The Indian women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur yesterday conceded that New Zealand women deserved to win the T20 International series but said her "young" side gave a tough fight and learnt valuable lessons from the defeats.

New Zealand beat India by four wickets in the second T20I to take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series. "No doubt, New Zealand played better cricket than us and so they won. But I am not disappointed that we lost the series. We are here to play good cricket and we did that. We played really well, especially the bowlers," Harmanpreet said.