वेस्ट इंडीज vs भारत, मैच 5, सोफ़िया गार्डन्स, कार्डिफ़, 08 June 2026 - कमेंट्री

Bowled flatter, attacking the stumps, and it stays low as well. Hector makes room and hits it down to long on for a single.

A third opportunity for Jemimah Rodrigues, and she misses the direct hit again. This time though, the batter seemed to be home. Flatter one, pushed away to the right of extra cover for a quick single by Afy Fletcher.

Dragged length on middle and leg, pulled off the back foot to deep mid-wicket for one.

Nicely played. Good length around off, Afy Fletcher waits back and dabs it between short third and backward point for a couple of runs. The 150 is now up for West Indies Women.

On the pads, tucked away neatly and past short fine leg. Yastika Bhatia gives chase and keeps it down to two runs.

A dot to end and India Women win by 26 runs. Radha Yadav spears this one in, wide outside off and lands it right on the popping crease. Afy Fletcher looks to drive but the ball sneaks under the willow.

On a length, darted into the batter. Glasgow makes room and chips it over wide mid off and picks up a single.

A direct hit and Shawnisha Hector was a goner. Full toss on off, sliced away to the right of extra cover and the batters go for the single. Jemimah Rodrigues picks it up and misses her shy at the bowler's end. Could have even thrown it back to the bowler, Hector was so far out.

FOUR! Tossed up on middle, Jannillea Glasgow dances down the pitch and heaves it flat between deep mid-wicket and long on for a boundary.

OUT! CAUGHT! Another wicket for Shreyanka Patil, her fourth of the game. Nicely tossed up by Patil, this time outside off. Jannillea Glasgow skips down the pitch and launches it high towards long off. Bharti Fulmali settles just inside the ropes, looking to take it reverse cup, but switches to a normal cup and takes it safely.

Full and outside off, eased away to point.

Too full on the pads, flicked away over the square leg region for a couple of runs in the deep.

A full ball at the toes, Glasgow gets the front leg out of the way and drills it to long on for a single.

WIDE! Untidy from the bowler and the keeper. Skiddy length ball, down the leg side, Richa Ghosh spills it behind and the batters get a couple of extra runs as well.

Short of a good length, over middle, short-arm jabbed down to wide long on for a run.

Back of a length, darted across the left-hander. Glasgow swats it down to long on for one more.

WIDE! An excited appeal from Richa Ghosh for a caught behind, but the umpire isn't interested. A drag-down, angled down leg, Hector looks to pull but misses and that's a good low take from Ghosh. Replays suggest that there might have been an underedge.

SIX! That's struck well. Fractionally short, angling into the batter. Shawnisha Hector rocks back and pulls it flat and in front of deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

Good length on off, hit on the up and down to long off for a single.

Fuller this time, just outside off, Glasgow hangs back and hits it to long off for one more.

Full, in the blockhole on leg. Hector chips it down to long on and picks up a single.

Fuller in length, slanted in from just outside off. Glasgow backs away to hit it square on the off side, but there's good carry on the ball and it beats the bat.

Full and around off, driven firmly towards cover where Jemimah Rodrigues misfields. The batters scamper across for a single as Jemi fails to hit the bullseye at the bowler's end.

Length ball around off, lofted away over covers for a couple of runs by Hector.

FOUR! That's a nice shot. Short ball on middle, Shawnisha Hector brings out the hook and angles it nicely behind square leg for a boundary.

WIDE! Attempted slower one, spilled full and well down leg.

Another slower one, back of a length and angled into the pads. Hector makes room to pull but misses and wears it on the thigh pad. End of an expensive spell from Kranti Gaud, 4-0-43-0, are her figures.

Full, on middle, Jannillea Glasgow tucks it to the vacant mid-wicket region and gets a couple of runs.

Full, on middle, Jannillea Glasgow flicks it to square leg. 

FOUR! Excellent usage of the feet. Tossed up, fuller, on middle. Jannillea Glasgow comes down the track and lofts it toward the long on fence for four runs. Kranti Gaud is stationed there, but she has been placed wide.

