Riding on southpaw Smriti Mandhana’s wonderful knock of 73
runs off just 52 balls, India eves posted a challenging 147-4 on board in their
full quota of 20 overs against Ireland during a warm-up match on Thursday at Bengaluru.
Mandhana’s bat has been talking since the last two months when she scored
plenty of runs against Australia and Sri Lanka. She smacked 10 boundaries and a
six in her blistering knock. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Women
in Blue led by Mithali Raj were solid with the bat and made the most of this
warm-up game. Harmanpreet Kaur (24) and Veda Krishnamurthy (26) chipped in with
some useful contributions in the middle order to see the hosts past 140-run
mark. Kim Garth was the pick of the bowlers for Ireland as she finished off
with miserly figures of 3-16 in four overs. Robyn Lewis was the other bowler
who picked up a wicket.
Though Ireland started off as minnows, the ladies put up a
good show against a relatively strong India team. Ireland could manage 118-9 in
20 overs, falling shy of 29 runs. Cath Dolton top scored with 37 runs off 30
balls and found able ally in skipper Isobel Joyce who punched 28 runs off 30
cherries. Twin pacers Shikha Pandey and Niranjana Nagarajan grabbed couple of
wickets apiece.
Brief Scores:
India Women 147-4 in 20 overs (S Mandhana 73*, V Krishnamurthy 26, H Kaur 24; K
Garth 3-16) beat Ireland Women 118-9 in 20 overs (C Dalton 37, I Joyce 28; S
Pandey 2-22, N Nagarajan 2-17) by 29 runs
Source:www.cricketcountry.com
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