INDW vs NZW 3rd ODI: Smriti Mandhana shines in India’s victory, creates history by scoring a century

Mandhana has become the female cricketer to score the maximum number of 8 centuries for India. Smriti Mandhana (Pic Source-BCCI/X) Smriti Mandhana creates history: The last ODI match of the three-match series between the Indian women’s cricket team and New Zealand was played today at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Where Team India defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets. With this, the host team has also won the series by 2-1. However, during the match, Indian batsman Smriti Mandhana made a big record. He created history by scoring a brilliant century in the third ODI against New Zealand. She has become the female cricketer to score the maximum number of 8 centuries for India. She has left behind Mithali Raj, who had scored 7 centuries in 232 ODI matches. Mandhana has achieved this feat only in her 88th match. Smriti Mandhana (88 matches) – 8 centuriesMithali Raj (232 matches) – 7 centuriesHarmanpreet Kaur (135 matches) – 6 centuries A historic hundred🙌pic.twitter.com/bacFaAOtIe — CricTracker (@Cricketracker) October 29, 2024 match status Talking about the match, New Zealand women’s team won the toss and decided to bat first. However, his decision did not prove correct and he lost his 5 wickets at the score of 88. After this, Brooke Halliday played an inning of 86 runs in 96 balls, taking the team to the score of 232 runs. Apart from them, Georgia Plimmer contributed 39 runs, Isabella Gage contributed 25 runs and Lee Tahuhu contributed 24 runs. For India, Deepti Sharma took maximum three wickets, while Priya Mishra got 2 wickets. In response, the Indian team achieved the target by losing four wickets in the 45th over. Smriti Mandhana played an inning of 100 runs in 122 balls, which included 10 fours. Their captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored unbeaten 59 runs. Whereas Yastika Bhatia contributed 35 runs and Jemimah Rodrigues contributed 22 runs. Earlier, in the first match of the series, the Indian team had won by 59 runs, while in the second ODI match, the Kiwi team had won by 76 runs.

Will Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar play against Sri Lanka today? Smriti Mandhana gave update

Harmanpreet had to retire hurt due to neck pain while batting on 29 runs in the last match against Pakistan. Harmanpreet Kaur AND Pooja Vastrakar (Source X) India will face Sri Lanka in the Group A match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup on Wednesday, October 9 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Meanwhile, a good news has come due to which fans in India can heave a sigh of relief. Actually, captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been considered fit and she is fit for the match to be played on Wednesday. “Harmanpreet is fit and ready to play”: Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana While talking to the media, Smriti told “She (Harmanpreet Kaur) is fine and will be fine for the match also.” How did Harmanpreet Kaur get hurt? Harmanpreet had to retire hurt due to neck pain while batting on 29 runs against Pakistan. Due to this injury, his playing in the match against Sri Lanka was a question mark. However, India are also worried about the fitness of their star all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar, who could not play in the match against Pakistan due to injury. Mandhana told reports on this matter that Pooja is being monitored by the medical team and there is still no clarity about her availability for the match against Sri Lanka. Mandhana said, “Pooja, I think the medical team is still working on her. Therefore, the update will come during the match only. But yes, I don’t think I can say anything at this time.” The match between India and Sri Lanka is very important Indian women’s team had won against Pakistan by 6 wickets in the last match. Batting first, Pakistan scored 105 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. India chased the target in 18.5 overs. Team India is at fourth position in Group-A points table with 2 points and Sri Lanka is at fifth position. The upcoming match is important for both the teams.

Smriti Mandhana is ready to give a strong performance against Pakistan in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, gave a surprising statement before the match.

According to Smriti Mandhana, this match will be very important and Team India would definitely like to win it. Smriti Mandhana (Pic Source-X) The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 is going to start from October 3. In this important tournament, Team India will play its first match against New Zealand on 4 October. All the cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the important match between Team India and Pakistan. Let us tell you that this great match will be played between these two teams on 6th October at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. However, Team India’s experienced opening batsman Smriti Mandhana has given her stand regarding the fierce clash between Team India and Pakistan. According to Smriti Mandhana, this match will be very important and Team India would definitely like to win it. During a conversation with Star Sports, Smriti Mandhana also said that it is going to be very difficult to play in the heat of Dubai. Smriti Mandhana said, ‘It has not been easy. We have come from India but initially it was very difficult for us to bear this heat. I pray that by the time we play our first match, we will understand this situation very well. Preparations are going well. Before coming to Dubai, we had a great camp in Bengaluru and we worked on all the important aspects. Now we are eagerly waiting for the coming challenge. It will be very difficult for us to play during the day because it is going to be very hot here. But we are playing for Team India and no excuse will suffice. By the time we face Pakistan the team will be ready. We have to keep ourselves mentally strong and perform well. India-Pakistan clash is more than emotion for fans: Smriti Mandhana Regarding the clash between these two teams, the experienced opening batsman said, ‘The India-Pakistan clash is more about the emotions of the fans. It is not that we do not talk to each other. All the players know each other very well but it is the emotion of both the countries that makes this match important. For me, every match of the World Cup is special and we would like to perform well in all of them. But everyone’s emotions will be very high in the India-Pakistan match. All matches are very important for us and we would like to give our 100 percent. New Zealand and Sri Lanka are strong teams but there is no margin for error against Australia. It has always been exciting to face Australia because they are a tremendous team and defeating them has always been challenging. Smriti Mandhana also praised Shefali Verma a lot Regarding Shefali Verma, Smriti Mandhana said, ‘It has been really fun to open the team with her. Our conversations have always been funny and I hope our conversations never end up on the mic. We have been opening for Team India for the last two to three years and know each other’s game very well. Many times it happens that…

