India Women vs New Zealand Women, 4th Match, Group A - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

What a start to the tournament from New Zealand. They had India rattled with their aggressive approach with the bat early on, and then had them tied down with the ball. Plenty to think about for Harmanpreet's team who can't afford any more slip-ups in a difficult group. Their NRR has taken quite a beating as well with this 58-run loss today. Coming in as one of the strong contenders, this is a big blow for them and will need something special to bounce back. That's all we have for now. This is Sagar Chawla signing off on behalf of Praveen Kumar and Anurag Hegde. Goodbye!

Devine, NZ captain: I'm just incredibly proud of this group. To put together such a comprehensive performance is something I'm proud of. We've been targetting this game for a long time now. We take inspiration from the Black Caps as well. If you look at our powerplay, we've been getting some terrific starts. That's what we wanted today - to put the pressure on the bowlers. We spoke about 150 being par. Pleased to get 10 runs above that. Probably know them too well having played them recently. But it's always a big challenge playing Australia.

Harmanpreet, India captain: We didn't play our best cricket today. Going forward we have to think what areas we have to improve. Every game now is important and we have to play our best cricket. We created chances, it's not like that we didn't create. They played better cricket than us, no doubt about that. This is such a high stage where you can't make these mistakes. We have chased 160-170 many times. But on that pitch .. it was 10-15 runs too many. At one stage, the way they started, I was thinking it would be 180. This wasn't the start we were expecting (in this tournament).

Stats round-up by Roshan Gede

STAT: Sophie Devine is the first NZ batter to register a 50-plus score from No.4 or below in a Women’s T20 WC game. Previous highest: 49 by Frances Mackay vs SA-W (Galle, 2012).

Most expensive bowling returns in Women’s T20 WC (India)
0/52 - Shikha Pandey vs AUS-W, Melbourne, 2020 Final
0/45 - Deepti Sharma vs NZ-W, Dubai, 2024
0/41 - Renuka Singh vs AUS-W, Cape Town, 2023 SF
1/39 - Deepti Sharma vs PAK-W, Cape Town, 2023

Biggest defeat margins for IND-W in T20 WC (by runs)
85 runs vs AUS-W, Melbourne, 2020 Final
58 runs vs NZ-W, Dubai, 2024
52 runs vs NZ-W, Trent Bridge, 2009
22 runs vs SL-W, Sylhet, 2014

50-plus score & 3 catches in a Women’s T20 WC game
(78*, 3) - Beth Mooney (AUS-W) vs IND-W, Melbourne, 2020 Final
(54*, 3) - Alyssa Healy (AUS-W) vs SL-W, Gqeberha, 2023
(68, 4) - Tazmin Brits (SA-W) vs ENG-W, Cape Town, 2023 SF
(57*, 3) - Sophie Devine (NZ-W) vs IND-W, Dubai, 2024
*Alyssa Healy is the only designated wicketkeeper in this list.

4-fers for NZ-W in Women’s T20 WC
4/15 - Nicola Browne vs PAK-W, Basseterre, 2010
4/19 - Rosemary Mair vs IND-W, Dubai, 2024
4/22 - Sophie Devine vs WI-W, Mumbai WS, 2016

Sophie Devine | Player of the Match: The platform that was set by the opening batters was important. We spoke about capitalising on a good start and getting some momentum through overs 7-10 but that was probably where we were a bit slow today. We knew if we hung around we could get a strong finish and post a good total. Some nice cameos in there from Kerr and Halliday. It was tough out there, the pace was off, had to muscle it and try and find the gaps. Was trying to find the tempo and the pace of the wicket. Was trying to stay out there because if I knew if I got 10-15 away I’d be able to go on. We’ve worked incredibly hard over the last 6 months, great to get the win today.

21:21 Local Time, 17:21 GMT, 22:51 IST: New Zealand had lost 10 matches in a row coming into this World Cup, but they've turned up here today and hammered India - one of the strong contenders - by a massive margin. It's a huge blow to India's chances in what is already a tough group. Captain Harmanpreet called this the best Indian team at a T20 World Cup, but they just weren't good enough today from start to finish. After opting to bat, New Zealand were on the front foot right from the start as the opening pair of Suzie Bates and Georgia Plimmer took the attack to the Indian bowlers. Captain Sophie Devine then took control, smashing 57 off 36 to set up a challenging target of 161 on a pitch where the ball was holding up every now and then. In reply, India faltered early and kept faltering against the swing of Rosemary Mair, the guile of Eden Carson and the hard lengths of Lea Tahuhu. They barely managed to cross 100 with wickets falling regularly. Going to be a difficult road from here.

Mair to Renuka Singh, out Caught by Devine!! Renuka doesn't make New Zealand wait too long. Full outside off, she goes after it and slices it to backward point. Simple catch for Devine and India have been hammered by 58 runs here in Dubai. Renuka Singh c Devine b Mair 0(1)

Mair to Renuka Singh, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Renuka Thakur Singh, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Mair to Shreyanka Patil, out Caught by (sub)Molly Penfold!! Patil again goes through the shot early, getting deceived by the lack of pace on this full one. She skies it up, fielder settles under it at mid-off and this time the catch is taken. Three-fer for Mair. Shreyanka Patil c (sub)Molly Penfold b Mair 7(13) [4s-1]

Mair to Shreyanka Patil, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Mair to Shreyanka Patil, no run, full and wide outside off, Patil looks to sweep but misses

Mair to Asha Sobhana, 1 run, full delivery, driven to long-on

Mair to Shreyanka Patil, 1 run, dropped! Plimmer juggles it a few times at backward point but eventually puts it down. Full outside off, slower one perhaps and Patil is through the lofted shot too early. She slices it in the air off the outside half. Two fielder converge under it, Plimmer goes for it, juggles and juggles, and down it goes

Mair to Asha Sobhana, 1 run, full delivery outside leg, following Sobhana as she backs away. She looks to swing through the line and drags it off the inside half to deep midwicket