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Indian Women defeated Ireland by 6 wickets in the first match of the 3-match ODI series being held in Rajkot. The Irish team, which won the toss and elected to bat, scored 238/7. Captain Gabby Lewis scored the highest 92 runs.
In reply, the Indian team achieved the target by scoring 241 runs in 34.2 overs. Pratika Rawal scored the second half century of her career. Tejal Hasanbis scored 53 not out. Amy Maguire took 3 wickets from Ireland. Photo of the match winning partnership before the match report…
Pratika Rawal and Tejal Hasanbiss added 116 runs on 84 balls for the fourth wicket.
Mandhana completed the fastest 4 thousand runs Smriti Mandhana became the fastest Indian woman to score 4000 runs in Women’s ODI. She is now the 15th woman in the world to cross the 4000-run mark in ODIs and only the second Indian to do so after Mithali Raj.
Mandhana completed 4 thousand runs by taking a single off Arlene Kelly in the ninth over of India’s innings. Smriti Mandhana, who is captaining India in the absence of Harmanpreet, along with opener Pratika Rawal added 70 runs for the first wicket. Smriti played an inning of 41 runs on 29 balls with a strike rate of 141.37, 6 fours and 1 six. Freya Sargent got him caught out.
Harleen Deol played an inning of 20 runs and Jemimah Rodrigues played an inning of 9 runs. Both these batsmen were dismissed by Amy Maguire.
Smriti Mandhana has completed her 4 thousand runs in ODI cricket.
Hasanbis-Rawal’s century partnership Tejal Hasanbiss and Pratika Rawal made a century partnership for the fourth wicket. Both added 116 runs on 84 balls. While batting brilliantly, Pratika Raval scored the second half century of her career. He played an inning of 89 runs on 96 balls with the help of 10 fours and 1 six. Pratika was caught by Amy Maguire at the hands of Orla Prendergast.
All-rounder Tejal Hasanbis played fast and scored 53 runs on 46 balls to give India victory with 15 overs to spare. He hit 9 fours in the innings.
Irish captain scored 92 runs Ireland women’s team captain Gabby Lewis batted brilliantly. Lewis scored 92 runs with the help of 15 fours. He faced 129 balls. Lewis along with Leah Paul added 117 runs on 150 balls for the fifth wicket.
Leah Paul scored 59 runs on 73 balls. He hit 7 fours in the innings. Paul was run out by Harleen Deol. Gabby Lewis was dismissed by Deepti Sharma. Leg spinner Priya Mishra took 2 wickets for India. Deepti Sharma, Titas Sadhu and Sayali Satghare got 1 wicket each. The second ODI match will be played in Rajkot on Sunday, January 12 from 11 am.
Playing XI of both the teams India Women: Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Tejal Hassabnis, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Sayali Satghare, Saima Thakor, Priya Mishra and Titas Sadhu.
Ireland Women: Gabby Lewis (captain), Sarah Forbes, Oona Raymond-Hoey, Orla Prendergast, Laura Delany, Leah Paul, Christina Coulter Reilly (wk), Arlene Kelly, Dempsey, Freya Sergeant Bowling and Amy Maguire.
