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Harmanpreet and Deepti hit centuries as India seal ODI series against Zimbabwe

India beat Zimbabwe by 121 runs in the second ODI in Kotambi to take an unassailable 2-0 series lead.

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Harmanpreet Kaur batting for Sydney Thunder against Perth Scorchers in a WBBL match at Lilac Hill Park, Perth, in January 2017.
Harmanpreet Kaur batting for Sydney Thunder against Perth Scorchers in a WBBL match at Lilac Hill Park, Perth, in January 2017. Photo: Bahnfrend, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma scored centuries as India beat Zimbabwe by 121 runs in the second women's one-day international on Sunday, sealing the series with an unassailable 2-0 lead, The Hindu and ESPNcricinfo reported.

India made 328 for six in their 50 overs at the BCA Stadium in Kotambi. Harmanpreet scored 126 and Deepti finished unbeaten on 106, and the pair put on 153 for the fifth wicket, a stand The Hindu described as record-breaking. Zimbabwe were bowled out for 207 in 48.5 overs.

India started badly. They were 19 for two in the third over after Nomvelo Sibanda removed Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma with short-pitched bowling. Harmanpreet then joined Pratika Rawal, who had scored a hundred in the first match, and the two added 124 off 118 balls.

Rawal was out for 61, beaten by a change of pace from Nyasha Gwanzura, and Tejal Hasabnis fell soon after. That brought Deepti to the crease.

According to The Hindu, it was Deepti who played the attacking role. She scored 32 of the pair's first 47 runs, mostly through shots on the leg side, while Harmanpreet scored with drives and cuts through the off side. Harmanpreet did not celebrate much when she reached three figures, the paper reported. She had scored 91 in the third T20I. Deepti slowed down later in the innings and reached her century in the final over. It was her second ODI hundred, nine years after her first.

Zimbabwe's reply started well. Modester Mupachikwa scored 49 even though Loryn Phiri fell early. With Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano, who made 46, she took Zimbabwe to 100 in 19 overs, and The Hindu said India's seamers struggled to take wickets. Sayali Satghare made the breakthrough when she bowled Mugeri-Tiripano.

Left-arm spinner Vaishnavi Sharma, who was playing her second ODI, then took four for 39, ESPNcricinfo reported. She dismissed Mupachikwa for her first ODI wicket. Beloved Biza (34), Michelle Mavunga and captain Josephine Nkomo followed in quick succession.

Deepti took three for 32 as she worked through the tail, and Jintimani Kalita took her first wicket in the format. The Hindu noted that Zimbabwe passed 200 but have not yet batted out their full 50 overs in the series.

Sources: ESPNcricinfo, Harmanpreet, Deepti centuries help India seal series; The Hindu, Harmanpreet, Deepti on fire as India seals emphatic series win against Zimbabwe.

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