Tossed up, fuller, on off, Jannillea Glasgow drives it to long on for a single.

OUT! BOWLED' EM! Just like Shreyanka Patil bowled Claxton. Pitches it fuller, just outside off, but angling in, offering a lot of flight. Zaida James goes deep into the crease to block it, but it sneaks past the outside edge and rattles the off stump. West Indies are 113 for 7 now.

Short, around off, Shawnisha Hector pushes it through cover-point for a single. 

Short, around off, Jannillea Glasgow mistimes her punch to point.

Flatter and fuller, on middle, Jannillea Glasgow tucks it to the leg side.

Pitches it up, does Verma, on off, Zaida James pushes it to cover for a single.

DROPPED! That should have been taken by Verma. Tossed up, fuller, on off, Jannillea Glasgow looks to push it back to the bowler, but ends up chipping it. Verma gets both her hands to catch the sitter but fails to grab it.

Full, on off, Jannillea Glasgow eases it to mid off.

Floated and fuller, on off, Jannillea Glasgow drives it to wide of cover for one.

OUT! LBW! An appeal for LBW, and given. Might have been just sliding down leg, a close call nonetheless. Fullish length from Radha Yadav, around middle stump and this one seems to be angling in with the arm. Deandra Dottin sits down and tries to shovel it away behind square leg but misses and gets hit on the pads. The umpire raises her finger, and Dottin has to walk back just one run shy of her fifty. West Indies need 83 off 41 balls now.

Fuller, on middle, Chinelle Henry drives it to long on for a single.

FOUR! Nicely played! Yadav drags his length back, on leg, Aaliyah Alleyne gets down and sweeps it swiftly toward deep square leg for four more runs.

OUT! CAUGHT! Aaliyah Alleyne just doesn't pick up the length at all and West Indies Women lose two wickets in one over for the second time in this innings. Radha Yadav fires the ball in at the pads, not all that full and Alleyne just camps back, tentatively pushing at it. The ball gets flicked off the top edge and lobs around backward square leg. Yastika Bhatia runs in from short fine leg and pouches it comfortably.

Full-length delivery, on middle, Jannillea Glasgow nudges it to mid-wicket and gets a single.

OUT! TAKEN! Make it three for Radha Yadav and all in this one over. She pitches it up, a touch fuller, just outside off. Chinelle Henry looks to slog it across the line, but induces an outside edge. The ball loops high toward short third, where Sree Charani takes a well-judged catch.

Bashed on a hard length, around the top of off, Alleyne taps it into the leg side and picks up a single.

FOUR! You can't bowl there to Deandra Dottin. A leg cutter, not slow enough and short around leg. Dottin leans back and pulls it to the right of square leg for a boundary.

Pitched full on off and middle, hit away from deep in the crease towards long on for a run.

Just back of a length, over middle, Aaliyah Alleyne hangs back to pull but the ball gets big on her, and she mistimes it behind square leg for one.

Dug in short, Deandra Dottin stays back and shovels the pull towards deep square leg for just one more.

SIX! Stand and deliver! Bowled a touch fuller, Aaliyah Alleyne stays deep in the crease and just powers it straight down the ground, and the ball travels all the way for a six.

Maybe an inside edge. Bowled into the pitch, on middle, Deandra Dottin rocks back to pull but gets an under edge onto the pads. Half an appeal for LBW, nothing more.

Fractionally short, Dottin tries to shovel it behind square leg but fails to get it away.

Tossed up outside off, eased away into the off side. Dottin's played way too many dots in this innings.

A bit slower and dragged down on leg, Dottin goes back in her crease and pulls it over backward square leg for a single.

Oh, that's nearly gone back onto the stumps. Yadav really drags this one down, around off. Aaliyah Alleyne rocks back and tries to drag the pull but gets an inside edge onto the leg and the ball nearly rolls back onto the stumps.

Good length on middle, worked away towards mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Nicely placed. Floated full and on leg, Qiana Joseph sits down and sweeps it well fine, to the left of short fine leg and picks up a boundary.

