Key Points:
Openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma gave a strong start to the team by playing aggressively. Mandhana played an inning of 80 runs, while Shafali was out after scoring 79 runs. Both of them made a record partnership of 162 runs for the first wicket.
Delhi: The Indian women’s team defeated Sri Lanka by 30 runs in the fourth T20 International on Sunday and took an unassailable 4-0 lead in the five-match series. In this match played in Thiruvananthapuram, the spectators got to see many big records.
India’s brilliant batting
After winning the toss and batting first, the Indian women’s team scored a huge score of 221 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 20 overs. Openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma gave a strong start to the team by playing aggressively. Mandhana played an inning of 80 runs, while Shafali was out after scoring 79 runs. Both of them made a record partnership of 162 runs for the first wicket. In the end, Richa Ghosh scored unbeaten 40 runs in just 16 balls and took the team’s score beyond 200.
Sri Lankan women’s team missed the target
Chasing the target of 222 runs, the Sri Lankan team could score only 191 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Hasini Perera (33) and captain Chamari Atapattu (52) made a good start by adding 60 runs in the powerplay. After this, Imisha Dulani struggled by scoring 29 runs, but the team could not achieve the big target. For India, Vaishnavi Sharma bowled impressively and took 2 wickets.
Mandhana touched the figure of 10,000 international runs
Smriti Mandhana became the fourth female batsman in the world to complete 10,000 runs in international cricket. With this achievement he made a place in the special list of great batsmen. Former Indian captain Mithali Raj has scored the maximum 10,868 runs in international cricket. New Zealand’s Suzie Bates has 10,652 runs in her name, while England’s great Charlotte Edwards ended her career with 10,273 runs.
Record of fastest scoring 10,000 runs
Mandhana completed 10,000 international runs in just 281 innings, making her the female batsman to achieve this milestone in the shortest number of innings. In this matter, she broke the record of Mithali Raj, who had achieved this feat in 291 innings. At the same time, Charlotte Edwards touched this figure in 308 innings and Suzie Bates in 314 innings.
Mandhana-Shafali’s historic partnership
The 162-run partnership between Mandhana and Shafali for the first wicket became the highest partnership for any wicket by India in T20I. This was also the fourth century partnership between the two women batsmen in T20 cricket. Earlier in 2019, the record of partnership of 143 runs against West Indies was also in the name of this pair.
Highest T20 score of Indian women’s team
This score of 221 runs is the highest T20 International score of the Indian women’s team so far. Earlier, India had scored 217/4 against West Indies at DY Patil Stadium in 2024. With this, the Indian team has scored more than 200 runs in T20I cricket for the fourth time.
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