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With this, Mandhana has joined the list of Indian cricket legendary batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. So far, only 6 Indian batsmen – Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and now Smriti Mandhana have scored centuries in all three formats.
Delhi: Smriti Mandhana, the star batsman of the Indian women’s cricket team, scored several records against England in the first T20 match and made many records. Mandhana played a bang of 112 runs in 62 balls with the help of 15 fours and 3 sixes. On the basis of his innings, India scored 210 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, England team was reduced to just 113 runs in 14.5 overs and India won the match by 97 runs.
In the absence of Harmanpreet Kaur, Mandhana, who is captaining the team, also gave a tremendous performance in batting in this match played in Nottingham. Regular captain Harmanpreet Kaur did not play in this match due to head injury during the practice match. England decided to bowl first by winning the toss. Mandhana and Shefali Verma gave the team a fast start, where Mandhana was seen in rhythm from the beginning, while Shefali was seen batting a little slow.
Smriti Mandhana has become the first Indian woman cricketer to score a century in all three formats. He scored 106 runs in ODIs against Australia in 2016, scored 127 runs against Australia in 2021 Tests and now a century against England in T20. Mandhana is the fifth player in women’s cricket, who has scored a century in Test, ODI and T20 all three formats. Before them, Beth Muni, Laura Volvard, Heather Knight and Tammy Buomont have done so.
With this, Mandhana has joined the list of Indian cricket legendary batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. So far, only 6 Indian batsmen – Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and now Smriti Mandhana have scored centuries in all three formats.
Mandhana has become the second female cricketer of India to score a century in T20 International. He achieved this feat after Harmanpreet Kaur by completing a century in 51 balls. So far, only two players have scored centuries in women’s T20 for India.
Despite Shefali’s slow start, her opening pair with Mandhana played a great partnership. Both added 77 runs for the first wicket. This is the 21st time when the pair of Mandhana and Shefali shared 50 or more runs in T20. In this case, she has left behind the pair of Australia’s Alyssa Hili and Bath Muni, who had shared such a partnership 20 times.
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