Indian women scripts history, Enters CWG final

By Around Odisha Bureau On Aug 6, 2022

TAUNTON, ENGLAND - JUNE 29: India batsman Smriti Mandhana celebrates her century with Mona Meshram during the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 match between West Indies and India at The County Ground on June 29, 2017 in Taunton, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Brimingham, 6/8: Smriti Mandhana has delivered for Indian in a crunch game and it was her classy knock of 61 runs in the semi-final against England, that paved the way for a scintillating win by 4 runs, which means Harmanpreet Kaur’s team will play in the gold medal match on Sunday. India opted to bat first and Mandhana was in a league of her own as she hit 8 boundaries and three massive sixes to score 61 off just 32 deliveries.

She was ably supported by Jemimah Rodrigues, who remained unbeaten on 44 off just 31 deliveries.

Captain Harmanpreet (20) and seasoned pro Deepti Sharma (22) played important knocks