Seam bowler Amita Sharma took 3-24, but spin bowlers Nooshin Al Khadeer (3-39) and Neetu David (2-28) also played leading roles in snuffing out New Zealand's hopes.

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But Gunn removed Goswami (19) and Nooshin Al Khadeer, the former stumped by Tamsin Beaumont who was brought into the team because first-choice keeper Sarah Taylor has a hip injury, and Brunt bowled Preeti Dimri for a first-ball duck to leave the home side on 175-8.

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