India vs West Indies, Women's T20 World Cup Highlights: IND beat WI by 6 wickets, join ENG in top 2 of Group 2 table

India vs West Indies, Women's T20 World Cup Highlights: West Indies put India under some early pressure chasing 119 but Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh batted the opposition out of the match.

India vs West Indies, Women's T20 World Cup Highlights: India got off to a belter of a start to their chase of 119 with Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma putting up an opening stand of 32 off 21 balls. However, they quickly lost three wickets to come under pressure within the first seven overs. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh steadied the boat for the Indians. Harmanpreet ended up falling while India were still four runs away from victory and Ghosh then took India over the line. Earlier, Pooja Vastrakar struck with her very first delivery of the match, taking the wicket of West Indies captain Hayley Matthews and then went on to bowl a maiden-wicket to start off with. Shemaine Campbelle and Stefanie Taylor have managed to steady the West Indies innings somewhat and saw them through the powerplay. Eventually, their partnership went past the 50-run mark and saw the West Indies past the first 10 overs as well. Then came the fall for the West Indies as Deepti Sharma struck twice before a run out hampered their progress. In the process, Deepti became the highest wicket taker for India in T20Is. 

India's Harmanpreet Kaur (L) and India's Richa Ghosh (R) talk between overs during the Group B T20 women's World Cup cricket match between West Indies and India at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on February 15, 2023. (Photo by Rodger Bosch / AFP)(AFP)

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• Feb 15, 2023 09:37 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: India beat West Indies by 6 wickets!

  Richa Ghosh pulls the first ball of the 19th over and that is West Indies' 15th consecutive defeat in T20Is. Deepti Sharma shone with the ball before Richa Ghosh led India to a six-wicket win over West Indies in their Women's T20 World Cup Group 2 match here on Wednesday.

  Deepti spun a web around the West Indies batters to restrict them to 118 for six after being asked to bowl. The seasoned off-spinner (3/15) picked three wickets to become the first Indian to get to 100 T20I wickets.

• Feb 15, 2023 09:35 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: Wicket-maiden! India 115/4 in 18 overs

  What an over that is from Henry, India's victory delayed just that bit more. West Indies, at the end of the day, have done a good job defending this total. 

• Feb 15, 2023 09:34 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: OUT! Harmanpreet falls!

  Fielder runs in from deep cover and avoids collision with another coming right at her and takes the catch. That is a great catch, Harmanpreet takes a flash after four back to back dot balls. 

• Feb 15, 2023 09:30 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: Just a hit away

  India are 115/3 in 17 overs, need four runs to win. Harmanpreet is on strike and Chinelle Henry is steaming in. This match could be over in this over. 

• Feb 15, 2023 09:21 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: FOUR! India go past 100

  Henry bangs it in short, Richa pulls emphatically to the boundary to take India to 102/3 in 15.1 overs. They are cruising now. 

• Feb 15, 2023 09:13 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: FOUR! 

  Fletcher sends in a low full toss, Harmanpreet cashes in by smashing it past square leg and fine leg. 

• Feb 15, 2023 09:03 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: India 70/3 in 11 overs

  Harmanpreet and Richa have steadied the boat for India. They don't need to go for big hits to chase this down, India 49 to win from 54 balls and their current run rate of 6.36 is far higher than the required 5.44.

• Feb 15, 2023 08:50 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: BACK TO BACK FOURS!

  Harmanpreet putting some pressure back on the West Indies. There was protection along the leg side for sweeps and slogs but Fletcher pitched it full and wide for Harmanpreet to flay through the offside off the fourth ball. THen Harmanpreet smashes the fifth ball through covers.

• Feb 15, 2023 08:44 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: Stretcher brought out for Stefanie Taylor

  Stefanie Taylor is flat on her back, not sure what the issue is but the physio is there and her teammmates have formed a ring around her. The stretcher comes out as well and eventually Taylor is taken away. SHe is in a lot of pain and this is not good news for the West Indes at all.

• Feb 15, 2023 08:39 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: GONE! It's Shafali Verma!

  Karishma Ramharack again and this time it is Shafali Verma who falls to her. She goes for a big slog sweep, there has been a player there in the deep all the time for her but she can't resist the temptation and perishes. 

  Verma c Fletcher b Ramharack 28 (23), India 43/3 in 7.1 overs

• Feb 15, 2023 08:27 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: OUT! And now Jemimah goes!

  Hayley Mathews has got the player in form and India have lost two in the powerplay. 

  Rodrigues c & b Matthews 1 (5), India 35/2 in 4.5 overs

• Feb 15, 2023 08:25 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: GONE! Mandhana falls!

  Mandhana goes for a big heave but couldn't quite get to the pitch of Ramharack's delivery, gets an edge and the wicketkeeper does the rest. 

