Windies women win by 9 wkts

West Indies women thrashed hosts India by nine wickets with 13.1 overs to spare in the first ODI at the BKC ground on Monday.

West Indies vice-captain and off-break bowler Anisa Mohammed grabbed four of the top six Indian wickets to help skittle out the hosts for a paltry 161. The target was easily achieved by the visitors,who rode on opener Stefanie Taylors unbeaten 85 in 122 balls with ten fours to cross the finish line.

One-down Shanel Daley remained unbeaten with 44 off 86 balls and also added 137 runs for the unfinished second wicket with Stefanie after the cheap dismissal of the other opener,Juliana Nero,who fell to Indian skipper Jhulan Goswami.

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Earlier,opting to bat first,the home team stumbled against Anisa and medium pacer Deandra Dottin to be reduced to 129 for 7 before the slog phase and could not post a sizeable score which could have troubled the visitors.

Brief scores: India 161 in 49.3 overs (Poonam Raut 33,Harmanpreet Kaur 32; Anisa Mohammed 4/27) lost to West Indies 162 for 1 in 36.5 overs (Stefanie Taylor 85*,Shanel Daley 44*) by nine wickets

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