INDW vs WIW, 5th T20I: India Beat Windies By 61 Runs To Sweep Series 5-0

The Indian eves took down the Wes Indies women by 61 runs in the fifth and final T20I, inflicting a 5-0 series whitewash on Thursday. Harmanpreet Kaur and her girls defended the 135-run target pretty easily as they restricted Windies to 73/7 in 20 overs. Off-spinner Anuja Patil remained the wrecker-in-chief, picking up two wickets by conceding just three runs in her three overs. The other two spinners, Radha and Poonam Yadav, also scalped a wicket each. Earlier in the game, India opted to bat but didn't have a great start as both openers -- Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana - went back to the pavilion after scoring just 9 and 7 respectively. Jemimah Rodrigues and Veda Krishnamurthy took the mantle in their hands thereafter, stitching a 117-run stand for the third wicket. Rodrigues scored 50 runs before gifting away her wicket to Aaliyah Alleyne in the penultimate delivery of the innings. Krishnamurthy played an unbeaten knock of 57. Her 48-ball innings was studded with four boundaries. Like India, Windies too didn't start their innings well as they lost two wickets early after Natasha McLean (9) and Chaldean Nation (0) were departed cheaply by Anuja in the fourth over. Chinelle Henry then tried to steady the ship and knitted a 15-run partnership with Kyshona Knight for the third wicket before she got out in the 10th over, reducing them to 28/3. Hayley Matthews (2) too failed to leave a mark on the crease and was sent back by Pooja Vastrkar. Kyshona, who contributed with 22 runs off 39 balls, was scalped by Harleen Deol in the 14th over. From there on, the hosts kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and were ultimate could reach 73/7 in the allotted 20 overs.