  Mandhana st Williams b Ramharack 10 (7), India 32/1 in 3.3 overs. 

• Feb 15, 2023 08:17 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: BACK TO BACK FOURS! India 28/0 in 2 overs

  Now Mandhana feasting on some fast bowling. First she crashes the fifth ball of the over towards long-on, then she creams a picture-perfect cover drive off the last ball.

• Feb 15, 2023 08:13 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: FOUR! All going Shafali's way

  Inside edge off the second ball of the 2nd over and that goes past the leg stump, beats the keeper and runs to the boundary. 

• Feb 15, 2023 08:13 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup: India 14/0 after 1 over

  A streaky four off the third ball as well for Shafali that flew over first slip. What a first over this has been for India, they have made more than West Indies did in their first three!

• Feb 15, 2023 08:09 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup Live score: FOUR! Back to back fours to start the chase

  Width again from the Connell and this time Shafali uses more power. Not a good start for the West Indies, nine runs off the first two balls. 

• Feb 15, 2023 08:07 PM IST

  IND vs WI, Women's T20 World Cup Live score: FOUR! Shafali off the very first ball!

  The first ball is wide and Shafali sends it for four once it is re-bowled. Short of a length from Shamilia Connell, Shafali hangs back and meets it with perfect timing to send it to the boundary. 

• Feb 15, 2023 07:57 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: West Indies 118/6 in 20 overs

  West Indies had a good start but just could not capitalise on it. Looked good to get a score over 130. 

• Feb 15, 2023 07:53 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: OUT! 100 T20I wickets for Deepti Sharma!

  Fletcher goes for a big heave, misses the ball entirely and Deepti Sharma becomes the first Indian to take 100 T20I wickets. She is the first Indian among both men and women to do so. 

  Fletcher b Sharma 0 (1), West Indies 115/6 in 19.2 overs

• Feb 15, 2023 07:42 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: FOUR! 100 up for West Indies 

  Vaidya loops one outside off, Gajnabi comes down the track and puts it between long on and deep midwicket. If West Indies can somehow get about 30 runs more in the remaining two overs, this can be a good fighting total. 

• Feb 15, 2023 07:33 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: OUT! Run out now and West Indies are sliding!

  West Indies go for an extra run off a misfield and pay the price. Little misfield at backward point but the ball comes back to the wicketkeeper to put the returning batter under pressure. Umpires go upstairs and as it turned out, Henry's bat had bounced in the air before she made her ground.  

  Henry run out (Mandhana/Ghosh) 2 (4), West Indies 79/4 in 14.2 overs

• Feb 15, 2023 07:29 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: GONE! Deepti gets both the established batters

  How about that, India successfully review the umpire's decision and Deepti has got both the established batters out in the same over. 

  Taylor lbw b Sharma 42 (40), West Indies 78/3 in 14 overs

• Feb 15, 2023 07:25 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: OUT! What a catch by Smriti Mandhana!

  Reverse sweep from Campbelle, the ball flies to short third where Mandhana dives forward, gets her fingers under the ball and completes the catch. Breakthrough for India, the partnership between Campbelle and Taylor ends at 73. 

  Campbelle c Mandhana b Sharma 30 (36), West Indies 77/2 in 13.3 overs

• Feb 15, 2023 07:21 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: FOUR! 

  Vastrakar with a length ball on off, Campbelle clears her front foot and mows it back over the bowler's head to the boundary. 71/1 after 12.2 overs. 

• Feb 15, 2023 07:13 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: 50-partnership up

  Single off the second ball of the 11th over takes them past the 50-run mark in the stand. Campbelle is on 22 off 29, Taylor on 28 off 27. Renuka Singh has returned for her third over. 

• Feb 15, 2023 07:04 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: 8 overs gone, West Indies 40/1

  Taylor and Campbelle have steadied the West Indies innings after that early loss of wicket. The run rate is just about 5 though and they might feel the pressure to increase that before long. 

• Feb 15, 2023 06:51 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: FOUR! 

  Gayakwad bowling the fifth over, veers towards the leg side for the fifth ball and Stefanie Taylor puts it away for the 2nd boundary of the over. 

• Feb 15, 2023 06:47 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: West Indies 10/1 in 3 overs

  Campbelle gets the first boundary of the innings off the third ball of that over. It was a short of a length delivery by Renuka that she slapped past square leg. 

• Feb 15, 2023 06:43 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: Wicket-maiden from Vastrakar

  West Indies 4/1 after 2 overs as Vastrakar keeps Shemaine Campbell pinned to the crease. What a start this has been from her and from India, West Indies under all kinds of early pressure. 

• Feb 15, 2023 06:37 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: OUT! Vastrakar strikes first ball!

