MeELBOURNE: New Zealand salvaged an unlikely victory against Bangladesh Saturday (Feb 29) to set up a crunch clash against Australia for a place in the women's T20 World Cup semi-finals, as impressive India kept their unbeaten record intact.
Coming off a narrow loss to India, the White Ferns won the toss and opted to bat on a slow Junction Oval pitch in Melbourne.
"Obviously nowhere near what we wanted to post today, but Bangladesh were fantastic, they put us under pressure on a really difficult wicket," said New Zealand captain Sophie Devine. New Zealand and defending champions Australia both have two wins from three, making their Monday clash in Melbourne a quarter-final. Bangladesh are eliminated after losing three from three.
Experienced campaigner Suzie Bates' departure for 15 sparked a collapse, with the rest of the wickets falling for just 25 runs. "Our bowling and fielding was good but the batting wasn't up to the mark," admitted Bangladesh skipper Khatun. Teenage sensation Shafali Verma was again the standout batswoman for India, partnering first with Smriti Mandhana then Harmanpreet Kaur to rattle off 86 of the runs in the first 10 overs.
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