The Indian women's cricket team was on Sunday knocked out of the World Twenty20 after suffering anarrow three-run defeat against the West Indies.
Replying to West Indies total 114 for eight, India made amess of their chase, managing 111 for nine and suffered theirthird defeat in a row.
Deandra Dottin emerged star for the Caribbean side as shefirst smashed 45 runs off 40 balls and then scalped threeIndian batswoman at crucial time.
Watched by India men cricketers including Virat Kohli andYuvraj Singh and having a decent crowd support, India evesstarted chase on a faulty note when skipper Mithali Raj wassent back to pavilion for a duck by pacer Shamila Connell inthe first over.
Veda Krishnamurthy (18), who had hit three boundaries ofrival skipper Stafanie Taylor's first over, failed to lastlong and lobbed a catch to mid-wicket to Stacy-Ann Kingbecoming Dottin's first scalp.
Connell bowled a very tight spell, choking SmritiMandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur. With runs not coming, Kaurplayed a lofted shot spinner Afy Fletcher only to find KyshonaKnight at the deep cover.
19-year-old Smriti Mandhana (22), who tried to break theshackles hitting a six of off-spinner Anisa Mohd. in the 12thover, was unlucky when she played it on to the stumpsattempting a late cut off off-spinner Afy Fletcher.
At 4-75 in 15 overs, India eves needed 40 runs forvictory in the last five overs with Anuja Patil and JhulanGoswami at the crease.
West Indies eves kept up the pressure and no boundariescame off between the 12th-16th over. The hosts struggled andfailed to build partnerships.
Spinner Shaquana trapped Anuja in the 18th over. Anujamade 26 off 27 balls.
Soon, Goswami (25) was run out in the penultimate over,leaving India tottering at 6-104.
Indian required 10 runs off the last over, bowled byDottin, but it proved a tall order for the lower-orderbatswoman.
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