  Vastrakar gets the West Indies captain with her first ball! Short and outside off, Matthews goes after it with a backfoot punch, ends up only nicking it to the wicketkeeper. 

  Matthews c Ghosh b Vastrakar 2 (6), West Indies 4/1 in 1.1 overs

• Feb 15, 2023 06:32 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: The first over!

  Renuka Singh has the ball in her hands. She is bowling to West Indies captain Hayley Matthews, who has Stafanie Taylor at the other end. The first ball is a wide. 

• Feb 15, 2023 06:26 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: National anthems!

  India's Jana Gana Mana plays first and then the West Indies' Rally Around the West Indies. Moments away now…

• Feb 15, 2023 06:18 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: The pitch report

  Ian Bishop and WV Raman giving the pitch report on Star Sports. The square boundaries are similar, almost 60m. Spinners will have a big role to play since the wicket will be a little dry and it might get slower and slower as the game goes on. It might be a little two paced.

• Feb 15, 2023 06:10 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: India squad

  Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(WK), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Singh

• Feb 15, 2023 06:09 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: West Indies squad

  Hayley Matthews(c), Stafanie Taylor, Shemaine Campbelle, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Chedean Nation, Afy Fletcher, Shamilia Connell, Rashada Williams (WK), Shakera Selman, Karishma Ramharack

• Feb 15, 2023 06:06 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: Harmanpreet's thoughts

  “We wanted to bat today. Last game we chased. Today, the wicket is looking a little better compared to the last game. We wanted to bat first. Smriti and Devika are back. We know them. We played a couple of games before the tournament. Big day for all of us (when asked about the auction).”

• Feb 15, 2023 06:06 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: What Matthews said

  “We are gonna have a bat. Last game didn't go too badly. We have one change. We had the tri-series. India are a strong side. We would look to get better of them by playing our brand of cricket.”

• Feb 15, 2023 06:04 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: TOSS ALERT!

  West Indies have won the toss and chosen to bat first. Harmanpreet Kaur later says she would have liked to bat first, regardless of the conditions. 

• Feb 15, 2023 06:01 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: Toss just seconds away

  West Indies simply cannot afford to lose but they face an Indian team whose confidence will be sky high from the way they swatted Pakistan aside in their first match. India will know that West Indies aren't going to just roll over. This will be an interesting match. Anjum Chopra standing with Harmanpreet Kaur and Hayley Matthews. Matthews has the coin in her hands. 

• Feb 15, 2023 05:52 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: Other games in the group

  Pakistan are playing Ireland in the other game that starts after this one. England have a rest day. They have made the perfect start to the match, using the extra game they have compared to others to take a strong lead in the race for the knockouts. 

• Feb 15, 2023 05:39 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: West Indies' last five matches

  It hasn't been smooth sailing for the West Indies of late. They are on a losing streak of five games at the moment. They had lost all of their matches in the tri series with India and South Africa and lost their first match of the tournament to England. 

• Feb 15, 2023 05:33 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: India's last five matches

  India have won three and lost one of the last five T20I games they have played, with one of those matches against South Africa being abandoned. It was South Africa who were the only team to beat them in this period as well.

• Feb 15, 2023 05:20 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: West Indies weary of Deepti

  Deepti Sharma was influential in January's two tri-series meetings between the sides. Sharma followed up figures of two for 29 by taking three for 11 as India triumphed by 56 runs and eight wickets respectively, leaving West Indies looking to upset the form book as they seek a first win of the competition. "We know where we fell short, so it is just for us to go there and turn up on the day. India will be coming hard and they are more aggressive in their latter part of their innings, so it is just for us to control the game for as long as possible, especially in the last five because we know they are going to come hard," said wicketkeeper Rashada Williams.

• Feb 15, 2023 04:56 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: India's remaining games

  India are up against England in their next match. That will be on Saturday. Then, they play their final group stage match against Ireland on Monday. 

• Feb 15, 2023 04:46 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: Smriti Mandhana to return?

  The Indian vice-captain had sat out the game against Pakistan with a finger injury but bowling coach Troy Cooley has said that she could be making a return in the match against the West Indies. "I think from today, it'll obviously be assessed after today, but she did everything she was needed to be done today. And I think, yeah, from us, we look at how she pulls up. But we're pretty confident that she got through the session today and did everything she needed to do," he had said yesterday.

