Indian women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has created history in the first women’s T20 international match played against South Africa in Durban. She has become India’s highest run-scorer in T20I cricket, breaking the record of former Indian men’s team captain Rohit Sharma.
Before the match, both Smriti Mandhana and Rohit Sharma had 4,231-4,231 runs in their names, but in this match, Mandhana took this record in her name after scoring 13 runs on 14 balls. Now his total runs are 4,244.
Smriti Mandhana has so far scored runs in 155 innings (161 matches) at an average of 30.31 and strike rate of 124.38. She has 1 century and 33 half-centuries to her name, which makes her one of the most reliable batsmen of Indian women’s cricket.
With this achievement, Smriti Mandhana has reached the second position in women’s T20I cricket. The record for scoring the most runs in this format is in the name of New Zealand’s Suzie Bates, who has scored 4,717 runs.
The highest run scorer in men’s T20I cricket is in the name of Pakistan’s Babar Azam, who has scored 4,596 runs.
On the other hand, in the match played between India and South Africa, the Indian team had to face defeat by 6 wickets. Batting first, India scored 157/7, in which Harmanpreet Kaur scored 47 not out, Shefali Verma scored 34 and Jemimah Rodrigues scored 36 runs.
However, slow batting in the final overs proved costly for Team India. In reply, South Africa easily achieved the target of 158 runs. Captain Laura Vollwart played a brilliant inning of 51 runs, while Annery Derksen remained unbeaten on 44 runs.
In bowling for South Africa, Ayabonga Khaka took 3 wickets, while Tuni Sekhukhune took 2 wickets and Nonkululeko Malaba took 1 wicket.
Now the next match between the two teams will be played at Kingsmead Stadium in Durban on Sunday.
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