IND Women vs WI Women, 3rd T20I at Navi Mumbai, IND Women vs WI Women, Dec 19 2024 - Match Result

10:58pm Mandhana goes up to collect the trophy and asks Harmanpreet, the full-time skipper to join her. Harmanpreet then takes hold of the trophy and hands it over to Bist, who was so impressive today in her cameo. The entire Indian team sports a spile posing with the silverware and that is a fitting end to a series that had so many positives for them.

That, though, does bring us to the end of our coverage. We hope you enjoyed it and we will be back when these teams take each other on in the ODIs, starting Sunday. Until then, this is goodbye from Chandan and myself. Take care, folks!

Smriti Mandhana, the India captain is also the Player of the Series: After the last match, I told the girls it has been five years that we have not won a T20I series. That does not reflect the team we are. I told them that today, we have an opportunity to do that and we just want to keep doing the right things (moving forward). (On her batting) The batting line-up we had, there were a few youngsters coming in, so there was a bit of added responsibility and that kind of thing goes well if you really put your head into it, and when I do that, I probably bat better. We lost all three tosses, so had to bat first and that is the harder thing to do (here). Really happy we could put up (a score) and loved the way Richa batted (smiles). Harman has been a pillar in the middle order. Whenever she is there, you know that if something happens, she will be there. The girls stepped up beautifully. The way Raghvi batted was impressive. She came in with lots of intent and hitting her fourth or fifth ball for six, I would not have been able to do that in my second match (smiles). Richa's innings was also amazing, as it was the other day, but could not appreciate that unfortunately because of the result.

Richa Ghosh, Player of the Match: We got a good start, the way everyone batted. I just wanted to continue that and whenever the ball was in my slot, I tried to hit it. In the nets, I think about the match and try to clear (the fence), if the ball is in my slot, whether it is the first ball or the last ball, it does not matter. It feels very good when you contribute (towards such a win and such a series victory).

Hayley Matthews, West Indies captain: (What went wrong) We probably did not bowl as well as we wanted to. It was one of those wickets where we had a very small margin for error. We were not on it with the ball and missed our lengths more often than we wanted. We wanted to come out with high energy and that was a non-negotiable for us. (On what they could have done better) Being more disciplined and we had some periods that let us down. We have done pretty well to get some good totals. So much we can take from it (this series) - the way Henry was able to bat, and how Dottin played, those were some positives we can take.

Saima Thakor: This is a very good bunch to play alongside and the vibe is very good. We did the execution part well and I am happy I could execute well for the team. We had that belief that we are going to defend this target. The dew factor, we did not think about it much and tried to execute what we had planned. I have been practicing that (back-of-the-hand slower ball) and was thinking if I should bowl it or not. It was required on these wickets and it really helped me. (On if the dew was lesser tonight) It was comparatively lesser and that really helped us.

10:29pm A commanding and clinical victory. At the half-way stage, it felt India had enough and that shone through in the second innings. Matthews and Dottin got a few boundaries away to cause a few furrowed brows, but they were always playing catch-up. Henry's cameo was another bright spot for the visitors, but tonight belonged to India.

Speaking of India, they were on fire in the field, stopping boundaries and runs everywhere, and holding onto most of the chances that came their way. Radha was the most successful of their bowlers, bagging four, with Renuka also proving very frugal. In fact, Saima was the only bowler to not pick up a wicket.

Last over coming up. Deepti to bowl

Ramharack on strike

Saima to bowl the 19th

Fletcher is the new batter in