Smriti Mandhana have laid the platform for India’s memorable semifinal win against England

With her blistering 61 but the stylish opener says it is Sneh Rana’s “amazing” death overs bowling that will be remembered for ages. Rana (4-0-28-2) and Deepti Sharma (4-0-18-1) fashioned India’s memorable win after Mandhana recorded the fastest half-century in T20 cricket. “In matches like this, roles have to be changed. Deepti’s overs in the middle were important. Rana was amazing bowling with only three fielders in the deep. That will be remembered for a long time,” Mandhana said after the game.India on Saturday defeated England by four runs to reach the final of the Commonwealth Games(CWG).

They will play either Australia or New Zealand in the final. Chasing a target of 165, England were restricted were restricted to a total of 160 for six in 20 overs. Earlier, Smriti Mandhana and Jermimah Rodrigues played knocks of 61 and 44 respectively as India scored 164/5 in 20 overs. Mandhana registered the fastest fifty for India Women in the shortest format. Earlier, skipper Harman Preet Kaur failed to stay at the crease for a long haul as she departed after scoring 20. Earlier, India lost wickets of Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma in quick succession. 

After playing a knock of 61, Smriti Mandhana walked back to the pavilion after being dismissed by England captain Nat Sciver. Earlier. Mandhana completed her half-century in the 6th over of the innings and India were completely dominating the 1st semi-final against England of the ongoing Commonwealth Games. Soon after Mandhana’s milestone, Shafali Verma ended up losing her wicket. Earlier, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to bat against England in the 1st semi-final of the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG) on Saturday. India paved their way into the semis after defeating Barbados by 100 runs in their last group stage fixture on Wednesday.

After losing their opening game against Australia by three wickets, India went on to defeat Pakistan by eight wickets. Team India ended their Group A campaign with a total of four points while England, on the other hand, finished at the top of Group B. In CWG, India have got a great support from the fans and the team have also performed brilliantly throughout the tournament.

India against Barbados in CWG

This win helped the Harman Preet Kaur-led side progress to the semi-finals. After posting a total of 162, India bowled out Barbados for 62. Apart from all these triumphs, one thing which grabbed everyone’s attention was Renuka’s in swinger to dismiss Aaliyah Alleyne. In the 5th over of Barbados’ batting innings, Renuka threw an in swinger towards Alleyne, after which the batter was left completely puzzled. Pacer Renuka Singh’s four-wicket haul helped Team India defeat Barbados by 100 runs in the women’s T20 cricket Group A match at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) on Wednesday.

Invited to bat, India posted a competitive 162 for 4 on the back of a fine unbeaten half-century from Jemimah Rodrigues (56 not out off 46 balls) and a 26-ball 43 from opener Shefali Varma . The Indians then restricted Barbados to 62 for 8 in 20 overs in CWG with Renuka bamboozling the Barbados batters with an impressive spell. Captain Harman Preet Kaur, Sneha Rana, Meghna Singh and Radha Yadav chipped in with a wicket apiece. Kyson Knight was the top-scorer for Barbados with 16 while Shakira Selman made 12. Seven of their batters failed to reach double-digit figures. Barbados were dismissed for 64 in their nine-wicket defeat against Australia in an earlier match at CWG 2022.

Harman Preet great captaincy in CWG :-

Jemimah Rodrigues sustained a hand injury during fielding but she is expected to play in the final tomorrow. Jemimah is a fighter, these things happen. She will be fine, she got a little sprain on her hand but she will be fine,” the skipper said. Harmanpreet defended the decision to give Shafali Verma the 16th over that went for 15 runs. Se’s very confident. We need someone who wants to bowl.

You need to mix up the pace, so we tried to use her to vary the pace. One of her overs went well but the other one was expensive.” She looked very fired up during England innings and that was done intentionally to keep the intensity up. She had been a great captain for the team and have took tight calls.