Navi Mumbai, December 19
After opener Smriti Mandhana’s quick 77 runs, wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh (54 runs) scored a record half-century in 18 balls, India defeated West Indies by 60 runs in the third and last T20 match here today. to win the series 2-1. Playing first, the Indian women’s cricket team scored 217 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs, in response to which the visiting team could only score 157 runs for 9 wickets. Indian bowler Radha Yadav took four wickets. This is the highest score of the Indian women’s team in T20 cricket, in which Jemima Rodrigues contributed 39 runs and Raghavi Bisht contributed 31 runs. Earlier, India scored the highest 201 runs against UAE in this format. Richa Ghosh equaled the records of New Zealand’s Sophie Devine and Australia’s Phoebe Litchfield for scoring the fastest half-century by scoring an 18-ball half-century. Smriti Mandhana, who played an innings of 77 runs during the match, has become the highest scorer of 763 runs in women’s T20 cricket this year, with 763 runs to her name in 23 matches. He left Sri Lanka’s Chamari Attapattu behind. It is Mandhana’s third consecutive half-century in this series and eighth half-century this year. -Agency
Women’s U-19 Asia Cup: India beat Bangladesh
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia): India has Trisha’s unbeaten half-century defeated Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the Women’s U-19 T-20 Asia Cup Super-Four match here today. The Indian women’s cricket team chased down the target of 81 runs in just 12.1 overs by scoring 86 runs for two wickets. Trisha scored 58 runs off 46 balls, in which she hit ten fours. However, the Indian did not start well in chasing the target. Opener G. Kamalini got out without opening the account and Sanika Chalke managed to score only 1 run. India lost two wickets at one point for 22 runs but Trisha and captain Nikki Prasad (22 runs not out) added 64 runs for the third wicket and gave the team victory. -News-Patiala