Indian eves crush West Indies

Indian eves crush  West Indies
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Riding on a brilliant unbeaten 106 by Smriti Mandhana, India crushed West Indies by seven wickets in their first round match of the women\'s cricket World Cup here on Thursday.

London: Riding on a brilliant unbeaten 106 by Smriti Mandhana, India crushed West Indies by seven wickets in their first round match of the women's cricket World Cup here on Thursday.

This comes close on the heels of an equally clinical 35-run win over England in their tournament opener.Chasing a target of 184 runs, India achieved the target with 45 balls and seven wickets remaining. Skipper Mithali Raj made 46.

Earlier, the opponents were restricted to 183 for eight wickets in the 50 overs with Poonam Yadav, Deepti Sharma and Harmanpret Kaur scalping two wickets each. Hayley Matthews top scored with 43.

Brief scores: West Indies 183 for eight wickets (Hayley Matthews 43, Poonam Yadav 2/19, Deepti Sharma 2/27, Harmanpret Kaur 2/42) lost to 186 for three wickets (Smriti Mandhana 106no, Mithali Raj 46).

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