Harmanpreet, Deepti centuries help India seal series
Vaishnavi Sharma, playing her second ODI, took four wickets as Zimbabwe went down by 121 runs
Harmanpreet Kaur congratulates Deepti Sharma after her fifty © BCCI
India 328 for 6 (Harmanpreet 126, Deepti 106*, Sibanda 2-38) beat Zimbabwe 207 (Mupachikwa 49, Mugeri-Tiripano 46, Vaishnavi 4-39) by 121 runs
Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma, full of experience with the bat, and Vaishnavi Sharma, India's next-gen with the ball, led from the front in the second ODI against Zimbabwe in Vadodara to secure the ODI series 2-0. It also marked Smriti Mandhana's first series win as full-time ODI captain.
Harmanpreet's 126 off 121 balls and Deepti's unbeaten 106 off 86 carried India to 328 for 6 after they had slipped to 19 for 2 and then 149 for 4. Pratika Rawal contributed 61 in the first recovery, while Harmanpreet and Deepti added 155 in a record fifth-wicket partnership for India in women's ODIs.
In the chase, Zimbabwe offered resistance through Modester Mupachikwa and Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano, but their chase gradually lost momentum. Vaishnavi's 4 for 39 in only her second ODI and Deepti's three late wickets brought in the close in the 49th over, short of their target by 121 runs.
Sreshth Shah is a sub-editor at Cricinfo. @sreshthx
