Stylish opener Smriti Mandhana extended her purple patch with a classy knock before pacer Renuka Thakur excelled with the new ball as India outplayed a self-destructing West Indies.

Stylish opener Smriti Mandhana extended her purple patch with a classy 91 off 102 balls in the first Women's ODI against the West Indies in Vadodara Sunday.

India managed to defend a total of 117, getting Bangladesh all out for just 76.

India leisured to victory with 31 balls to spare.

The Indian women's cricket team defeated West Indies by 60 runs to register a first T20I series win at home in five years.

Smriti Mandhana and Richa Ghosh struck quickfire fifties as India outplayed West Indies by 60 runs to clinch the three-match women's T20I series 2-1 in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.

Richa Ghosh's blitz came after Mandhana became the leading run-scorer in this format this year, reaching 763 runs in 23 T20Is, while smacking her third consecutive fifty of the series and eighth of the year.

Hayley Matthews led the way for West Indies in a comprehensive nine-wicket victory.

Mandhana is placed second in the ICC Women's ODI batting rankings, and third in the T20I rankings.

Uncapped batter Simran Shaikh expressed her desire to meet India stalwart Virat Kohli and outlined her goal to represent the Indian national team.

India Women extended their unbeaten run against the West Indies to nine consecutive T20I victories with a dominating 49-run win in the series opener.

Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first at Bayuemas Oval but the move backfired them as they were restricted to 67/7 in 20 overs with Sonam Yadav returning with the figures of 4-6 in her four overs.

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Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on Saturday backed the Indian women's team to regain confidence in home conditions during the three-match T20I series against the West Indies.

India have won each of their last eight T20Is against the West Indies in the shortest format since November 2019.

On Sunday, the third Women's Premier League (WPL) player auction will see five teams vying to fill 19 slots overall from the pool of 120 players and complete their squads for the 2025 season at the premises of ITC Gardenia in Bengaluru.

Harmanpreet Kaur will continue to lead the squad with Smriti Mandhana, who struck a century in the third and last ODI in Australia, will remain the vice-captain.

Smriti Mandhana scored her fourth ODI century of 2024 during India's defeat to Australia at the WACA.