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    Women's World Cup: Smriti, Pratika guide India into semis with win over NZ in rain-hit match (Ld)
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    Women's World Cup: Smriti, Pratika Guide India Into Semis With Win Over NZ In Rain-hit Match (Ld)

    By IANS News October 23, 2025 • 23:58 PM View: 373
    Openers Smriti Mandhana: Openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal scored contrasting centuries and shared a 212-run partnership to lay the foundation for India's 53-run win via DLS method against New Zealand in a rain-hit Match 24 of the ICC Women's ODI World Cup here on Thursday.

    The win sealed India (six points) a place in the semifinals, where they joined Australia, England and South Africa with a match to spare. Though both India and New Zealand have a match each and can tie on six points (if India lose to Bangladesh and New Zealand beat England), India will still make it to the last-four as they will have more wins (3 against 2).

    Mandhana produced a masterclass in stroke-play as she compiled a brilliant 109 off 95 balls, while Rawal started cautiously and then played some aggressive shots in scoring 122 off 134 balls as India posted 340/3 in 49 overs. With rain halting play once again, New Zealand was set a revised target of 325 off 44 overs as per the DLS Method, but they fell short by 53 runs despite valiant efforts by Brooke Halliday, Isabella Gaze and Amelia Kerr.

    TAGS World Cup Navi Mumbai Openers Smriti Mandhana Pratika Rawal ICC Women ODI World Cup South Africa DLS Method Brooke Halliday Isabella Gaze Amelia Kerr Smriti Mandhana Jemimah Rodrigues Kranti Gaud Suzie Bates Georgia Plimmer
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