Anushka to start with, Shafali, then Harman and I think everyone just played their part and it was really good to watch. And again in the field, bowlers did execute their plans. Maybe yes, some things we can work on. We'll take it back and work on it. [On rotating the batting order and whether the team's intent and execution worked as planned] Yeah, for sure. Middle order in the first match we could not get going, again top order as well. Then in the second match, they did not get an opportunity to bat. So it's always good to have some game time and always good to have some runs behind your back. [On the bowling line-up] Yeah, it is looking good for sure. But yeah, we're all looking in a way where dew is playing its part. Again we're going to have the next three ones going ahead, there's going to be a lot of dew till we approach the Champions Trophy. So kind of combination we need, and the bowlers, more the merrier. It's always good to have options. So yeah, I'm really happy and pleased with the way Niki, Shafali, everyone chipped in with the overs. [On taking the team's momentum into the ODI series] Yeah, good domination in the way we dominated all the three matches. That's something which we'll look to do even in the one-day series. That's something which we've been speaking about as a team. So hopefully we can do that in Baroda as well.
- Shafali Verma | Player of the Series: Obviously, very happy towards the team if you're performing well. So really happy for that and winning the matches, and everything is going in our favor. So really happy for that. [On maintaining consistency and balancing the hard work required to sustain it] Of course, keep working hard in every day. As I said earlier, I have to keep working hard every day, think more about the game and just thinking to perform in every game. And yeah, I'm enjoying my innings and just trying to learn after every inning and just try to improve every inning by inning. [On developing her range of shots, particularly hitting the ball towards square leg rather than only towards midwicket] Well, yeah, I have worked for that front of the spinners. So before that I didn't hit that shot, but now I have worked on my footwork. So I think because of that footwork, I'm just timing the ball more well. So really happy about that footwork and just trying to improve day by day.
- Harmanpreet Kaur | Player of the Match: [On what this knock meant to her] I enjoyed myself in the middle. This is what I'm here for. I just want to enjoy my batting and good that those runs came. [On her innings progression] Well, I think the first ball when I hit for a four, that time I realised it's a good pitch and bat was coming nicely to the ball and I think I got a lot of confidence from that shot and then I just thought, let me just, you know, keep going and let's see how it goes. [On the conscious development of her batting and the shots she worked on after the Asia Cup] Well, I think bat swing is something which is my key, and I just want to keep doing that, keep repeating that in the nets. Again, I just want to give credit to my batting coach, Himanshu bhaiya, who has always been working really hard and understood the kind of batting I can do. Every time when we met, when we spent time in the nets, he just wants me to keep feeling that same pressure in the nets so that when I'm playing the match, I should not feel any extra pressure, and I think his tactics, his thoughts worked really well. [On whether she feels pressure] I don't think there is any pressure anymore. Now, it's all about enjoying myself on the field, and yeah, that's what I want to do.
- Josephine Nkomo | Zimbabwe captain: [Reflecting on the series and the lessons learned] A lot of learnings. I think there was a huge improvement. Today we saw Beloved Biza taking three wickets, scoring a 44, Sharne Mayers scoring a half-century and I thought the fielding was outstanding throughout the series. [On the team's fielding, bowling performance, and whether she was pleased with the bowlers as captain] I think we still have a lot to learn and quite a lot of things that we need to improve on. And hopefully going into the ODIs we'll get those things right. [On adjusting to the batting-friendly pitches, fast outfield and playing conditions] I thought we were a bit slow to adjust as bowlers, but like I said, going into the ODIs, I think we know the conditions a little bit better. [On getting similar batting tracks in Vadodara for the ODIs] Hopefully.
