New Delhi
Thanks to Pratika-Tejal’s fifty and captain Smriti Mandhana’s stormy innings of 41 runs, the Indian women’s cricket team defeated the Ireland women’s cricket team by 6 wickets. With this, Indian women have taken a 1-0 lead in the 1st ODI series. In this ODI played at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot, Ireland won the toss and batted first and scored 238 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, Indian women chased the target by losing 4 wickets in 34.3 overs.
Gabby played the captaincy innings
Gabby Lewis played the captaincy innings for Ireland. He faced 129 balls and scored 92 runs. During this period he also hit 15 fours. Apart from him, Leah Paul played an inning of 59 runs in 73 balls. He hit 7 fours in this innings. Apart from this, none of the Irish batsmen could do anything special. Priya Mishra took 2 wickets for India. Apart from them, Titas Sadhu, Sayali Satghare and Deepti Sharma took 1 wicket each.
Mandhana completed 4000 runs
The Indian team, which set out to chase the target of 239 runs, had a great start.
Captain Smriti Mandhana gave a fast start to the team.
He added 70 runs for the first wicket with Pratika Rawal.
Mandhana was caught out in the 10th over.
He scored 41 runs in 29 balls at a strike rate of 141.38.
With this, Mandhana has completed 4000 runs in ODIs.
She is the second Indian batsman after Mithali Raj to touch this figure.
Pratika missed a century
India suffered its second setback at the score of 101. Harleen Deol scored 20 runs on 32 balls. Jemimah Rodrigues returned to the pavilion in the 21st over. Young batsman Pratika Rawal missed a century. He scored 89 runs on 96 balls. During this, Pratika hit 10 fours and 1 six. Tejal Hassabnis remained unbeaten on 53 runs and Richa Ghosh remained unbeaten on 8 runs.