India defeated Sri Lanka in the first T-20, brilliant innings by Jemimah; Mandhana achieved an important milestone

Visakhapatnam: Indian women’s cricket team has performed brilliantly by defeating Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the first T-20 match. With this victory, India has taken a 1-0 lead in the five-match T20 series. The disciplined performance of the Indian bowlers and the steady innings of the batsmen made the match one-sided. Notably, Jemimah Rodrigues’ unbeaten innings was the key to the win.

Sri Lanka’s batting problems

The Sri Lankan team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start. Captain Chamari Atapattu and Vishmi Gunaratne opened the innings, but the Indian bowlers applied pressure from the initial moments. India’s first success was given by Kranti Goud, who clean bowled Atapattu. The captain could score only 15 runs on 12 balls. After this Sri Lanka’s run rate slowed down further.

Deepti’s important contribution

Deepti Sharma gave the second blow by dismissing Hasini Perera. Hasini scored 20 runs in 23 balls with the help of two fours, but could not play a big innings. Harshitha Samarawickrama played some good shots, but she too could not prolong her innings. Shri Charani bowled him and sent him to the pavilion. Harshita scored 21 runs in 23 balls. Vishmi Gunaratne scored the maximum 39 runs for Sri Lanka, while due to his slow batting the team could not score big. Sri Lankan team could score only 122 runs in 20 overs. For India, Kranti Gaur, Deepti Sharma and Shri Charani took one wicket each.

India’s impressive batting

The Indian team, which set out to chase the target of 123 runs, did not have a special start. Opener Shefali Verma was out early, she returned to the pavilion after scoring only 9 runs on the ball of Kavya Kavindi. After this, Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues took over the innings and made an important partnership for the second wicket. Mandhana scored 25 runs in 25 balls with the help of four fours. However, she was out on Inoka’s bowling. After this, Captain Harmanpreet Kaur supported Jemima well. Jemimah Rodrigues batted brilliantly and scored unbeaten 69 runs in 44 balls, in which her timing and intelligence were worth seeing.

India won the match by 8 wickets

Harmanpreet Kaur scored 15 not out and India achieved the target in just 14.4 overs, winning the match by 8 wickets. Jemimah Rodrigues was declared the player of the match for her brilliant innings. This victory has boosted the confidence of the Indian team and now it is ready for the next challenge.

Mandhana achieved a new milestone

In this match, Smriti Mandhana achieved an important achievement in T-20 international cricket. With this innings he completed 4000 runs in T-20 International. She has become the second female player in the world to do so. Earlier this record was in the name of Suzie Bates of New Zealand.

Became the first Indian cricketer

Mandhana has added a new chapter in the history of Indian women’s cricket. She has become the first Indian woman cricketer to score 4000 runs in T-20 International. Before this, no Indian female batsman had scored so many runs in this format.

Indian team’s leading batsman

Mandhana achieved this special achievement in 154 T-20 international matches. Now he has a total of 4007 runs in his name in this format. Both consistency and aggression are well visible in her batting, due to which she has remained the main batsman of the Indian team for a long time.