Vadodara, Oct 28 Pratika Rawal and Shafali Verma hit unbeaten half centuries after Vaishnavi Sharma’s five-wicket haul as India beat Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the third women’s ODI to sweep the series 3-0 here on Wednesday.
Chasing a modest 132, India reached the target in just 17 overs with Pratika and Shafali remaining unbeaten on 59 (56 balls) and 51 (26 balls) respectively.
Earlier, left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma shone with a five-wicket haul as India bowled Zimbabwe out for 131.
Vaishnavi ran through the Zimbabwe top and middle-order batting line-up to return with brilliant figures of 5/39.
Kranti Gaud and Sayali Satghare took two wickets each. Zimbabwe folded in 39.5 overs.
For Zimbabwe, who opted to bat in the inconsequential match, opener and wicketkeeper Modester Mupachikwa was the top-scorer with 37 while captain Josephine Nkomo chipped in with 35.
India had won the first two matches by nine wickets and 121 runs respectively.
Brief Scores:
Zimbabwe: 131 all out in 39.5 overs (Modester Mupachikwa 37; Vaishnavi Sharma 5/39).
India: 133 for 2 in 17 overs (Pratika Rawal 59 not out, Shafali Verma 51 not out; Nomvelo Sibanda 1/18).
(PTI News)
