After losing in the group stage of the T20 World Cup, the Indian women's cricket team is struggling to get back on track. When Harmanpreet Kaur's team will face New Zealand in the third and final ODI on Tuesday, it will face the dual challenge of maintaining dominance at home and winning the series. India is playing its fourth ODI series at home against New Zealand. In the last three series, India has won two and drawn one. If the Indian team wins on Tuesday, it will maintain its dominance in the home ODI series against New Zealand and if it loses, it will have to lose the ODI series against this country for the first time on home soil. The concern of the Indian team is its top order's struggle with runs. To win this series, India will have to score runs against the experienced New Zealand bowlers.
India's performance in bowling has definitely been good. Especially left-arm spinner Radha Yadav has impressed. She took three wickets for 35 runs in the first ODI and four wickets for 69 runs in the second. Radha has made an impact not only with the ball but also with the bat and fielding. She took three catches in the second ODI, out of which two catches were very brilliant. In the same ODI, she played an innings of 48 runs, which is the highest score of an Indian batsman in this series so far. India lost 8 wickets for 108 runs in the second ODI, but Radha and Saima made a record partnership of 70 runs in 102 balls for the ninth wicket. Saima, who made her ODI debut, impressed with her medium pace balls in the first ODI and took two wickets for 26 runs. Deepti took one wicket for 35 in the first ODI and two for 30 in the second.
Indian women's team Shefali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Yastika Bhatia wicketkeeper, Harmanpreet Kaur captain, Jemima Rodrigues, Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Saima Thakor, Priya Mishra.
New Zealand Women's squad Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimer, Lauren Down, Sophie Devine captain, Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gage wicketkeeper, Jess Kerr, Lea Tahuhu, Eden Carson, Fran Jonas.
