IND-W vs ZIM-W 3rd T20I Results

5:23 PM IST PLAYER OF THE SERIES - Shafali Verma takes home the award for her consistency with the bat. She scored 128 runs in three matches, including a couple of half-centuries, at an overall strike rate of exactly 200. She she is obviously very happy with the award, especially since it has come while performing well for the team. She is delighted that India are winning matches and that things are going their way. On maintaining consistency with the bat, Shafali says she has to keep working hard every day, think more about the game, and focus on performing in every match. She is enjoying her innings and trying to learn and improve with each one. On adding new dimensions to her batting, Shafali reveals she has worked on the shot against the spinners, something she did not play earlier. Improving footwork, she feels, has helped her time the ball better, and she is happy with that progress while aiming to get better day by day.

5:22 PM IST Done with the first leg - The Smriti Mandhana era begins on a commanding note, with India completing a 3-0 clean sweep over Zimbabwe in her first series as full-time captain across all formats. She humbly accepts the trophy from one of the dignitaries before making her way to her teammates, who are waiting behind the WINNERS board for the captain to join them for the photographs. A lot of positives for the Women in Blue, but a plenty of learning for the Lady Chevrons who are on their first-ever trip to India. We now move to the three-match ODI series set to be exclusively played in Vadodara. The first ODI will be played on Friday, 23rd October, with the first ball scheduled to be bowled at 8.30 am GMT (2 pm IST). But our buildup begins in advance, so do mark your presence for that as well. From here, we sign off, only to meet again next time. Take care, CIAO!

5:17 PM IST The victorious captain of India Women - Smriti Mandhana is all smiles as she walks up for a chat with Anjum Chopra. She praises the batting effort, saying Anushka set the tone at the top before Shafali and Harmanpreet played their parts. She feels the bowlers executed their plans well, though admits there are still a few things the side can work on and will take back with them. On the middle order, Mandhana acknowledges that they could not quite get going in the first match, and neither did the top order at times. She feels it is always good to have game time and some runs behind them heading forward.

5:14 PM IST The captain of Zimbabwe Women - Josephine Nkomo reflects on the defeat. She first mentions the improvements made compared to the previous two matches. Credits the likes of Beloved Biza and Sharne Mayers for staging a brilliant partnership in the middle and showing positive intent. On the bowling and fielding performances, Nkomo admits there is still a lot to learn and plenty to improve on, but hopes the team can get those things right heading into the ODIs. When she is asked about the team's adaptability to the conditions, she feels the bowlers were a bit slow to adjust, but believes they will understand the conditions better in the ODI series. She also expects the batting tracks in Vadodara to be similar to the ones on offer in Raipur.

5:12 PM IST PLAYER OF THE MATCH - Harmanpreet Kaur wins the award for her swashbuckling and unbeaten 91 off just 41 balls, including ten fours and five sixes, at a strike rate of 221.95. Kaur says she enjoyed her time in the middle and that's what she was looking at to enjoy herself. She reckons that the first ball that she hit for a boundary was when she got an idea that the ball was coming nicely onto her bat, and it worked well afterwards as well. Kaur adds that her bat swing is the key and she has been feeling really well and confident in herself recently. Kaur closes by saying that she is just herself on the field without any sort of pressure.

5:05 PM IST The post-match Presentation...