The Indian women’s cricket team made many records in T20 history with its explosive performance in the fourth T20 International match against Sri Lanka. India got the chance to bat first at the Greenfield Stadium, and Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma gave the team an explosive start.
Sports News: The Indian women’s cricket team won the first three matches of the T20 series against Sri Lanka by chasing the target. In the fourth match at the Greenfield Stadium, India got the chance to bat first, and Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma gave the team a strong start. Smriti scored 80 runs while Shefali played a brilliant inning of 79 runs and the team scored 221 runs. Many records were made and broken during this match. We tell you about 5 such records.
Team India’s biggest score in T20
Indian women’s team scored 221 runs for 2 wickets in this match. Earlier, the team’s highest T20 score was 217 runs, which was made against West Indies at the DY Patil Stadium in 2024. This match proved that the Indian women’s team has now become a name of fear for the opposition in T20 cricket.
Smriti and Shefali made the biggest partnership
Smriti Mandhana has now become the batsman who has hit the most sixes in Indian women’s cricket in T20 International. She now has 80 sixes to her name, while team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has 78 sixes to her name. Smriti’s achievement is a testament to her aggressive and technical game. The Indian women’s team made a partnership of more than 150 runs for the first time in T20 International. ,
Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma kept the team in a strong position by making a explosive partnership of 162 runs. Even before this, both of them had made a partnership of 143 runs against West Indies in 2019, which was a record at that time.
Smriti Mandhana completes 10,000 runs in international cricket
In this match, Smriti Mandhana completed her 10,000 runs in international cricket by playing an inning of 80 runs. This achievement is the second achieved by an Indian female cricketer after Mithali Raj. Till now only four women cricketers have scored more than 10,000 runs, which is a testament to Smriti’s ability and consistent performance.
Smriti-Shefali partnership completed 3,000 runs
The pair of Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma has become the most successful Indian pair in T20 International cricket. During this match, the pair completed 3,000 runs in their partnership. Both have added 3107 runs so far. Australia’s pair of Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy are in second place in this matter, having added 2,720 runs.
The records made during this match are not only individual achievements but also indicate the strength and batting depth of the team. The pair of Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma has now become India’s most reliable and fruitful batting pair in T20 women’s cricket. His aggressive game has the ability to take the Indian team to any big score.
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