Women's T20 World Cup: Deepti, Richa shine as India beat WI by six wickets

Deepti Sharma shone with the ball before Richa Ghosh led India to a sixwicket win over West Indies in their Womens T20 World Cup Group 2 match here on WednesdayDeepti spun a web around the West Indies batters to restrict them to 118 for six after being asked to bowlThe seasoned offspinner 315 picked three wickets to become the first Indian to get to 100 womens T20I wicketsGhosh 44 not out and captain Harmanpreet Kaur 33 then put up a vital 72run stand to take India to their second victory of the tournament with 11 balls to spareNeeding less than run a ball India were off to an electric start with openers Shafali Verma 28 and Smriti Madhana 10 taking the team total to 31 in four overs on the back of six foursAlso Read JemimahRicha masterclass helps India beat Pakistan in Newlands thrillerBut India lost the momentum as slow bowling did the trick for West IndiesMandhana missed offspinner Karishma Ramharacks 214 ball completely resulting in an easy stumping for wicketkeeper Rasha WilliamsLast game matchwinner Jemimah Rodrigues 1 became Hayley Matthews 112 first and only victim of the day as the skipper took a stellar catch of her own bowlingAfter two lowscoring overs Shafali tried to up the ante only to be caught at long leg and West Indies picked three wickets in quick successionHarmanpreet took her time to settle down before hitting backtoback fours off Afy Fletcher 024 in the ninth over The India skippers knock came off 42 balls with the help of three boundariesGhosh did what she does best finish the gameThe youngster hit five fours including one to finish off the match in her unbeaten 32ball innings She took India to 119 for 4 in 181 oversEarlier Pooja Vastrakar 121 opening with the new ball gave India the early breakthrough getting rid of the dangerous Hayley Matthew 2 striking on her very first ballThe West Indies skipper was done in by the extra bounce as Richa Ghosh completed a regulation catchPooja continued to put pressure on the West Indies bowling a wicket maidenShemaine Campbelle 30 hit West Indies first boundary in the third over slapping a Renuka Singh 122 delivery past square legThe introduction of spin led to West Indies collecting 12 runs including two fours from Rajeshwari Gayakwads overWest Indies were 53 for 1 at the halfway mark Campbelle and Stefanie Taylor 42 steadied the West Indies innings as they slowly but steadily stitched a 73run partnership The two shared nine boundaries between themHowever twin strikes from the everreliable Deepti led to a mini batting collapse The offspinner first punished Campbelle for going for a reverse sweep with Smriti Mandhana completing a lovely catch at short thirdThree balls later she trapped Taylor leg before which was initially deemed not out by the umpire but India successfully reviewed the decision and got it changedChinelle Henry 2 was the next to go as Mandhana and Ghosh effected her run outIndia were able to stem the flow of runs but their fielding was found wanting Deepti dropped Chedean Nation on 3 in the 16th overNation and Shabika Gajnabi 15 took West Indies past the 100run markDeepti reached the 100wicket milestone in the last over when she bamboozled Aly Fletcher 0This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever