The Kotambi Stadium, in Vadodara, hosted the primary ODI of India Ladies, who squared off in opposition to the West Indies. The Indian group gained the sport by 211 runs and registered their second-biggest win within the format, prevailing the guests in each division.
After profitable the toss, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led aspect batted first and placed on a giant whole within the first innings with Smriti Mandhana being the star batter as soon as once more scoring 91 from simply 102 deliveries. Other than her, there have been some handful contributions from children Pratika Rawal (40 of 69), and Harleen Deol (44 of fifty). Other than the five-wicket haul from Zaida James, it was a battle for the Windies’ bowlers, which resulted in them getting a large goal of 315 to chase down.
The vacationers failed miserably with the bat, going through a horrible collapse. The Indian bowlers had been making issues tough for the West Indians. Renuka Singh Thakur was the decide of the bowlers, who took her first five-wicket haul in Ladies’s ODIs with an awesome show of seam and swing bowling. The West Indies had been lastly bowled out for 103 because the India Ladies took the lead within the three-match ODI sequence.
For her stupendous show with the ball, Renuka was additionally adjudged the Participant of the Match, making her maiden fifer really a memorable one.
“The group motivates me. Harman (Kaur) requested me if I wished to bowl, and my confidence additionally grew because the wickets fell. We did some spot bowling yesterday as a result of it is crucial for ODIs. We targeting single-wicket balls, I spoke to Jhulan Goswami as effectively, and he or she helped me with it. Troublesome for bowlers as strains and lengths are completely different (to T20 cricket), that is why we follow. No matter we follow, that is what will get executed,” the pacer stated.
Right here is how the followers have reacted-
Smriti Mandhana now has MOST ladies’s worldwide runs in a yr.
3 occasions in top-5 listing!
1602 – Smriti Mandhana🇮🇳 in 2024
1593 – Laura Wolvaardt🇿🇦 in 2024
1346 – Nat Sciver-Brunt🏴 in 2022
1291 – Smriti Mandhana🇮🇳 in 2018
1290 – Smriti Mandhana🇮🇳 in 2022#INDvWI pic.twitter.com/QxWDHyk5Ve— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) December 22, 2024
Smriti Mandhana has now scored a minimum of 90 in all however one ODI in 2024 the place she has gotten to double digits #INDvWI
— Mohit Shah (@mohit_shah17) December 22, 2024
Smriti Mandhana dismissed 6 occasions in 90s if she scored that 6 Tons, then she would develop into Kohli of ladies’s cricket (Most Odi A whole bunch) !!! 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/aw6kbBCDme
— R🦅 (@141ovalclassic) December 22, 2024
fifth consecutive 50+ plus rating for Smriti Mandhana throughout codecs 🤌🥶🥶🥶 loopy consistency
— Gaurav Nandan (@Cric_Beyond_Ent) December 22, 2024
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