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Queenstown, Feb 24: Fighting half-centuries by opener Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and skipper Mithali Raj helped India Women beat New Zealand by six wickets in the fifth and final ODI here on Thursday.
Their first win of the five-match series gives India women a big boost ahead of next week’s ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup to be played in New Zealand.
Smriti scored 71 while Harmanpreet Kaur struck 63 before Mithali guided the visitors to victory with an unbeaten 54 as India Women reached 252/4 off 46 overs in response to 251/9 scored by the New Zealand women on electing to bat first.
The hosts were boosted by Amelia Kerr’s 66 while skipper Sophie Davine contributed 34 and Hayley Jensen and Lauren Down scored a 30 each. For India, Rajeshwari Gayakwad (2/61), Deepti Sharma (2/42) and Sneh Rana (2/40) were the most successful bowlers. (IANS)

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