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That brings the curtains down on our live coverage of this first WODI between India and New Zealand. For now, it's Soumarya Dutta signing off on behalf of Arya Sekhar Chakraborty. Good night and see you soon!
20:48 IST and Local Time- It has been a superb start for India Women to the Women's ODI series as they've beaten New Zealand Women in the first ODI and gone up 1-0. The bowlers have responded well and they will be confident going into the rest of the series. New Zealand though, will have a lot to ponder about. There were three run outs including the well set Maddy Green and the senior batter Sophie Devine. They could have been on the other end of the results if those errors could have been avoided. The margins are very thin here and they will be looking to bounce back in style for the next encounter.
Deepti Sharma (India Women) - "It's important as to how we start and I wanted to set the tone right. The mindset was to get the breakthroughs. I enjoyed batting with this bat and I had used it in the World Cup as well. We knew it from the start that we wanted to focus on curtailing the runs from the very beginning. (On the run out) It happened naturally and there wasn't a lot of communication between me and Yastika."
Smriti Mandhana (India Women Captain) - "It has been a tough few months but glad to start off with a win. I think we believed that we could do it from the very first ball of the run chase. We knew we were under par but Saima set the tone for us. She has been around with us for a while and she has been brilliant. Really happy for her and hopefully it's the start of big things for her. Deepti is a star and she knows what she is doing. Radha chipped in really well too. The wicket assisted the slower bowlers. "
Best fielder of the match- Saima Thakor (India Women)
Striker of the Match - Shafali Verma (India Women)
Sophie Devine (New Zealand captain): Look we did a fantastic job in restricting them to 227. We were really confident at the innings break and had our targets set. However we kept losing wickets regularly and even that valiant effort from Amelia Kerr didn't prove to be enough. Look when you take wickets, it slows the run rate but I genuinely feel it was a great cricket wicket. The way India started, it looked like we could end up chasing 350-400. Amelia has a quad issue but hopefully she will be up and running on Sunday along with the rest of the team.
Gamechanger of the Match- Amelia Kerr (New Zealand Women)
It's time for the Post Match Presentation now!
Saima Thakor: I think I have been very patient. This bunch is really amazing so that helped me a lot. It was a flat wicket to be honest but we bowled brilliantly. It was a batter's paradise. I was visualising the Bates delivery last night and I am thankful it came. Jemi spoke a lot as she has seen me through my cricketing journey. No better person to get the cap from her.
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