NZ's experienced trio of Devine, Bates and Tahuhu level series 1-1
Radha-Thakor pair post India's highest partnership for the ninth wicket in ODIs to reduce the margin of defeat
Radha-Thakor pair post India's highest partnership for the ninth wicket in ODIs to reduce the margin of defeat
Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: Aaditya Narayan
Right then, there's a huge decider coming up on Tuesday at this very stadium. Can India pick themselves up and turn in a better performance? We'll be there with you then to find out. Until then, this is Aaditya Narayan signing off, on behalf of my co-commentator Himanshu Agrawal and our scorers M Venkat Raghav and Binoy George.
Lea Tahuhu speaks: I think it started to skid on towards the end, and there was a bit of variable bounce, it was about trying to stick onto the wicket. We probably left some runs out there, the pitches we've played on have been amazing, we're probably looking at 280-plus in game three. Felt really good [rhythm], missed the first game after a big World Cup. On these pitches, need to bring those subtle variations into play.
8:45pm: New Zealand win by 76 runs and level the series. It's been a convincing performance from the White Ferns. Bates and Devine got to fifties with the bat. Tahuhu rocked India in the powerplay with the wickets of Mandhana and Yastika. Devine followed that up with the big wickets of Jemimah and Harmanpreet. That 70-run stand between Radha and Thakor added some respectability to the India score, but they were really outdone on the day by a terrfic, complete New Zealand performance.
RP Yadav c Down b Devine 48 (77m 64b 5x4 0x6) SR: 75.00
India need 77 off 3 overs. So that isn't a point of contention anymore. Can Radha get the two runs she needs to get her half-century to follow up the four-fer and her brilliant fielding?
Radha-Thakor pair post India's highest partnership for the ninth wicket in ODIs to reduce the margin of defeat