Summary

  • India fall well short as NZ complete impressive win - report

  • Kiwis win first T20 in 11 matches

  • No India player passes 15

  • Devine's 57 off 36 helps NZ post 160-4

  • White Ferns hit tournament's highest score so far

  • Bates & Plimmer put on quickfire 67 for first wicket

  • Watch: NZ's Kerr avoids embarrassing run out

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter, Adwaidh Rajan & Timothy Abraham

  1. Ind 45-3

    A third over from Jess Kerr, only a couple of singles from it as India try to rebuild.

    Kerr has conceded just 13 runs from her 18 balls.

  2. Not out

    Ind 43-3

    Not all that far away - pretty straight and ball tracking says just about bouncing over the stumps.

    Ghosh gets off the mark from the final ball of the over, turning the ball to mid-wicket for a single and taking India to 43-3.

    That's the end of the powerplay - an excellent one for India.

  3. Umpire review

    Maybe even more trouble!

    Mair hits the pads of new batter Richa Ghosh, defending back in her crease.

    It's a no this time from umpire Anna Harris, New Zealand give a review a whirl.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Harmanpreet lbw b Mair 15 (Ind 42-3)

    Umpire's call, Harmanpreet has to go!

    Bit of in-swing, striking the pad and ball tracking has a clip of leg stump.

    India in trouble...

  5. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Her review is not optimistic, she knows that there is no bat on it. I think she's more worried about the position her team will be in if she is out.

  6. Umpire review

    The captain is in trouble...

    Rosemary Mair becomes the third New Zealand bowler to change ends in the powerplay, and it looks like she's trapped Harmanpreet in front of her stumps.

    She misses playing across the line and Anna Harris' finger goes straight up.

    The India skipper sends the decision upstairs - she has to, really.

  7. Ind 34-2

    Jemimah Rodrigues is in at four for India and she faces the boundary from the first legitimate delivery she faces, sweeping to the square leg ropes.

    India's required run-rate is up at 8.46 per over, having started at 8.05.

  8. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Eden Carson of New Zealand celebrates the wicket of Smriti Mandhana in the Women's T20 World CupGetty Images

    That's the wicket they wanted! Eden Carson responded well to the pressure she faced at the beginning of this over, but it's India who are under pressure now.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Mandhana c Green b Carson 12 (Ind 28-2)

    Now Mandhana falls!

    Having seen Harmanpreet sweep Eden Carson dramatically to the boundary, the India opener decides to go for the boundary down the ground but picks out Maddy Green at long-on.

    Another crucial wicket for New Zealand - Carson and Jess Kerr have swapped ends and it's gone very well.

  10. Ind 21-1

    Another tidy over within the powerplay for Jess Kerr, with India taking just a couple of singles from the opening two balls of the over.

    New Zealand were 35-0 at this stage.

  11. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    That's a beautiful shot. She just opened the face of the bat and let it glide to the boundary. And it was a much-needed boundary as well...

  12. Ind 19-1

    Smriti Mandhana denies seamer Rosemary Mair an opening maiden, advancing down the pitch then adapting to jam her bat down and guide the ball to the boundary at third.

  13. Ind 15-1

    That wicket brings captain Harmanpreet Kaur to the crease and gets off the mark immediately with an edge over keeper Izzy Gaze while attempting the reverse sweep.

    A bold opening shot, she gets two with a more conventional push to mid-wicket from the final ball of the over.

  14. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Eden Carson of New Zealand celebrates taking the catch to dismiss Shafali Verma of IndiaGetty Images

    That is a big, big wicket. It was such a soft dismissal, and will certainly calm Eden Carson's nerves at the start of her first over.

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Verma c & b Carson 2 (Ind 11-1)

    Eden Carson strikes with her first ball!

    Her opening delivery is a fairly innocuous off-break, but Shafali Vernma offers up a thick leading edge that the 23-year-old takes in front of her face.

    She hurls the ball up in delight, a huge early blow for New Zealand.

    New Zealand's Eden Carson strikes Shafali Vernma out with her first ball

  16. How's stat?!

    New Zealand had a bowling dot ball rate of 49% at the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023, the best of any team in the tournament.

    The White Ferns’ bowling strike rate (16.3) was the best of any team in the campaign.

  17. Ind 11-0

    A handy start from India, scoring off every ball of seamer Jess Kerr's opening over.

    One wide, singles, and two byes as the ball deflects off Shafali Verma.

  18. Ind 4-0

    First ball straight to the boundary!

    Smriti Mandhana whips Jess Kerr's opening delivery to the square boundary leg, the diving fielder beaten on the ropes.

    Cue huge cheers from a partisan crowd.

  19. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Georgia Plimmer of New Zealand bats during the Women's T20 World Cup match against IndiaGetty Images

    I loved how Georgia Plimmer went about this game. She came out with so much intent and that gave Sophie Devine a good platform to work from. Sophie ran really well throughout and will need to recover quickly before they come out for the next innings.

  20. Thanks Adwaidh.

    Set-up for an intriguing chase here by the looks of it.