Women’s T20 World Cup: Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh steer India to win over West Indies
- Planet Sport writer
- 15 February 2023
India beat the West Indies by six wickets in Cape Town to keep up their 100 per cent start to the Women’s T20 World Cup.
Chasing 119 to win, India made an inauspicious start by losing three wickets in the first eight overs, but Harmanpreet Kaur (33) and Richa Ghosh (44no) took control with a 52-run partnership to ease them home with 11 balls to spare.
It leaves the West Indies, for whom Stafanie Taylor scored 42 from 40 balls and Shemaine Campbelle chipped in with 30, with two defeats from as many games and only a slim chance of progressing from the group to the semi-finals.
Player of the match Deepti Sharma, who took three wickets for 15 runs to become the first Indian to 100 T20 international wickets, told Sky Sports: "That is a milestone and I am happy with the achievement.
"I feel good. What we discussed in the meeting and the plans I had against the West Indies batters, we were able to apply that in the middle."
The West Indies face fellow qualifiers Ireland on Friday while India take on England, who have also won their opening two matches.