- Amol Muzumdar | India's head coach: [On whether the team’s plans and execution went as expected] Absolutely. It's been an important series for us. And, just looking back at the series, there are a lot of plus points, a lot of positives to take out from this series. And yeah, we are happy about the result. Now we go off to Baroda. [Niki Prasad, the biggest positive from the series?] Yeah, the youngsters have added some fuel to the tank, for sure. Niki Prasad showed her class in the first game itself, and also Anushka showing some flashes today and in the first game as well. So I think there are a lot of positives, as I said, and not to forget Harman's innings as well. [Asked how he manages the challenge of having plenty of bowling options in the playing eleven] I leave it to the captain. [Team's approach going into the one-dayers] Look, we have always been talking about playing ruthless cricket and dominating cricket as far as any game is concerned, whether it is T20 or ODIs. We have always spoken about domination in the dressing room, and in the last 10 or probably 12 T20s, if you see, there's been a lot of domination on the field. So I guess whatever we are speaking in the dressing room and in the team meetings, they are trying to apply that on the field.
- Stats by Roshan Gede
- Biggest victory margins for IND-W in home T20Is 92 runs vs ZIM-W, Raipur, 2026 72 runs vs BAN-W, Bengaluru, 2016 60 runs vs WI-W, Mumbai DYP, 2024 51 runs vs SA-W, Surat, 2019
- 23rd consecutive defeat for ZIM-W in T20Is. India’s 11th straight win in the format.
- Most wins in a calendar year in Women’s T20Is (FM teams) 19 - England Women in 2024 (W/L: 6.333) 18 - India Women in 2026 (W/L: 2) 17 - England Women in 2012 (W/L: 8.5) 16 - India Women in 2018 (W/L: 2.285) 16 - South Africa Women in 2026 (W/L: 2) 16 - Sri Lanka Women in 2026 (W/L: 3.2)
- Most sixes in a Women’s T20I (both innings combined) 15 - South Africa Women v India Women, Potchefstroom, 2018 15 - India Women v Zimbabwe Women, Raipur, 2026 14 - West Indies Women v South Africa Women, Basseterre, 2010 14 - Australia Women v West Indies Women, North Sydney, 2023 14 - India Women v West Indies Women, Mumbai DYP, 2024 14 - South Africa Women v India Women, Johannesburg, 2026 14 - Pakistan Women v Sri Lanka Women, Nisshin, 2026 14 - India Women v Sri Lanka Women, Nisshin, 2026
- 22:16 Local Time, 16:46 GMT, 22:16 IST: All smiles in the Indian camp. Harmanpreet was emotional and was crying during the mid-innings interview but now she has a big smile alongside her colleagues. Biggest margin of victory at home for India in this format. A good start for Smriti Mandhana as permanent skipper. A good batting workout for Zimbabwe. Once again Mayers impressing with her muscular batting. She came out to open and after a first-ball duck for Kelis Ndhlovu, Mayers and Biza were the shining lights for their side. The others didn't contribute much and the result was never in doubt at any stage. As Nkomo mentioned many times on this tour, it's a good learning experience for Zimbabwe. Seven bowlers were used by India and Nandani Sharma the pick with a three-fer. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff...
