Smriti Mandhana’s Century Anchors Team India in First ODI Against South Africa
The South African women’s cricket team is on a tour of India. The ODI series between Women’s Team India vs Women’s South Africa has started today June 16. Sanglikar Smriti Mandhana, the vice-captain of Team India, has scored a brilliant century in the opening match of this series. Smriti saved Team India’s innings with this century. Smriti played this innings when Team India was in trouble.
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Smriti Mandhana’s Milestone and Partnership Contributions
The first ODI match between Team India vs South Africa has been organized at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Team India won the toss and decided to bat. However, as Team India lost wickets at regular intervals, the situation was 99 for 5. But after that, both Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma effectively saved Team India’s innings. Both shared a partnership of 81 runs for the sixth wicket. After that, Deepti Sharma was out for 37 runs in 48 balls. So the condition of Team India became 180 for 6.
SMRITI MANDHANA MASTERCLASS AT THE CHINNASWAMY STADIUM. 🇮🇳
117 (127) with 12 fours and a six – the next best scorer for India was Deepti with 37. A warrior’s knock by Mandhana. 👏pic.twitter.com/qoP2FnJMzz
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 16, 2024
Pooja Vastrakar entered the field after Deepti. Team India reached the 200 mark. Smriti then scored the sixth century of her ODI career. Smriti completed the century in 116 balls at a strike rate of 86.21. Smriti hit 10 fours and 1 six in this inning.
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Teams’ Lineups:
Team India Playing XI: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemalta, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Asha Shobhana and Renuka Thakur Singh.
South Africa Playing XI: Laura Wollward (captain), Tazmin Britts, Aneke Bosch, Sune Luce, Marizan Kapp, Anri Derksen, Nondumiso Shangase, Sinalo Jafta (wicketkeeper), Masabata Klaas, Nonkululeko Malaba and Ayabonga Khaka.
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