IND-W vs ZIM-W

Harmanpreet Kaur- "I just wanted to enjoy my batting and I did that. So it was great. In this format you have to act differently. Myself and Pratika decided to respect if they were bowling in the right areas. We looked to punish anything lose that was on offer. I am somebody who likes to live life close to reality. This is the reality now. Cricket gives me a lot of joy and batting gives me a lot of happiness. I want to continue that and have happiness. When you bat as a batter you want to take responsibility and bat according to the situation. I want to enjoy myself. I had a mild fever and I was struggling a bit. The medicines are helping me and hopefully will come back stronger. " 

Smriti Mandhana(India Women Captain)- "Today's biggest positive was to get to 300 plus after being 19/2. Credit to Pratika, Harmanpreet and Deepti . It was great to watch. Deepti has been batting great. She did the same in the World Cup. She bats lower down the order. So glad that today she got the chance and made full use of it with her great knock. Vaishnavi is brilliant and she was varying the pace and changing the angles. It is always great to have bowlers who know their game. In white ball cricket 4-5 over spells are long considering the heat. You don't want the batters to get used to it. There is quality in our bowling lineup. As a batter, they don't want bowlers changing and we want to make it tough for them. In the field Zimbabwe have been brilliant and they cut off a lot of boundaries. They gave it their all and overall good signs for Women's cricket. "

Josephine Nkomo (Zimbabwe captain): "I'm a bit sore, but there's some work to be done with the physio. I thought we bowled well in the power play, compared to the last game. Our bowling at the back-end was spot on too. With the bat, we got starts, but could not convert those 40's into 50's and 50's into 100's. It was hot, but it's not too different from Bulawayo at the moment. We don't have anything to lose, we've got to give it our all." 

Vaishnavi Sharma (4/39 in 10 overs): "It's a great feeling to take 4 ODI wickets today! (On what she did in the gap between her first and second ODI) I readied myself in the meantime. I worked on the speed variations. I enjoyed my game, and stuck to my plan. I didn't change my action much, but at the point of release, I did hold it a bit longer. All 4 of wickets were memorable! But the fourth one, which hit the top of off, that is my pick." 

Zimbabwe 207 all out in 48.5 overs

Modester Mupachikwa 49(70) | Vaishnavi Sharma 4/39
Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano 46(57) | Deepti Sharma 3/32

Yet another emphatic win for India against Zimbabwe Women and this time the margin is 121 runs. The hosts have stamped their authority in this series and this time they've come good with both the bat and the ball. India hadn't managed to get Zimbabwe all out so far in the tour and today they've ticked that box. The spinners showed their class and the duo of Deepti Sharma and Vaishnavi Sharma led from the front even as Shree Charani had a modest outing. 

Zimbabwe started off with a bang as Modester Mupachikwa scored a flurry of boundaries. Loryn Phiri struggled for timing and was eventually dismissed by Shree Charani who got India their first breakthrough. However Mugeri-Tiripano joined forces with Mupachikwa and continued the attack as the visitors continued to peel off the boundaries. They got to 75/1 from the first 15 overs.

India pulled things back after the pair brought up the 50 run stand as they bowled a string of quiet overs. Sayali Satghare came back and bowled a brilliant delivery to get rid of Mugeri-Tiripano. Vaishnavi Sharma removed Mupachikwa soon after as the scoreboard wasn't moving for Zimbabwe. The run rate required climbed up above 10 with 20 overs left in the innings.

Zimbabwe looked good in patches with the bat especially when Mupachikwa and Mugeri-Tiripano were there at the crease. However once they lost those two set batters, the innings never really got going and the chase slipped away from their hands. Deepti Sharma picked up three crucial wickets later on in the innings and helped India to bowl out Zimbabwe with 7 balls remaining. Young Jintimani Kalita finally picked up a wicket and capped off a great collective effort by India. 

48.5 Jintimani Kalita to Chiedza Dhururu, WICKET! JINTIMANI KALITA GETS IT AND INDIA WIN THE MATCH! On the good length around off-stump. Dhururu didn't quite get on to the front and pushed away from the body. The ball lobbed up to short cover for an easy catch and Harleen Deol made absolutely no mistake! 

48.4 Jintimani Kalita to Chiedza Dhururu, full, wide and outside off. A mistimed drive away from the body, and it does not beat the fielders in the ring on the off-side. 

48.3 Jintimani Kalita to Chiedza Dhururu, on the fuller side of good length and straight. Defended from the back foot to the short cover fielder. 

48.2 Jintimani Kalita to Chiedza Dhururu, full and around off-stump. A play and a miss from the crease now as Dhururu gets beaten on the outside edge. 

Just two overs left in the innings now and Deepti Sharma has joined the party with the ball as she picked up three wickets. She has had an incredible game today and is definitely the front runner for the player of the match award with her crucial century early on. 

47.6 Deepti Sharma to Olinder Chare, round the wicket, full and on leg-and-middle. Defended to the right of the bowler from the crease there. Dot ball.