- End of over 20 · 4 runs (1 1 W 1 W 1) · 2 wktZIMW 124/7Nomvelo Sibanda 1(1) · Tendai Makusha 1(1) · Nandani Sharma 4-0-18-3
- 19.61Nandani Sharma to Nomvelo Sibanda, 1 run, a direct-hit but Nomvelo Sibanda is in. It's a back of the hand slower-ball on a good length outside off, Nomvelo Sibanda cuts to Deepti at backward point and beats the direct-hit. Plonking the bat in. India clean-sweep Zimbabwe 3-0
- Nomvelo Sibanda, left handed bat, comes to the crease
- 19.5WNandani Sharma to Loryn Phiri, out Caught by Prema Rawat!! Good catch running in by Prema at deep mid-wicket. She just manages to hang on as she clutches it on to her body. It's another back of the hand slower-ball and Loryn Phiri comes down the track to heave, off the bottom of the bat and looked to be falling in space. But Prema judged it well. Takes it with both hands. Loryn Phiri c Prema Rawat b Nandani Sharma 1(2)
- Nandani Sharma to Loryn Phiri, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
- 19.41Nandani Sharma to Tendai Makusha, 1 run, another back of the hand slower-ball on a good length outside off, Tendai Makusha swings it to deep backward square-leg, doesn't carry to the fielder who is Kranti
- Tendai Makusha, right handed bat, comes to the crease
- 19.3WNandani Sharma to Beloved Biza, out Bowled!! The back of the hand slower-ball gets Beloved Biza. Way too early as she comes down the track to loft and totally deceived. Misses and the top of middle-stump is found. Nandani Sharma smiles and does a gentle double fist-pump. Beloved Biza b Nandani Sharma 44(50) [4s-5]
- Nandani Sharma to Beloved Biza, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
- 19.21Nandani Sharma to Loryn Phiri, 1 run, back of the hand slower-ball and full outside off, Loryn Phiri gets forward to loft and it's on the bounce to long-on
- 19.11Nandani Sharma to Beloved Biza, 1 run, length delivery and on leg-stump, Beloved Biza gets forward to drive to long-on
- Nandani Sharma [3.0-0-14-1] is back into the attack
- Loryn Phiri, right handed bat, comes to the crease
- End of over 19 · 6 runs (1 0 4 0 1 W) · 1 wktZIMW 120/5Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano 7(5) · Beloved Biza 43(48) · Deepti Sharma 4-0-18-1
- 18.6WDeepti Sharma to Mugeri, out Caught by Shafali Verma!! Not to the pitch and a simple catch to cover. It's tossed up full outside off, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano comes down the track and is nowhere near the pitch, she lofts and it's off the bottom of the bat. Easy catch for cover and Shafali takes it. Mugeri c Shafali Verma b Deepti Sharma 7(5) [4s-1]
- Deepti Sharma to Mugeri, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
- 18.51Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, 1 run, tossed up full and Beloved Biza comes down the track to drive to long-on
- 18.4•Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, no run, Deepti Sharma follows Beloved Biza outside the leg-stump, full and Biza drives and misses. Richa Ghosh fumbles too, but short fine is there. The back foot slid out for a second, so a stumping chance missed
- 18.34Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, FOUR, she tried that shot in the last over but couldn't get the gap. This time she does. It's full and outside the leg-stump, Beloved Biza brings out the reverse-sweep and gets it wide of Niki at backward point
- 18.2•Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, no run, slower and tossed up full on middle, Beloved Biza comes down the track to drive and Deepti Sharma dives to stop to her right
- 18.11Deepti Sharma to Mugeri, 1 run, slower and tossed up full on off, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano gets forward to drive to long-on
- End of over 18 · 11 runs (W 1 1 4 1 4) · 1 wktZIMW 114/4Beloved Biza 38(44) · Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano 6(3) · Arundhati Reddy 3-0-26-1
- 17.64Arundhati Reddy to Beloved Biza, FOUR, good hit. It's a slower-ball on a good length outside off, the leg-cutter and Beloved Biza shuffles across and swipes it hard to the deep mid-wicket fence. Beats the fielder to her left