OUT! TIMBER! A beauty from Shreyanka Patil and she gets instant revenge on the batter. Patil corrects the line, bowling it flatter and just around off. Qiana Joseph rocks back to a fairly fuller delivery and the ball just skids through, staying a bit low and beats the bat to smash into the off pole.

Tossed-up delivery, Jahzara Claxton goes for the lofted shot but mistimes it to the left of mid off and looks for the single. But Deandra Dottin sends her back.

FOUR! That's hammered away. Full and outside off, Claxton skips down the track and nails it past covers for a boundary.

Fired in on the pads, worked away wide of the short fine leg fielder and for a couple of runs in the deep.

OUT! CAUGHT! That's well held by Bharti Fulmali. Shreyanka Patil drags the length back, bowling it in and around off. Jahzara Claxton comes down the track and laces the drive, albeit in the air. The ball goes to the right of mid off, where Fulmali lunges across and pouches it with both hands. Patil has two wickets in the over and West Indies Women are now 81/3 in a chase of 180.

Full, on off, Deandra Dottin pushes it to cover.

Short, just outside off, Deandra Dottin punches it to the left of the cover fielder and gets a couple of runs.

FOUR! Punches it away! Full-length delivery, outside off. Deandra Dottin opens his stance and drills it away through mid off. Jemimah Rodrigues is the fielder in the region who puts a dive to her right, but fails to get the better, as the ball races away to the fence for four runs.

Angling in, toward the pads, Deandra Dottin works it to deep mid-wicket for one.

On a nagging length, around the pads, Qiana Joseph tucks it to short mid-wicket.

Pitches it up, does Thakur, on middle, Qiana Joseph drives it gently to long on for a single. West Indies Women are 71 for 1 after 10 overs.

A tad fuller, on off, Shemaine Campbelle pulls it across the line to deep mid-wicket for one.

Beaten! On a nagging length, pitching it outside off and turning it away. Deandra Dottin looks for an expansive drive through cover but gets beaten on the turn.

Short, on off, Deandra Dottin blocks it to cover.

Pitches it up, fuller, around off, Deandra Dottin pushes it late to backward point.

Tossed up, fuller, on off, Deandra Dottin drives it to the rigth of the cover fielder for a single.

FOUR! It was a good tight over from Charani, but this last delivery waters all her effort. Flighted and fuller, on off, Shemaine Campbelle sweeps it across the line to the right of the deep square leg fielder. She runs across the turf and dives but fails to save the boundary.

Short, around off, Deandra Dottin mistimes his punch to the vacant cover-point region and gets a couple of runs.

Fuller, around the pads, Deandra Dottin flicks it late to short fine leg. 

Pitches it up, does Patil, on leg, Deandra Dottin clips it to square leg and gets a single.

Good running between the sticks! On a nagging length, outside off, Shemaine Campbelle pushes it with soft hands through cover and has enough time to get a couple of runs.

Short, around off, Campbelle fends it to point and gets a single.

FOUR! This is an exceptional batting display from Deandra Dottin. Shreyanka Patil bowls fuller and around off this time. Deandra Dottin plants his front foot across the line, sits on one knee and sweeps it gently to guide it toward the right of the deep square leg fielder for four runs.

WIDE! A touch fuller, angling down the leg side, Deandra Dottin looks to swipe it away but misses.

Full, at the stumps, Deandra Dottin eases it back to the bowler.

FOUR! Wonderfully played! A poor delivery from Radha Yadav, bowling it a touch fuller, around the leg stump. Deandra Dottin covers the stumps and sweeps it late to help it to deep fine leg for four runs.

Full, on off, Deandra Dottin pushes it to long off for a single.

Short, around off, Shemaine Campbelle keeps it out.

Short again, around off, Shemaine Campbelle guides it to short third.

FOUR! Easy pickings for Campbelle! Radha Yadav drags his length back, around the leg stump. Shemaine Campbelle crouches a bit low and rolls her wrist to clip it toward the left of the short fine leg fielder for four runs.

Good-length delivery, just outside off, Shemaine Campbelle guides it to wide of short third for one.

FOUR! SHOT! Gaud bangs a shorter one, on middle. Deandra Dottin walks down the track and pulls it to deep backward square leg for four runs.

