 "India women’s team beat West Indies by 211 runs in first ODI, lead 1-0 in 3-match series")
India has made a great start in the women’s cricket ODI series, in the first ODI played in Vadodara, India defeated the West Indies by 211 runs. This is the biggest victory of Indian team against West Indies in ODI. While overall this is the second biggest win in 50 over cricket. In this victory of Team India, experienced opener Smriti Mandhana had an important contribution in batting, while fast bowler Renuka Thakur did well in bowling.
Mandhana played an innings of 91 runs while Renuka broke the back of the West Indies by taking 5 wickets. The Indian team has taken a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. After scoring 314 runs for 9 wickets, India bowled out West Indies for 103 runs in 26.2 overs and won against this team by a record margin of runs in ODIs.
Renuka Thakur took 5 wickets for 29 runs in 10 overs for India. Effie Fletcher scored 24 not out and Seaman Campbell contributed 21 runs for West Indies. While Priya Mishra got two successes. Titas Sadhu and Deepti Sharma took one wicket each. West Indies completed the century by scoring an unbeaten 24 with the contribution of Effie Fletcher, who came in to bat at number nine. Apart from that, only Shaman Campbell (21) could cross the 20-run mark for the team.
India scored 314 runs on Mandhana’s 91 runs
Earlier, opener Smriti Mandhana’s innings of 91 runs helped India set a big score of 314 runs for 9 wickets in the first ODI. Mandhana, who is running in an excellent rhythm, has scored the fifth consecutive half-century in (T-20 and ODI). She got the team off to a flying start with 13 fours in her 102-ball innings and scored most of the runs in a 110-run partnership with Pratika Rawal (40 off 69), who was making her ODI debut. Harleen Deol (44 runs off 50 balls), Harmanpreet Kaur (34 runs off 23 balls), Richa Ghosh (26 runs off 12 balls) and Jemima Rodriguez (31 runs off 19 balls) followed Mandhana’s brilliant innings. The Indian team crossed the mark of 300 runs.
Pratika dominated in the debut match
After attacking batsman Shefali Verma was dropped from the Indian team, India tried several players to support Mandhana as an opener. In this connection, on Sunday, Delhi’s actress Pratika got an opportunity. He batted at a strike rate of 57.97. This 24-year-old player also got a lifeline in the 10th over. She was batting at three runs at that time. He hit all four fours of his innings on the leg side. While Pratika struggled to score runs at a fast pace, Mandhana at the other end entertained the crowd with her brilliant cover drives and pull shots.
After Harmanpreet came to the crease, the Indian innings picked up the pace
Indian innings picked up pace after skipper Harmanpreet Kaur came to the crease. She was scoring runs quickly hitting three fours and a six but was run out due to an error by Richa. Richa and Jemima made quick runs. Jemima hit three fours and a six while Richa showed her aggressive attitude by hitting four fours and a six. This left arm spinner took five wickets for 45 runs in eight overs. The Indian team could not score runs quickly due to repeated loss of wickets in the last overs. The team scored just 20 runs in the last three overs and lost four wickets, three of which went to James.