- Most sixes in a T20I innings for Zimbabwe Women 4 - Sharne Mayers vs India Women, Raipur, 2026 3 - Precious Marange vs Uganda Women, Gaborone, 2021 3 - Kelis Ndhlovu vs West Indies Women, Harare, 2026
- 17.51Arundhati Reddy to Mugeri, 1 run, full on middle, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano on the flick gets a thick inside-edge on to pad, runs away to the backward square-leg area
- 17.44Arundhati Reddy to Mugeri, FOUR, a juicy low full-toss outside off and Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano doesn't miss out. She gets forward and drives wide of the dive of cover. Beats both Harman at cover and mid-off diving to her right
- 17.31Arundhati Reddy to Beloved Biza, 1 run, the slower-ball on a leg-cutter on a length outside off, Beloved Biza gets forward and taps in front of backward point for a quick single
- 17.21Arundhati Reddy to Mugeri, 1 run, short of length and nips back in to middle, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano goes on the back foot and nudges it to the vacant mid-wicket area
- Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano, left handed bat, comes to the crease
- 17.1WArundhati Reddy to Nyasha Gwanzura, out Bowled!! 50th T20I wicket for Arundhati Reddy. It nips back in from a good length and beats Nyasha Gwanzura who was trying to force it off the back foot. Past the inside-edge and falls on leg-stump. Nyasha Gwanzura b Arundhati Reddy 2(7)
- Arundhati Reddy to Nyasha Gwanzura, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
- Arundhati Reddy [2.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack
- End of over 17 · 6 runs (1 1 4 0 0 0)ZIMW 103/3Beloved Biza 33(42) · Nyasha Gwanzura 2(6) · Deepti Sharma 3-0-12-0
- 16.6•Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, no run, full on leg-stump, Beloved Biza now goes for the reverse-sweep, finds backward point
- 16.5•Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, no run, tossed up and Beloved Biza comes down the track, is not to the pitch of the ball so defends it back
- 16.4•Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, no run, nearly yorked herself. It's on a yorker length as Deepti Sharma shifted to over the wicket, dug out and the ball rolls back to Richa Ghosh. But Beloved Biza gets back in time
- 16.34Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, FOUR, superb sweep. It's tossed up full on off, from round the wicket, Beloved Biza gets low and sweeps superbly to the deep square-leg fence. Got on top of it nicely
- 16.21Deepti Sharma to Nyasha Gwanzura, 1 run, quicker on a good length on leg-stump, Nyasha Gwanzura goes on the back foot to nudge to short fine. A quick single taken
- 16.11Deepti Sharma to Beloved Biza, 1 run, tossed up full on middle, Beloved Biza comes down the track to drive to long-on
- Deepti Sharma [2.0-0-6-0] is back into the attack
- End of over 16 · 1 run (0 0 1 0 0 0)ZIMW 97/3Nyasha Gwanzura 1(5) · Beloved Biza 28(37) · Nandani Sharma 3-0-14-1
- 15.6•Nandani Sharma to Nyasha Gwanzura, no run, another back of the hand slower-ball and on a good length on middle, tapped gently back to Nandani Sharma
- 15.5•Nandani Sharma to Nyasha Gwanzura, no run, just over Nandani Sharma. The back of the hand slower-ball and totally deceives Nyasha Gwanzura who pushes at it, just over the outstretched right hand as Nandani is slow to leap
- 15.4•Nandani Sharma to Nyasha Gwanzura, no run, length delivery and nips back in to off, Nyasha Gwanzura gets forward to drive to extra-cover
- 15.31Nandani Sharma to Beloved Biza, 1 run, length delivery on leg-stump, Beloved Biza gets forward to drive to long-on
- 15.2•Nandani Sharma to Beloved Biza, no run, late nip-back in. On a good length and cuts back into middle, nearly hits the pad first as Beloved Biza goes on the back foot to dab. Manages to get the bat first to the ball
- 15.1•Nandani Sharma to Beloved Biza, no run, full and down leg, Beloved Biza flicks and misses. Off the pad to short fine
- Nandani Sharma [2.0-0-13-1] is back into the attack
- Most 50s for ZIM-W in T20Is 5 - Mary-Anne Musonda 5 - Kelis Ndhlovu 5 - Sharne Mayers 4 - Modester Mupachikwa 2 - Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano
