ENG W vs IND W | We need to regularly score 250 plus ahead of ODI World Cup, says Smriti Mandhana
Cricket | July 13, 2021 20:14 ISTIn their last eight WODIs, Indian women have lost six -- four to South Africa at home and two against England.
In their last eight WODIs, Indian women have lost six -- four to South Africa at home and two against England.
Smriti ran to her left and dived full length to take a stunning catch.
India lost track late on the second day on Thursday as they lost five wickets for 16 runs to finish the day at 187 for five.
India were 83 for 1 at stumps on the rain-interrupted third and penultimate day after following on, still trailing by 82 runs overall with nine second-innings wickets in hand.
Mandhana, the Indian T20 vice captain, is set to form a devastating opening partnership with England's Danni Wyatt at Southern Brave.
Smriti had a poor outing in recent limited-overs series against South Africa.
The day-night Test against Australia, part of a multi-format seven-match tour, is scheduled to be played from September 30 to October 3 at the WACA Ground in Perth.
After losing the opening T20I by eight wickets, India were in for a chance to level the three-match T20I series as SA Women needed 19 runs from last 12 balls while chasing 159 to win.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur has been ruled out of the opening women's T20 International of the three-match series against South Africa here due to an injury, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana said on Friday.
Harmanpreet suffered a hip-flexor injury while batting in the fifth ODI against the same opponents on Wednesday.
India are currently engaged in a five-match ODI series against South Africa and in the second match, Mandhana had scored an unbeaten 80 to help her side to a nine-wicket victory.
Veteran Jhulan Goswami's four-wicket haul was beautifully complemented by Smriti Mandhana's sparkling 80 not out as Indian women outplayed South Africa by nine wickets in the second ODI to level the five-match series 1-1
Mandhana's unbeaten 80 helped India in securing a series-levelling win against South Africa Women in the three-match ODI series in Lucknow.
With 744 rating points, Verma is behind leader Beth Mooney (748) of Australia while Mandhana has 693 points.
Veteran pacer Jhulan (4/42) was the pick of the bowlers for India, while Rajeshwari Gayakwad returned with figures of 3 for 37.
Another veteran Mithali Raji -- with 687 points -- remained at 9th to be the second Indian batswoman in the top 10. Mandhana has 732 points.
Despite a fiery start, Trailblazers could post only a modest 118 for eight on Monday but Mandhana said she knew the slow nature of the surface would help her side
It was the maiden title for Trailblazers while Supernovas were the defending champions.
Mandhana said that she is proud of the way the team has played in the tournament, especially in the last game where they came back to make a match of the game.
The four-match tournament will have three teams -- defending champions Supernovas, last year's runners-up Velocity and Trailblazers -- competing against each other once before the summit clash on November 9.
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