• Feb 15, 2023 04:30 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: Sophie Devine's press conference

  New Zealand's T20 World Cup campaign was left in tatters after their extraordinary 65-run capitulation to South Africa, with their net run rate now being a paltry -4.050 while being on no points after playing two matches. Their captain Sophie Devine could not make too much efforts to be diplomatic in the press conference after the match, stating frankly that the defeat was an embarrasment and also wondering if the timing of the WPL auction, a day before the match, was ideal or not. She also questioned New Zealand's domestic structure and if it is helping them put up a competitive team in international cricket while fighting away tears at one point. The things this tourament can do the greatest of players…

• Feb 15, 2023 04:20 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: India's opening game

  India-Pakistan matches seldom turn out to be good contests in the women's game. India tend to be far too strong for Pakistan to compete against. That wasn't really the case on Sunday, however, with Pakistan standing a chance of defending a target of 150 about 15 overs into the Indian innings. However, Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh then ended any such possibilities with an unbeaten 58 run stand that came in just 33 balls for the fourth wicket. 

• Feb 15, 2023 03:50 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: How Group 2 stands 

  England are the only team thus far to have played two matches and they have won both, thus sitting pretty at the top with four points. India are second, having played one and won one. They could pip England to the top spot if they have a big win today - England's net run rate is 2.497 while India's is 0.497. Pakistan, West Indies and Ireland fill up the rest of the spots having all lost their first games. Pakistan are third with an NRR of -0.497, Ireland fourth with -2.215 and West Indies fifth with -2.767.

• Feb 15, 2023 03:35 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: West Indies full squad

  Hayley Matthews(c), Stafanie Taylor, Shemaine Campbelle, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Chedean Nation, Rashada Williams(w), Zaida James, Afy Fletcher, Shamilia Connell, Shakera Selman, Karishma Ramharack, Aaliyah Alleyne, Trishan Holder, Djenaba Joseph

• Feb 15, 2023 03:23 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: India full squad

  Yastika Bhatia, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur Singh, Smriti Mandhana, Shikha Pandey, Devika Vaidya, Anjali Sarvani

• Feb 15, 2023 03:08 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score: India vs West Indies H2H stats

  Total matches: 20

  India: 12 wins

  West Indies: 8 wins

• Feb 15, 2023 02:29 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live, T20 World Cup: West Indies squad

  Hayley Matthews(c), Stafanie Taylor, Shemaine Campbelle, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Chedean Nation, Rashada Williams(w), Zaida James, Afy Fletcher, Shamilia Connell, Shakera Selman, Karishma Ramharack, Aaliyah Alleyne, Trishan Holder, Djenaba Joseph

• Feb 15, 2023 01:35 PM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score, T20 World Cup 2023: India's squad 

  Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur Singh, Smriti Mandhana, Shikha Pandey, Devika Vaidya, Anjali Sarvani

• Feb 15, 2023 12:53 PM IST

  India vs West Indies Live Score: Radha Yadav's brilliant outing

  Radha Yadav was the pick of the bowlers for India as she conceded only 21 runs, picking two key wickets of Muneeba Ali and Sidra Ameen. India would be hoping for another similar outing from the left-arm spinner when they take on West Indies later tonight.

• Feb 15, 2023 11:56 AM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live, T20 World Cup 2023: Jemimah's solid start

  Coming at no.3, Jemimah Rodrigues displayed exceptional calmness as she remained unbeaten on 53 in the run-chase. In fact, it was Jemimah who scored the winning runs as she smashed a four off Fatima Sana to take India to victory.

• Feb 15, 2023 11:29 AM IST

  India vs West Indies Live, T20 World Cup 2023: Windies searching for first win

  West Indies didn't enjoy a positive start to their T20 World Cup campaign. The side faced a seven-wicket loss in their opening match against England. Hayley Matthews' side was restricted to 135/7 in 20 overs, as England chased the target down with over five overs to spare.

• Feb 15, 2023 11:03 AM IST

  IND vs WI Live Score: A strong start for India

  Team India secured a comprehensive 7-wicket win against arch-rivals Pakistan in the opening match of the Women's T20 World Cup. Jemimah Rodrigues smashed an unbeaten 53 off 38 balls in the 150-run chase, while Richa Ghost also scored a quickfire 31* to steer India to victory with an over to spare.

• Feb 15, 2023 10:47 AM IST

  India vs West Indies Live Score: Mandhana set for return?

  India's bowling coach Troy Cooley sounded optimistic when asked about Mandhana's fitness ahead of the the game against West Indies. "She has been working very hard and she will be assessed after training," Cooley said as quoted by ICC.

  "She did everything that needed to be done and we are pretty confident she got through the session OK," added the coach.

• Feb 15, 2023 10:38 AM IST

  IND W vs WI W Live Score, T20 World Cup: Hello and welcome!

  Hello and welcome to the live coverage of India vs West Indies Women's T20 World Cup match! Both sides square off at Newlands in Cape Town; India will be aiming to strengthen their position in Group B with second win in as many matches, while the Windies search for their first win of the tournament.