Mithali, 39, playing her 221st ODI, continued her dream form in the format—seven fifties in the last 11 innings in ODIs—to keep India in the hunt with a 73-ball 59 (6x4).

Mithali also joined Charlotte Edwards in making 1,000 runs against four different teams—Australia, England, Sri Lanka and New Zealand—in ODI cricket.

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She also became the first Indian to reach 1000 women’s ODI runs against New Zealand.

Brief scores
New Zealand 275 in 48.1 overs (S Bates 106, A Satterthwaite 63; R Gayakwad 2-28, D Sharma 2-47) beat India 213 in 49.4 overs (M Raj 59, Y Bhatia 41; J Kerr 4-35, H Jensen 2-36) by 62 runs

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