Rahul Tiwari
khelja|18-12-2024
A three-match T20 series is being played between India women's team and West Indies women's team. Team India had to face defeat in the second match of the series played at DY Patil Stadium. But in this match, Indian captain Smriti Mandhana played a brilliant innings. During this innings he also made a world record in his name. But this innings of Smriti Mandhana could not bring victory to her team, due to which this series has now reached a tie of 1-1.
Smriti Mandhana played an inning of 62 runs in 41 balls in this match. She was the highest run scorer for India. During this innings, Mandhana hit 9 fours and 1 six. This was his 29th half-century in T20. With this, she also made the world record of scoring most half-centuries in Women's T20I. Earlier this record was in the name of Suzie Bates. Suzie Bates has 28 half-centuries in T20 International cricket. Even in the first match of this series, Smriti Mandhana had scored a half-century and equaled the world record. But this time she came first in this list.
In this match, West Indies women's cricket team won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, the Indian women's cricket team, batting first, scored 159 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Apart from Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh also played an important inning. He scored 32 runs in 17 balls at a strike rate of 188.23, which included 6 fours. But apart from these two batsmen, no other player could touch the 20-run mark. Whereas, for West Indies, Chinelle Henry, Deandra Dottin, Haley Mathews and Afi Fletcher took 2 wickets each.
But in this match, very poor bowling was seen from the Indian bowlers. While defending this target, Indian bowlers could take only 1 wicket. At the same time, captain Haley Mathews played a captaincy innings for West Indies. Haley Mathews played an unbeaten inning of 85 runs in 47 balls. Which included 17 fours. On the other hand, Kianna Joseph played an inning of 38 runs in 22 balls, during this innings she hit 6 fours and 2 sixes. Shamine Campbell also contributed 29 runs in 26 balls and led the team to victory.