Smriti Mandhana achieved a big feat, became the third batsman in the world to do so; Mithali Raj's record destroyed
Sports Desk: The acting captain of the Indian team has achieved a big achievement in the first ODI match played between the Indian women's team and the Ireland women's team. Smriti Mandhana has completed 4000 runs in ODI cricket. Vali became the second Indian to do so. Earlier, Mithali Raj had achieved this feat. But in terms of innings, Mandhana left Mithali Raj behind.
Mithali Raj left behind
Smriti Mandhana on Friday registered her name in cricket history by becoming the fastest Indian woman to score 4,000 runs in international cricket, leaving behind former women's batsman Mithali Raj. Mandhana has achieved this feat in just 95 matches. Which is much less than Mithali Raj. It took 112 matches for Mithali Raj to reach here. It was then that he achieved this feat.
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Smriti Mandhana is the star batsman of the Indian team. Every day she manages to make some record in her name. Mandhana's stature is growing rapidly in international cricket. She has been a strong pillar of the Indian batting lineup since her debut. He has often boosted the morale of the team in difficult situations.
Became the third fastest batsman to score 4000 runs
Mandhana is currently ranked third among the fastest women cricketers to reach 4,000 runs in international cricket. The record for completing the fastest 4000 runs is in the name of Australia's Belinda Clark. He has achieved this feat in just 86 innings. After this, Meg Lanning was successful in achieving this milestone in 89 innings.
Indian team won the match by 6 wickets
Ireland, batting first, scored 239 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. In which Gabby Lewis played a brilliant inning of 92 runs. Apart from that, Lee Paul scored 59 runs, Arlene Kelly scored 28 runs, Christina Coulter Reilly scored 15 runs. While bowling for the Indian team, Priya Mishra took 2 wickets, Deepti Sharma took 1 wicket, Sayali Satghare took 1 wicket and Titas Sadhu took 1 wicket.
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India chased this target by losing 4 wickets in 34.3 overs. Pratika Rawal scored 89 runs for the Indian team. Apart from that, Tejal Hasbanis scored 53, Smriti Mandhana scored 41 and Harleen Deol scored 20 runs. For Ireland, Amy Maguire took 3 wickets and Freya Sargent took 1 wicket.
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