Back of a length, around off, Deandra Dottin cuts it to point for one.

FOUR! Short and punished! Short of a length, on off, Shemaine Campbelle pulls it hard through mid-wicket and gets four more runs.

On a length, outside off, Campbelle steers it to Renuka Singh Thakur in short third.

On the fuller side, outside off, Shemaine Campbelle mistimes his drive to mid on.

Fuller one, pushed in towards the stumps. Campbelle works it through mid-wicket and turns the strike over.

Nicely tossed up, full and outside off. Dottin drives it well but straight to cover.

Flighted ball, on a dragged length. Deandra Dottin comes down the pitch, loses her shape as she swings at it and gets an inside edge behind square leg fora single.

Charani flattens it up and fires it outside off. Campbelle looks to cut but misses.

Nagging length, angled into middle and leg. Campbelle rocks back and looks to shovel it away but hits it straight to square leg.

Floated up on the stumps, Campbelle comes down the pitch and lofts it without much timing to the right of long off. Just a single then and West Indies Women are 27/0 after 5 overs.

A big swing and a miss. Pitched up full and just outside off, Dottin clears the front leg to swing it over long on but fails to connect.

A big inswinger, lands on the fifth stump line and comes back in towards the stumps. Dottin pushes it out to cover-point.

That's smartly bowled and the dots are starting to pile up here for Deandra Dottin. Dottin advances early and Renuka drags the length back, bowling it slow and wide of off. Dottin adjusts and taps it to point.

Four dots on the trot, not what you want in the Powerplay as a batting side. A skiddy delivery, slipped into the pads and Dottin fails to get it away.

Length on middle, slides through, Dottin presses back and punches it down to long on for a single.

Trying to be cheeky there, Shemaine Campbelle. Just back of a length, around off, Campbelle attempts the reverse ramp but misses. The ball deflects off the keeper's pads and rolls to short third for a bye.

On the money! Good-length delivery, on off, Dottin defends it out.

FOUR! That's gone like a tracer bullet. Slightly overpitched and on off, Deandra Dottin stays back in the crease and pummels it straight down the ground for a boundary.

Shorter this time, on off, nudged away towards short third.

WIDE! Dug in halfway down the pitch, and the ball sails over the head of Dottin. Called a wide for height.

FOUR! Agricultural from Deandra. Length ball on off, seems like a cross-seamer. Dottin goes on one knee and swings it to the left of deep backward square leg for another boundary.

A touch fuller, on off and middle, Dottin shows the full face of the blade to defend.

Dottin had to check her shot there. Back of a length, over middle, Dottin was lining up to go leg side but ends up getting and inside edge onto the pads. The ball rolls into the off side and they get a single.

FOUR! In the air, but safe enough. Shortish length, wide outside off. Campbelle throws her hands at it and slices the ball up and over Jemimah Rodrigues at backward point for a boundary.

Good-length delivery, in the channel outside off, left alone by Campbelle.

Half an appeal for a stumping by Richa Ghosh but the square leg umpire turns it down. Nagging length, pushed outside off, Campbelle stays low to cut but misses and Ghosh whips off the bails in a flash. Close call.

Beaten yet again! Length ball, in and around off, Campbelle has a poke at it but misses.

Back of a length, outside off, guided away wide of short third for a single.

Back of a length, darted into the stumps, and staying a touch low. Dottin swivels and drags the pull to deep backward square leg for one more.

Verma starts with a full ball on middle. Deandra Dottin clips it down to long on and gets underway with a single.

Quicker and flatter around off, Shemaine Campbelle plays a cross-batted shot, but down to long on for one more.

Slower through the air, on a good length and on off. Dottin watchfully defends.

Tossed up, fuller and on off. Dottin looks to play the lofted drive but miscues it badly to mid off.

Another dot! Fractionally short and outside off, Deandra Dottin reaches out and cuts it to point.

FOUR! That should have been stopped. Flatter one on the pads, Dottin rocks back and whips it uppishly to the left of square leg. Kranti Gaud is tentative to go after it and backtracks, getting a bad bounce and letting it through for the first boundary of the chase.