Mitali and Anjum take India Women to victory

India Women 216 for 6 (Chopra 59, Sharma 51, Raj 46) beat New Zealand Women 213 (Fahey 91, Kanojia 3-48) by four wickets
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India Women beat New Zealand Women by four wickets in the fourth one-day international at Hyderabad, taking a 4-0 lead in the five-match series.

New Zealand Women batted first and made 213, with Maria Fahey's 91 being the highlight of the innings. The Indians won with four balls to spare, as Mitali Raj smashed 46 off 39 balls to give the momentum they needed to seal the issue.

Fahey was the only New Zealander to capitalize on her start, as Kate Pulford and Haidee Tiffen both succumbed in the 30s. Mamta Kanojia took 3 for 48, but it was Deepa Kulkarni, with an outstanding 1 for 25 in 10 overs, who ensured that the platform Fahey built was wasted. A target of 214 was not likely to test the Indians.

A solid partnership of 73 for the second wicket between Jaya Sharma and Anjum Chopra was the bulwark around which the Indian reply was constructed. Sharma's dismissal for 51 in the 31st over, with the score on 110, gave some hope to the bowlers. But Chopra held one end up as Raj blasted six boundaries, making the result an academic affair. Choprs finished on 59, off 100 balls, but it was Raj, who snatched the impetus India's way so firmly, who was named Player of the Match.