Team India's embarrassing defeat in the Women's World Cup, New Zealand hit badly

The Indian team once again had to bear the brunt of poor batting and New Zealand defeated it by 62 runs in the second league match of the ICC Women's World Cup on Thursday. The New Zealand team, which defeated India in the bilateral series just before the World Cup, maintained that momentum and scored 260 for 9 wickets. After this, the Indian team was dismissed for 198 runs in 46.4 overs.India has now slipped to fifth place among eight teams while New Zealand is at second place after Australia. Pooja Vastrakar took four wickets for 34 runs in 10 overs for India and Harmanpreet Kaur scored 71 runs in 62 balls but no other player could perform remarkable performance. It will help in regaining the lost confidence.

For New Zealand, Amelia Kerr first scored 50 runs while performing all-round and later took three wickets for 56 runs in 9 overs. He also took the crucial wicket of Indian captain Mithali Raj, who was dismissed for 31 runs in 56 balls. Along with this, he sent Richa Ghosh (0) to the pavilion on a quick googly. Harmanpreet became his third victim. Fast bowler Lee Tahuhu took three for 17 in 10 overs and Haley Jensen took three wickets for 30 runs in 6.4 overs.Chasing a target of 261 runs for victory, India had a very poor start. Smriti Mandhana got out after scoring 6 runs in 21 balls. Yastika Bhatia (28 runs in 59 balls) and Deepti Sharma (five runs in 13 balls) also could not survive.