ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: India vs New Zealand, 5 things India did right to win the virtual quarter-final

#4 Not allowing Suzie Bates to weave her magic

With their captain back in the hut early on, the rest of the team followed suit and lost all their wickets with just 79 runs on the board

Bates came into the tournament on the condition that she won’t be bowling heavily because of a side strain. However, because of the couple of big Indian partnerships, she had to bowl eight overs – like she did in the last match – in which she went for 59 runs.

Then with the bat in her hands, the NZ skipper walked in to open the innings and went back in the second over itself. Shikha Pandey got her caught in the slips on the first delivery of the second over, giving the White Ferns a big jolt early on.

With their captain back in the hut early on, the rest of the team followed suit and lost all their wickets with just 79 runs on the board.