IND-W vs ZIM-W 3rd ODI: Vaishnavi 5/39 as India sweep 3-0

India Women beat Zimbabwe Women by 8 wickets with 198 balls to spare in the 3rd ODI at the BCA Stadium, Kotambi, Vadodara, on Wednesday, and have swept the three-match ODI series 3-0. Zimbabwe chose to bat and were bowled out for 131 in 39.5 overs. India reached 133 for 2 in just 17 overs.

Vaishnavi Sharma took 5 for 39, her second big haul in two games. Pratika Rawal finished unbeaten on 59 and Shafali Verma hit 51 not out off 26 balls to end the series in a hurry.

IND-W vs ZIM-W 3rd ODI: the scores

• Zimbabwe Women 131 all out in 39.5 overs (Modester Mupachikwa 37 off 48, Josephine Nkomo 35 off 67, Chiedza Dhururu 20 off 39; Vaishnavi Sharma 5/39, Kranti Gaud 2/23, Sayali Satghare 2/11)
• India Women 133/2 in 17 overs (Pratika Rawal 59* off 56, Shafali Verma 51* off 26, Harleen Deol 19 off 19; Nomvelo Sibanda 1/18, Loryn Phiri 1/28)
• Result: India won by 8 wickets (with 198 balls remaining) and win the series 3-0
• Toss: Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat

Zimbabwe 52 for 4 inside 16 overs

India's seamers set it up early. Sayali Satghare had Loryn Phiri caught behind by Yastika Bhatia for 0 in the second over, and Kranti Gaud removed Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano for 4 in the third. Zimbabwe were 12 for 2.

Vaishnavi came on and the squeeze went on. Beloved Biza, who had made 62 and 34 in the first two games, scratched 1 off 16 balls before she was caught by Harmanpreet Kaur. Mupachikwa, Zimbabwe's best batter of the series, made 37 off 48 with seven fours before Vaishnavi had her stumped by Yastika. At 52 for 4 after 15.5 overs, Zimbabwe's top four had made 42 runs between them.

Captain Josephine Nkomo and Chiedza Dhururu added 43 for the fifth wicket, the only stand of the innings worth the name, but it took them 69 balls. Once Dhururu fell at 95 in the 28th over, Zimbabwe lost their last six wickets for 36 runs in 12.3 overs.

Vaishnavi Sharma: 9 wickets in 20 overs

Vaishnavi bowled her full 10 overs again, with a maiden, and took the wickets of Biza, Mupachikwa, Dhururu, Michelle Mavunga and Nyasha Gwanzura. That is 5 for 39, the only five-wicket haul of the series.

Across the last two games she has bowled 20 overs and taken 9 wickets for 78 runs, an average under 9 and an economy of 3.9. In the 2nd ODI it was her 4 for 39 that broke Zimbabwe's chase after they had reached 107 for 1.

The rest of India's attack barely leaked a run. Sayali went at 1.83 an over (2 for 11 in 6) and Deepti Sharma at 1.75 (0 for 12 in 6.5). Kranti took 2 for 23 in 7 overs, including the wicket of Nkomo. The last wicket was a run out: Nomvelo Sibanda, sent back by Jintimani Kalita's throw to Yastika.

Shafali turns a chase into a sprint

The chase began with a jolt. Yastika Bhatia was caught off the first ball of the innings by Nomvelo Sibanda's bowling, so India were 0 for 1.

It did not matter. Rawal and Harleen Deol added 59 in 8.3 overs, with Harleen hitting four fours in her 19 off 19 before she was caught off Loryn Phiri. Shafali then joined Rawal and the pair put on an unbroken 74 in 50 balls. Shafali hit six fours and three sixes, and her 51 came at a strike rate of 196. Rawal hit three sixes of her own.

India scored at 7.8 an over, against Zimbabwe's 3.3, and finished with 198 balls unused.

The series in numbers

India won all three games by big margins: by 9 wickets with 137 balls to spare in the first ODI, by 121 runs in the second, and by 8 wickets with 198 balls to spare here.

• India Women scored 661 runs and lost only 9 wickets in the series. Zimbabwe Women scored 535 runs and lost all 30.
• Zimbabwe's totals went 197, 207, 131, and they were bowled out in every innings.
• Pratika Rawal made 220 runs in three innings (100*, 61, 59*) and was out only once, at a strike rate of about 100.
• Shafali Verma made 123 runs off 67 balls (64, 8, 51*), a strike rate of 184.
• Vaishnavi Sharma took 9 wickets in two games. Shree Charani took 5, including 4 for 23 in the first ODI, and Deepti Sharma and Kranti Gaud also took 5 each.
• The only hundreds of the series were India's: Rawal's 100* in the first ODI, and Harmanpreet Kaur's 126 and Deepti Sharma's 106* in the second.

What the 3-0 means

This was Smriti Mandhana's first series as India's captain, after Harmanpreet stepped down earlier this month, and it ends with three wins out of three. These ODIs count towards the ICC Women's Championship, so the clean sweep also adds the maximum points available from the series on India's route to the next ODI World Cup.

For Zimbabwe, on their first tour of India, Mupachikwa (25, 49 and 37) and Biza (62, 34 and 1) were the batters who stood up most, but none of their batters reached 50 after the first game.

FAQ

Who won the India Women vs Zimbabwe Women 3rd ODI? India Women won by 8 wickets with 198 balls to spare. Zimbabwe made 131 and India chased it in 17 overs.

Did India Women win the series against Zimbabwe 3-0? Yes. India won all three ODIs in Vadodara and swept the series 3-0.

Who took five wickets in the 3rd ODI? Vaishnavi Sharma took 5 for 39 in 10 overs.

Who was India's top run-scorer in the series? Pratika Rawal, with 220 runs in three innings, including 100 not out in the first ODI.

The full scorecard and fall of wickets are on the TryBall match page for India Women vs Zimbabwe Women, 3rd ODI.

By the TryBall desk · 28 October 2026