Spinner Poonam Yadav took five wickets for 19 runs as India registered a comfortable victory over Zimbabwe in the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier on Monday.
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat, but after losing opener Modester Mupachikwa in the first over of the game, they struggled to keep up with a far superior Indian side.
Zimbabwe were bowled out for just 60 with four players getting out for a duck and only two players getting to double digits.
In reply, India cruised to victory in nine overs – losing only the wicket of Veda Krishnamurthy for 29 off 16 deliveries.
With this win, India ended the league stage with four wins from four matches, which means they will start the Super Six stage with a huge advantage.
The Super Six format works such that points are carried over from the league stage and with India having beaten the other two qualifiers from Group A – Sri Lanka and Ireland – they will start the Super Six stage with four points.
South Africa, Pakistan and Bangladesh have qualified for the Super Six stage from Group B. The top four teams at the end of the round will qualify for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 and the ICC Women’s Championship.
BRIEF SCORES
Zimbabwe 60 all out, 28.5 overs [Mary-Anne Musonda 26, Poonam 5/19, Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2/18] lost to India 61/1, 9 overs [Krishnamurthy 29, Mona Meshram 21*, Precious Marange 1/21] by nine wickets.
