Indian Women defeated Ireland by 6 wickets in the first match of the 3-match ODI series being held in Rajkot. The Irish team, which won the toss and elected to bat, scored 238/7. Captain Gabby Lewis scored the highest 92 runs.
Pratika Rawal and Tejal Hasanbiss added 116 runs on 84 balls for the fourth wicket.
Mandhana completed the fastest 4 thousand runs Smriti Mandhana became the fastest Indian woman to score 4000 runs in Women's ODI. She is now the 15th Indian in the world to reach this milestone in ODIs and the second Indian after Mithali Raj.
Mandhana completed 4 thousand runs by taking a single off Arlene Kelly in the ninth over of the Indian innings. Smriti Mandhana, who is captaining India in the absence of Harmanpreet, along with opener Pratika Rawal added 70 runs for the first wicket.
Smriti played an inning of 41 runs on 29 balls with a strike rate of 141.37, 6 fours and 1 six. Freya Sargent got him caught out. Harleen Deol played an inning of 20 runs and Jemimah Rodrigues played an inning of 9 runs. Both these batsmen were dismissed by Amy Maguire.
Smriti Mandhana has completed her 4 thousand runs in ODI cricket.
Pratika's second and Tejal's first half century.
Tejal Hasanbis and Pratika Rawal made a century partnership for the fourth wicket. Both added 116 runs on 84 balls. While batting brilliantly, Pratika Raval scored the second half century of her career. He played an inning of 89 runs on 96 balls with the help of 10 fours and 1 six. Pratika was caught by Amy Maguire at the hands of Orla Prendergast.
Middle-order batsman Tejal Hasanbiss scored his first fifty in his ODI career. He scored 53 runs on 46 balls and gave India victory with 15 overs left. Tejal hit 9 fours in the innings.
Irish captain scored 92 runs
Ireland women's team captain Gabby Lewis batted brilliantly. Lewis scored 92 runs with the help of 15 fours. He faced 129 balls. Lewis along with Leah Paul added 117 runs on 150 balls for the fifth wicket.
Leah Paul scored 59 runs on 73 balls. He hit 7 fours in the innings. Paul was run out by Harleen Deol. Gabby Lewis was dismissed by Deepti Sharma. Leg spinner Priya Mishra took 2 wickets for India. Deepti Sharma, Titas Sadhu and Sayali Satghare got 1 wicket each. The second ODI match will be played in Rajkot on Sunday, January 12 from 11 am.
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, Una Raymond-Hoey, Orla Prendergast, Laura Delaney, Leah Paul, Christina Coulter Reilly (wk), Arlene Kelly, Georgina Dempsey, Freya Sergeant Bowling and Amy Maguire.
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