Skipper Mithali Raj made a strokeful half-century but could not save India from a 17-run defeat in their first warm-up match against New Zealand in the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Championships here on Tuesday.
Put into bat, New Zealand rode on Katie Perkins’ 40 off 36 balls to compile 138 for eight in their 20 overs. In reply, India managed 121 for the loss of eight wickets at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan stadium.
Brief Scores
New Zealand: 138/8 (Katie Perkins 40, Sara McGlashan 34; Jhulan Goswami 3/15) beat India: 121/8 (Mithali Raj 53 retired hurt, Harmanpreet Kaur 27; Morna Nielsen 3/9).