The New Zealand women's cricket team toured India in October 2024 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches against India women's cricket team.[1][2] The series formed part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship.[3][4] The series was run alongside the men's Test series between India and New Zealand.[5][6] All the matches were played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.[7][8] In October 2024, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the fixtures for the tour.[9]
| New Zealand women's cricket team in India in 2024–25 | |||
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| India | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 24 – 29 October 2024 | ||
| Captains | Harmanpreet Kaur[a] | Sophie Devine | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Smriti Mandhana (105) | Brooke Halliday (133) | |
| Most wickets | Radha Yadav (7) | Jess Kerr (5) | |
| Player of the series | Deepti Sharma (Ind) | ||
India won the first ODI by 59 runs, with the debutant Tejal Hasabnis scoring 42 runs, Saima Thakor picked two wickets and Deepti Sharma's allround performance.[10][11] The tourists won the second ODI by 76 runs and level the series, with Sophie Devine's allround performance (scoring 79 and picking 3 wickets) and India lost the game despite of Radha Yadav picking four wickets and scoring careers best 48 runs.[12] The hosts won the third and final ODI by 6 wickets, with Smriti Mandhana scoring her 8th ODI century and won the series 2–1.[13]
Background
editOriginally, the series was scheduled to take place in 2023 with three ODIs and three T20Is.[14] However, it was postponed due to the 2023 Cricket World Cup in India and Indian women team's packed schedule, which included series against England and Australia.[15][16] A T20I series was also originally part of the Future Tours Programme but it was rescheduled to only a three-ODI series.[17][18]
Squads
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On 26 October, Amelia Kerr was ruled out of the rest of the series after tearing her left quadricep muscle.[21]
ODI series
edit1st ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tejal Hasabnis and Saima Thakor (Ind) both made their ODI debuts.
- Women's Championship Points: India 2, New Zealand 0.
2nd ODI
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Priya Mishra (Ind) made her ODI debut.
- The partnership between Radha Yadav and Saima Thakor (70 run) was the highest 9th-wicket partnership for India in women's ODIs.[22]
- Women's Championship Points: New Zealand 2, India 0.
3rd ODI
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Women's Championship Points: India 2, New Zealand 0.
Notes
edit- ^ Smriti Mandhana captained India in the first ODI.
References
edit- ^ "NZ women to tour India for three ODIs in October after T20 World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand Women set to tour India for ODI series post Women's T20 World Cup 2024". CricTracker. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand Women to tour India for three ODIs after T20 World Cup". Cricket.com. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand women's team to tour India for 3 ODIs after World Cup". Cricbuzz. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "BCCI release India's 2024-25 home season schedule, Tests vs Bangladesh and New Zealand". India Today. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "BCCI announces fixtures for Team India (Senior Men) international home season 2024-25". BCCI. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Team India To Play New Zealand In Three-Match ODI Series In Ahmedabad Post Women's T20 World Cup". Jagran. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand to tour India for 3 ODIs in Ahmedabad after Women's T20 World Cup 2024". Female Cricket. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ "Fixtures for Team India (Senior Women)'s ODI series against New Zealand announced". BCCI. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "All-round Deepti helps India go 1-0 up in Ahmedabad". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Thakor makes a mark on debut to give India 1-0 lead". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand level series through Devine's all-round brilliance". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Smriti Mandhana tons up as India seal ODI series". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "What does Indian Women's Cricket Schedule look like in 2023?". Female Cricket. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "India to host South Africa for multi-format women's tour in June-July". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "India to host New Zealand for 3 ODIs after Women's T20 World Cup 2024". Cricket Addictor. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Big YEAR coming up for Indian Women Cricket in 2023". Inside Sport. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ Singh, Vaidehi (7 October 2024). "New Zealand Women to tour India for three ODIs after Women's T20 World Cup 2024: Reports". Sports Tiger. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "India's Squad for IDFC First Bank ODI Series against New Zealand announced". BCCI. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Inglis earns maiden WHITE FERNS call-up | Down continues ODI return". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Kerr ruled out of remaining India ODIs". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "IND vs NZ: Radha Yadav, Saima Thakor fall short of breaking women's ODI world record after heroic fightback". India TV. Retrieved 28 October 2024.