IND-W vs ZIM-W 3rd T20I: Harmanpreet Kaur Cracks 91*, Nandani Takes Three as India Demolish Zimbabwe to Take Series 3-0

India Women wrapped up their twenty-over leg against Zimbabwe without breaking much sweat on Tuesday night in Raipur. Batting first, they ran up 216 for 7 on a true deck. Zimbabwe tried hanging in there through Sharne Mayers and Beloved Biza, but the chase had no legs once the required rate touched 13. They finished stranded on 124 for 7, handing India a 92-run win and a clean 3-0 series sweep.
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3 Key Match Takeaways: How India Swept Zimbabwe 3-0
- Harmanpreet in overdrive: Walking in at number four, Harmanpreet took apart Zimbabwe's medium pacers with 10 fours and five sixes, finishing 91 not out from 41 balls.
- Shafali's early blitz: Rested regular partner Smriti Mandhana sat out the batting innings, letting Shafali Verma hammer 69 off 37 deliveries inside the first nine overs.
- Nandani controls the death: Seamer Nandani Sharma bowled four tidy overs of off-cutters and yorkers, taking 3 for 18 to close the contest.
Shafali Drops The Hammer Before Harmanpreet Runs Riot
With Smriti Mandhana opting not to walk out to bat, India paired Anushka Sharma with Shafali Verma at the top.
Shafali did not waste time.
She took down Kudzai Chigora in the third over, clearing deep midwicket twice. Her fifty took just 26 balls. By the time Beloved Biza got Shafali caught at long-on for 69, India had already posted 86 on the board inside eight overs.
Then Harmanpreet Kaur walked into the middle.
The ex-skipper looked determined to make every ball count. She swept the spinners, stepped out to hit the seamers down the ground, and scored 91 runs without getting dismissed. Biza did fight back with the ball, picking up 3 for 50 for the Chevrons, but India still set a massive 217-run target.
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Zimbabwe Fight In Middle Overs But Nandani Shuts The Door
Facing an asking rate of nearly eleven an over, Zimbabwe had a nightmare start.
Kranti Gaud got Kelis Ndhlovu out leg-before on the very first delivery of the chase. Modester Mupachikwa followed her to the dugout in the next over, leaving the visitors 12 for 2.
Still, Sharne Mayers and Beloved Biza showed plenty of spine.
Mayers picked up the pace with four boundaries and four sixes, hitting 60 off 49 balls. Biza stayed put for 44. Together, they added 82 runs for the third wicket.
The momentum flipped when Niki Prasad had Mayers caught off a sliced drive in the 15th over.
Nandani Sharma then came on for her second spell and ran through the tail. She picked up three wickets in seven deliveries, mixing slower deliveries with full lengths to give away just 18 runs from her four overs. Arundhati Reddy cleaned up Nyasha Gwanzura, while Deepti Sharma gave away only 18 runs from four overs. Zimbabwe stopped at 124 for 7.
Harmanpreet took the Player of the Match trophy for her 91 not out.
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