- End of over 15 · 3 runs (0 1 W 0 1 1) · 1 wktZIMW 96/3Beloved Biza 27(34) · Nyasha Gwanzura 1(2) · Niki Prasad 2-0-5-1
- 14.61Niki Prasad to Beloved Biza, 1 run, full on off and Beloved Biza comes down the track to drive to long-on
- 14.51Niki Prasad to Nyasha Gwanzura, 1 run, tossed up full on off, a forward defence in front of cover and a quick single taken
- 14.4•Niki Prasad to Nyasha Gwanzura, no run, flat good length outside off, Nyasha Gwanzura goes on the back foot and punches it to the right of cover, who gets across and cuts it off with a dive. Mandhana the fielder
- Nyasha Gwanzura, right handed bat, comes to the crease
- 14.3WNiki Prasad to Mayers, out Caught by Shafali Verma!! This time Shafali runs in from long-off and takes it well. It's slower and tossed up full outside off, Sharne Mayers gets forward and makes room to loft, slices it and that's a well-judged catch from Shafali who has been off-color in the field tonight. End of a good knock. Niki Prasad strikes in her first over. Replays show that Shafali held on with the left hand and then throws the ball away. Mayers has a chat with the next batter as she walks off. Mayers c Shafali Verma b Niki Prasad 60(49) [4s-4 6s-4]
- Niki Prasad to Mayers, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
- 14.21Niki Prasad to Beloved Biza, 1 run, full on middle, Beloved Biza gets forward to drive to long-on
- 14.1•Niki Prasad to Beloved Biza, no run, tossed up full on off, Beloved Biza gets forward to flick to mid-wicket
- End of over 14 · 18 runs (0 6 4 1 1 6)ZIMW 93/2Sharne Mayers 60(48) · Beloved Biza 25(31) · Prema Rawat 3-0-36-0
- 13.66Prema Rawat to Mayers, SIX, smashed for six. It's tossed up full on off, Sharne Mayers sees the flight and gets to the pitch to hammer it way back over long-on. Second six of the over. She is hiting the ball well. The ball goes towards the Zimbabwean dugout and Mayers is all smiles
- 13.51Prema Rawat to Beloved Biza, 1 run, full on middle, Beloved Biza gets forward to flick through the vacant mid-wicket area
- 13.41Prema Rawat to Mayers, 1 run, flat good length on leg-stump, cramps Sharne Mayers who goes on the back foot and punches it to extra-cover
- 13.34Prema Rawat to Mayers, FOUR, 50 for Sharne Mayers. On a length and the leg-break turns away outside off, Mayers goes on the back foot and opens the face of the bat to glide it between backward point and short third man. Raises the bat
- 13.26Prema Rawat to Mayers, SIX, it's tossed up full outside off, Sharne Mayers gets forward to loft and slices it. Shafali is not on the edge of the fence at long-off. Had she been right back, might have had a chance. Instead she watches it go over the leap and the outstretched right hand
- 13.1•Prema Rawat to Mayers, no run, flat good length on middle-stump, Sharne Mayers backs away and cuts, can't beat backward point to her right
- End of over 13 · 2 runs (0 0 1 0 1 0)ZIMW 75/2Beloved Biza 24(30) · Sharne Mayers 43(43) · Niki Prasad 1-0-2-0
- 12.6•Niki Prasad to Beloved Biza, no run, on a good length outside off, Beloved Biza goes on the back foot and punches. Bit of extra bounce and she is beaten
- 12.51Niki Prasad to Mayers, 1 run, good length and down leg, Sharne Mayers goes on the back foot and pulls to deep backward square-leg
- 12.4•Niki Prasad to Mayers, no run, flat good length and turns into middle, Sharne Mayers goes on the back foot and makes room to punch, extra-cover gets across and cuts it off to her right
- 12.31Niki Prasad to Beloved Biza, 1 run, tossed up full and Beloved Biza gets forward to loft, miscues and it falls well in front of Shafali running in from long-off. Right off the bottom of the bat
- 12.2•Niki Prasad to Beloved Biza, no run, this is on a good length on off, stopped on Beloved Biza who was pressing forward to push, gets it to extra-cover off the thickish outer half of the bat
- 12.1•Niki Prasad to Beloved Biza, no run, flat good length on middle, Beloved Biza goes on the back foot and punches it nicely but straight to the fielder at mid-wicket
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