Women's T20 WC: Devine hits fifty as New Zealand post 160/4 against India

Captain Sophie Devine scored an unbeaten fifty as New Zealand posted 160/4 against India in the Women's T20 World Cup in Dubai on Friday.

Devine, who won the toss, made 57 off 36 after openers Georgia Plimmer and Suzie Bates made 34 and 27 respectively.

For India, Renuka Singh bagged two wickets while Arundhati Reddy and Asha Sobhana, the latter, the first Malayali woman to play in a World Cup, took a wicket apiece.

Teams:
India Women: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh

New Zealand Women: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (c), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gaze (wk), Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Lea Tahuhu, Eden Carson.

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