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Bengaluru, (PTI): New Zealand women defeated Indian eves by six wickets in the second game to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20 International series, here today.
New Zealand women restricted Indian women to 136 for six after asking the home team to bat at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Vellaswamy Vanita top-scored for India with a 39-ball 41, followed by Harmanpreet Kaur's 28-ball 30 and Veda Krishnamurthy's 29 off 25 balls.
Sophie Devine picked up two wickets for New Zealand women, giving away 31 runs Kate Broadmore (1.23) and Hannah Rowe (1/10) were also among wickets for the visitors.
Chasing the modest target, New Zealand women rode on wicketkeeper Rachel Priest's 34-ball 60 to overwhelm the target with 13 balls to spare.
Pace spearhead Jhulan Goswami (2/29) picked up two wickets for India. The third and last match of the series will be played on Wednesday. Indian women had earlier lost the first T20 by eight wickets
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Brief Scores: India 136/6 in 20 overs (VR Vanitha 39, Sophie Devine 2/31) lost to New Zealand 139/4 in 17.5 overs (Rachel Priest 60).
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