Vaishnavi’s five-for sets up India’s series sweep

VADODARA Zimbabwe’s historic maiden tour of India ended on a sobering note for the Lady Chevrons, with Vaishnavi Sharma’s maiden five-wicket haul and fifties from Pratika Rawal and Shafali Verma guiding India to a dominant eight-wicket win and a 3-0 series sweep here on Wednesday. People in Vadodara are simple. They like their food and cricket. They particularly like their local stars being involved in international fixtures. At the BCA Stadium, from the security personnel to the ground staff, Yastika Bhatia was the name on everyone’s lips. After frustrating the home fans twice, India finally swapped out Richa Ghosh for her. Yastika had a great afternoon behind the stumps, taking a catch and effecting a stumping and a run out, in an effort that restricted Zimbabwe to just 131 in 39.5 overs.