After centuries from Pratika Rawal and Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues’ knock has put India in a strong position against New Zealand in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, played on October 23 at Navi Mumbai.

The game has been interrupted by rain in the 48th over of India’s innings, which reduced the game to a 49-over game.

After being invited to bat first, Pratika Rawal and Smriti Mandhana opened the innings while Rosemary Mair opened the bowling attack.

The Indian duo made a decent start, scoring 40 runs in the power play. However, the accelerated innings with Smriti Mandhana smash her hundred in the 31st over.

She went on to score 109 runs off 95 deliveries, which included 10 fours and 4 sixes. Suzie Bates went to bag the wicket of Mandhana in the 34th over.

Jemimah Rodrigues went on to add runs to Indian score board after joining Pratika Rawal. The opener smashing her hundred and went on to score 122 runs off 134 deliveries.

Amelia Kerr brought the side’s second breakthrough bagging the wicket of Rawal in the 43rd over. In meantime, Rodrigues made her fifty and continued to trouble New Zealand bowlers.

After scoring 329 runs in 48 overs, rain stopped play in the game at Navi Mumbai.

Due to rain, the game has been reduced to 49 overs per innings. India batted their last over where they went on to score 340 runs in 49th over losing the wicket of Harmanpreet Kaur.

Speaking on the toss, Sophie Devine said, “We are going to have a bowl first today. The surface won’t change much and hopefully it can get better under lights, dew will also come in.”

“We have been training exceptionally hard and a couple of extra sessions won’t change much. This is the moment all cricketers want to be playing, pressure game, playing India in India,” concluded Devine.

Meanwhile, Harmanpreet Kaur said, “Pitch is looking really good and it is a great opportunity to put up a good total on the board. Jemi is in for Amanjot. We have been playing good cricket but the result has not gone our way.”

“We are getting starts but unfortunately we haven’t made it big, today is a great opportunity to make it count for the team,” concluded Kaur.

INDW vs NZW Playing 11

India Women Playing 11: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh(w), Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani, Renuka Singh Thakur

New Zealand Women Playing 11: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine(c), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gaze(w), Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Lea Tahuhu, Eden Carson