Smriti Mandhana
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- Smriti Mandhana played strong tackles against Pakistan
- Indian women’s team beats Pakistan at Commonwealth Games
- Mandhana reached the threshold of a special record
Smriti Mandhana: Thanks to Smriti Mandhana’s brilliant batting, India defeated Arch Rivals Pakistan in their second Commonwealth Games match. Mandhana, who entered the field to open, returned only after winning the Indian women’s team. She played a brilliant tackle, beating Pakistan by eight wickets with 38 balls to spare.
Brilliant performance of Smriti Mandhana
Smriti Mandhana batted in a ferocious style from start to finish in the match against Pakistan at Edgbaston. Although he had a small target of 102 runs in front of her, Mandhana’s eyes were on improving India’s net run rate, so he started hitting aggressively from the start. The Indian women’s team starter posted an unbeaten 63 on 42 balls with a strike rate of 150, which included three sixes with eight fours. She attacked Pakistan as a one-man army and seeing it, she raised the victory flag in the field of Birmingham. Expressing happiness for this stupendous victory, Smriti said that after this victory, she is confident to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Mandhana on the threshold of a special register
With this brilliant entry, Smriti Mandhana also reached the threshold of a special record. He scored 1999 runs for India as a starter. She will become the first female starter for the Indian team to score 2000 runs as a starter as soon as she scores a run. Apart from this, she will become the second Indian starter overall after Rohit Sharma to score another run. India has to play the next match against Barbados on August 3 at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, in which Smriti can create a new record.
Mandhana received congratulations on social media
After this Mandhana entry, many former cricketers congratulated her on social media. Former India starter Virender Sehwag wrote: “Great performance from Indian girls. Good bowling from Indian bowlers first then Smriti Mandhana showed class from her. Great win.”
Former Indian team Test starter Wasim Jaffer wrote on social media: “It can’t be more effective than a win. Today the women’s team performed brilliantly. The bowlers took all the money and Smriti Mandhana was fantastic.
