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It's time for Harmanpreet Kaur to collect the trophy. She now goes and hands it over to Tanjua Kanwar and Pratika Rawal, the two debutants in the series. It's time for the Indian team to pose for photographs. Like always, it was a pleasure bringing all the live coverage from this encounter and the series. Till the next time, this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator Soumarya Dutta.
Harmanpreet Kaur (India Women Captain)- " Renuka often sets the tone for us and so happy to see the way she has been bowling for us. These kind of games show how mentally strong we are. These are positive signs for us and the bowling unit has been bowling really hard. Staying together and working hard has yielded the results for us. We had a conversation after coming back from Australia and we wanted to make the correct changes. We made one error in the field and hopefully we will do much better in the new year on that account. "
Renuka Singh Thakur is the Player of the Series: I was getting a lot of help from the wicket. My motivation was from my teammate as she would have been given me her bat. The hard work is paying off. There is something which is kept for me had I taken these wickets. It wasn't a great performance in Australia. I talked a lot with Jhulan Goswami. She has played so many ODIs so it was a genuine help.
Player of the Series- Renuka Singh
Deepti Sharma is the Player of the Match: I was just waiting for my time. Wanted to hit the right areas so that I can get more wickets. Initially Renuka got three so my thought process was bowling in the right lines. I tend to get an idea on what the batter will do next ball. Yes, Henry was a set batter and we know we had to take his wicket.
Player of the Match- Deepti Sharma
Catch of the Match- Ashwini Munisar
Striker of the Match- Shermaine Campbelle
Hayley Matthews (West Indies captain): Yeah obviously knowing we were few runs short. The faith shown in the second half. No matter what we still wanted to go. Not necessarily (on whether it would have been a better option bowling first on this wicket). The wicket was tricky in both halves. We needed to bat well up front. We need to have depth in the batting line up. The way Chinnelle Henry batter was brilliant.
Gamechanger of the Match- Deepti Sharma
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India Women won by 5 wickets (with 21.4 overs to spare)
It turned out to be another professional performance from the India Women as they won the third and the final ODI by 5 wickets to whitewash West Indies 3-0. They were tested early on in the run chase but the target didn't prove anywhere close to being enough. The target of 163 was never going to be enough but the early wickets did give West Indies an outside chance.
Pratika Rawal started off with some impressive shots which fetched her boundaries but Smriti Mandhana wasn't at her fluent best and was troubled early on by Deandra Dottin who bowled a couple of maidens and conceded just 4 runs off the first 3 overs. Mandhana was eventually dismissed by Aaliyah Alleyne as she drove away from the body, offering a rather straightforward catch for the extra cover fielder.
Harleen Deol who scored her maiden international century not long ago couldn't quite make an impact and nicked off and away swinger from Deandra Dottin straight to the keeper. Out came Harmanpreet Kaur in the middle and the skipper looked in blazing touch right from the outset. Harman tried to take on the West Indies bowlers right from the outset and struck 7 fours during her breezy knock of 32 off just 22 deliveries.
It was the leg spinner Afy Fletcher who brought about her downfall as she went for the cut shot. Pratika Rawal was also dismissed against the run of play but the duo of Deepti Sharma and Jemimah Rodrigues ensured that the nerves were settled with a 50+ partnership. Both looked to be proactive and struck some exquisite shots in the process.
Just when Jemimah tried to be a bit more proactive and finish the game off early, she ended up sweeping one straight down the throat of the backward square-leg fielder. Out came Richa Ghosh and there was fearlessness in her approach right from the word go. She smashed three lusty sixes while Deepti also joined in to seal India through. While Deepti remained unbeaten on 39 off 48 deliveries, Richa scored a 11-ball 23 and struck two big sixes to get the match done. All the top five bowlers from West Indies took a wicket each.
Pratika Rawal (India Women)- "I'm very happy that we were able to achieve a 3-0 win. I got out very early today and it wasn't a good shot. In the up coming games, I will look to play along the ground and finish more games for India. I think the ball swung a lot today and with my strengths I was able to get the ball around to different parts. I want to contribute more for the team both with my batting as well as my bowling in the upcoming games. "
Jemimah Rodrigues(India Women)- "I felt today's game was a challenging one. The way our bowlers bowled was phenomenal. Renuka and Deepti were outstanding. The pitch was holding a bit and there was a bit of tennis ball bounce. The ball wasn't really coming on to the bat. For me, the important thing was to play late and allow the ball to come to me. I tried to get through Matthews and communicated with Deepti. This win will mean a lot to the team as we have had ups and downs. We will be building from here on. The bowlers have kept delivering and hat's off to them. They've hitting the right lengths and have won us the games. "
Richa Ghosh has finished it off in style. A couple of meaty blows from the wicket-keeper batter and India wins by 5 wickets to take the series 3-0. Another dominating performance. There was an early stutter but in the end, they made light work of the target, comfortably winning with 21.4 overs to spare. The team management and coaching staff will be very happy with how things panned out in the series.
29.0
28.2 Afy Fletcher to Richa Ghosh, SIXXXX AGAIN!! THAT WOULD BE ALL!! INDIA WOMEN WIN BY 5 WICKETS AND TAKE THE SERIES 3-0! It was flighted up again from Fletcher. Richa got underneath that one and played the slog sweep. She connected it well enough and whacked it away well over deep mid wicket for a MAXIMUM to end the game.
28.1 Afy Fletcher to Richa Ghosh, SIXXXX! BANG!!!! It was tossed up and around middle stump. Richa swung through the line and went down the ground. She cleared the ropes with ease and picked up a MAXIMUM.
Afy Fletcher [4-0-30-1] is back into the attack.
That's the end of the 28th over and India just a couple of hits away from registering another comprehensive victory. It was been some domination from the Indian Women in the ODI leg and the West Indies bowlers haven't quite managed to find an answer.