The year has changed, Smriti Mandhana's style and temperament have not. The opponents are changing, but not the attitude of the left-handed star batsman of the Indian women's cricket team. And, the effect of all this is visible in his game on the cricket field. Smriti Mandhana is showing no signs of stopping. It seems as if the new year has picked up batting from where it left off last year. After hitting West Indies, Smriti Mandhana's bat is now attacking Ireland too. Runs are pouring from his bat at a stormy pace and due to this, India's score board seems to be getting so big that it is becoming difficult for the Irish team to overcome it.

Smriti Mandhana's excellent form continues against Ireland

The Irish team had already lost the first match to India. Now in the second ODI also his condition is equally bad. This time, Smriti Mandhana, the left-handed opener and captaining India in the series, looked even more aggressive. He scored 32 more runs in the second ODI than in the first ODI. Apart from this, a partnership of 156 runs was also made for the opening wicket.

Mandhana scored 114 runs in 83 balls!

Smriti Mandhana had scored 41 runs in 29 balls with 2 sixes and 6 fours in the first ODI against Ireland. But in the second ODI, he played an unmatched inning of 73 runs in 54 balls, which included 10 fours and 1 six. In this way, in the first two matches of the 3 ODI series, Smriti Mandhana has scored 114 runs against Ireland while facing 83 balls.

This 'wall' crossed 4 times in the last 6 innings

The inning of 73 runs played in the second ODI against Ireland is his fourth fifty plus score in the last 6 innings. Earlier, he had scored 105 runs in the last ODI against Australia on 11 December, while he had scored 91 runs and 53 runs in the first two ODIs of the season against West Indies. Mandhana's two more innings were of 4 and 41 runs.