Indian women's team has won the ODI series against Ireland. The team won by 116 runs in the second ODI on Sunday. With this victory, the team has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series. The third match of the series will be played in Rajkot on 15 January.
The Indian team won the toss and decided to bat. The team scored 370 runs for 5 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, Ireland could only score 254 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. Jemimah Rodrigues played a century innings for the Indian team. He was chosen player of the match.
Indian team players celebrating victory.
Ireland's poor start The Irish team, which was chasing the target of 371 runs, had a bad start. The team lost the wicket of opener Gabby Lewis on the team score of 32 runs. She could score only 12 runs on 19 balls. The team had scored 40 runs for one wicket in the first 10 overs of powerplay.
Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets for the Indian team.
Sara and Rally took over the innings After losing the first wicket early, opener Sarah Forbes along with Christina Coulter Reilly took charge of the Irish innings. Both of them made a partnership of 55 runs on 80 balls for the second wicket. Here Deepti Sharma bowled Sara.
Reilly's half-century, Delaney scored 37 runs After Sara's dismissal, Reilly continued the innings. He formed a fifty partnership with Laura Delaney. Ralli scored 80 runs off 113 balls, while Delaney contributed 37 runs. Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets for the Indian team. Priya Mishra got 2 wickets.
Indian innings from here
Indian batsman Jemimah Rodrigues played an innings of 102 runs on 91 balls.
Mandhana-Rawal gave a strong start Openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal gave a strong start to the Indian team batting after winning the toss. Both made an opening partnership of 156 runs. This partnership was broken by Orla Prendergast. Here Smriti Mandhana was out after scoring 73 runs on 54 balls. Then on the first ball of the 20th over, Dempsey trapped Raval LBW. Raval scored 67 runs on 61 balls. Here the team's score was 156 runs.
Harleen and Jemima's century partnership After losing the openers, Harleen Deol made a century partnership with Jemimah Rodrigues for the third wicket. Both added 183 runs on 168 balls. This partnership took the team's score beyond 300. For Ireland, Orla Prendergast and Arlene Kelly took 2-2 wickets.
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, Orla Prendergast, Laura Delaney, Leah Paul, Christina Coulter Reilly (wk), Arlene Kelly, Ava Canning, Georgina Dempsey, Freya Sergeant Bowling and Amy Maguire.
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India defeated Ireland by 6 wickets
Indian Women defeated Ireland by 6 wickets in the first match of the 3-match ODI series in Rajkot. The Irish team scored 238/7. 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 unbeaten 53 runs.
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