1st WODI: Elegant Smriti wins it for India as Jhulan rolls back time

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The swish Smriti Mandhana as soon as once more enhanced her popularity as considered one of India’s greatest match winners with a horny 91 that actually decimated England by seven wickets within the opening WODI, right here on Sunday.

Harmanpreet Kaur gained toss and veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami was accuracy personified with 42 dot balls in considered one of of her final worldwide video games as England managed a sub-par 227 for seven, largely because of efforts from the decrease middle-order.

India had been by no means in hassle through the chase as Mandhana (91 off 99 balls) actually drove and pulled her approach earlier than lacking out on a deserving sixth WODI hundred by 9 runs.

But by the time she was dismissed, Mandhana ensured a forty fifth over end for the Women In Blue, who now go 1-0 up in three-match sequence.

Yastika Bhatia (50 off 47 balls), who hasn’t achieved justice to her huge expertise, additionally notched up her third half-century and scored at greater than run-a-ball strike-rate.

Yastika-Mandhana second wicket stand of 96 in simply 16.1 overs set the muse after which Harmanpreet (74 not out in 94 balls) eased her solution to a one other fifty as she added 99 runs together with her deputy after which completed it off in fashion with a slog sweep six.

Mandhana’s innings had 10 fours and a stunning six over long-on off seamer Issy-Wong.

While each Yastika and Mandhana drove majestically by way of the covers through the Powerplay, the Indian vice-captain additionally performed a number of pull-shots with English bowlers drifting down the leg-side.

It have to be stated that Harmanpreet learn the circumstances on the County Ground in Hove approach higher than her England counterpart Amy Jones.

While Indian spinners Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Deepti Sharma various tempo of their deliveries to make strokeplay tough, England’s seamers Kate Cross (2/43 in 10 overs), Alice Davidson-Jones (0/48 in 7.2 overs), Wong(0/35 in 5 overs) together with off-spinner Charlie Dean (1/45 in 10 overs) allowed the visiting crew batters to make use of the tempo of their deliveries to attain runs behind the sq..

In the primary 15 overs, India hit 13 fours and a six (by Yastika) and it was throughout for England. Earlier, Goswami, the 39-year-old legend, was parsimonious, giving freely solely 20 runs in 10 overs with as many as 42 dot balls.

She didn’t concede a single boundary or six and likewise bowled a advantageous off-cutter to eliminate the seasoned Tammy Beaumont (7).

On a monitor the place ball wasn’t at all times coming onto the bat, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur did the proper factor by opting to discipline.

After seamer Meghna Singh (1/42 in 8 overs) hurried the opposite opener Emma Lamb (12) with a brief ball, Goswami and the 2 spinners Deepti (2/33 in 10 overs) and Gayakwad (1/40 in 10 overs) choked the run circulate persistently.

However, Sneh Rana (1/45 in 6 overs) and Pooja Vastrakar (0/20 in 2 overs) together with Meghna did leak a couple of runs as the house crew did put up a 220 plus rating in the long run.

Dani Wyatt (43 off 50 balls), Alice Davidson-Richards (50 not out off 61 balls) and Sophie Ecclestone (31) had been the notable contributors for England.
Even Charlie Dean performed a pleasant cameo (24 no off 21 balls) in the direction of the top to beef up the goal.

Harmanpreet might be a contact dissatisfied that regardless of getting England on the mat at 128 for 6 by the thirty fourth over, England’s Nos. 7, 8 and 9 added greater than 100 runs to provide the whole some respectability.


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