Not Rohit-Sachin, but this Indian cricketer is Smriti Mandhana’s favorite, watch video

Let’s know about Smriti’s favorite cricketer Smriti Mandhana (Image Credit- Twitter X) Smriti Mandhana on favorite Indian batsman: Indian women’s cricket team’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has recently chosen the name of her favourite Indian cricketer. Let us tell you that recently she did an interview with Star Sports. In this interview, when presenter Jatin Sapru asked her who is her favourite cricketer in the men’s team, she reacted. However, for your information, let us tell you that the cricketers chosen by Mandhana do not include captain Rohit Sharma, former legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly etc. Mandhana has considered former captain and run machine Virat Kohli as her favorite cricketer. Watch this viral video of Smriti Mandhana Smriti Mandhana on admiring Virat Kohli. – The No.18 connection!!pic.twitter.com/2qZiUzrPdx — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 9, 2024 Further in this video, when asked about the conversation with Virat Kohli, Smriti said- Yes, I have asked him a lot of things about batting. I really wanted to know what his mindset is, and my problem is that my grip on the bat keeps changing a little bit after every tour. I asked him about his mindset and about his expectations, then he told me- I don’t look at it as expectations. I just do what my team wants. So it is something that is somewhere inside us, but it never comes out. It never comes out in our performance, but it comes out after hearing from them. On the other hand, if we give you information about Virat Kohli, then now he will be seen playing against Bangladesh from 19 September. Recently, the team has been announced by BCCI for the first Test match against Bangladesh to be held in Chennai.

WATCH VIDEO: Smriti Mandhana’s brilliant fielding, runs out Bryony Smith with a direct hit

Smriti Mandhana ran out Bryony Smith off the very first ball of the Trent Rockets innings. Smriti Mandhana run out Bryony Smith (Photo Source: The Hundred Women’s 2024 24th match on 10th August Trent Rockets Women And Southern Brave Women The match is being played in Southampton between . Trent Rockets team lost the toss and batted first and scored 155 runs on the board for the loss of 7 wickets. It remains to be seen whether the Southern Brave team is able to chase the target of 156 runs or not. Meanwhile, Indian star player Smriti Mandhana is making headlines on social media due to her brilliant fielding. Smriti Mandhana ran out Bryony Smith on the very first ball of Trent Rockets’ innings, the video of which is becoming very viral. Smriti Mandhana’s fielding stunned everyone The first ball of Trent Rockets’ innings was bowled by Southern Brave bowler Lauren Cheatle. Lauren bowled a low full-toss around the off-stump. Bryony Smith hit the ball towards mid-on and ran for a run. Then, Smriti Mandhana picked up the ball and threw it to the non-striker end. Batsman Bryony Smith was behind the crease when the ball hit the stumps. Bryony Smith had to return to the pavilion on a golden duck due to Smriti Mandhana’s brilliant fielding. Watch the video here- DIRECT HIT 🚨 Southern Brave pick up a first ball wicket with this runout from Smriti Mandhana 🙌#TheHundred , #RoadToTheEliminator pic.twitter.com/qZf7p1ekOo — The Hundred (@thehundred) August 10, 2024 However, after taking a wicket on the very first ball, the Southern Brave team could not put much pressure on Trent Rockets. Grace Scrivens scored 36 runs in 24 balls. At the same time, captain Nat Siver Brunt played an unbeaten innings of 60 runs in 37 balls with the help of 8 fours and a six and took the team to a big total. Smriti Mandhana played an innings of 42 runs In the match against Trent Rockets, Smriti Mandhana faced 27 balls and scored 42 runs with the help of 7 fours. She lost her wicket against Heather Graham on the 69th ball of the innings.

From Washington Sundar to Smriti Mandhana, these players were nominated for July ICC Player of the Month

Players who performed brilliantly in cricket in the month of July have got a place in this list. Smriti Mandhana and Washington Sundar (Image Credit- Twitter/X) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today released the list of players nominated for the Player of the Month for the month of July on 5 August. Let us tell you that three players each in the men’s and women’s categories have been included in this list by the ICC. Also, this time the number of players nominated for the month of July is the highest from India. Let us tell you that three players have been nominated from India. In this list, ICC has included those players who performed well in the cricket played in the month of July. ICC Men’s Player of the Month (Men) Washington Sundar: After winning the T20 World Cup 2024, India went on a tour of Zimbabwe for a five-match T20 series. So due to his excellent performance in this series, Sundar has managed to make a place in this list. Gus Atkinson: Gus Atkinson, who recently made his Test debut for England against West Indies, has found a place in this list. He took 23 wickets in the three Test matches played against West Indies. Due to this excellent performance, he has managed to find a place in this list. Charlie Cassell: The third name in this list is 25-year-old Scottish player Charlie Castle. It is worth noting that recently he had performed brilliantly against Oman in the ICC Men’s World Cup League 2. ICC Men’s Player of the Month (Women) Smriti Mandhana: The vice-captain of the Indian women’s cricket team and the stylish left-handed batsman has also been nominated for the ICC Player of the Month in the women’s category. Earlier, Smriti had also won this award in June. Shefali Verma: The opening batsman of the Indian women’s cricket team has been nominated for this award for the first time after June 2021. Let us tell you that last month Shefali scored the fastest double century in Test cricket against South Africa. Chamari AthapaththuSri Lankan women’s cricket team captain and veteran all-rounder Chamari Atapattu has also been nominated for the Player of the Month for July. Let us tell you that last month, Sri Lanka won the Women’s Asia Cup under the captaincy of Atapattu.

Harmanpreet Kaur left Smriti Mandhana behind in this big record, big fight between captain and vice-captain

Harmanpreet Kaur has surpassed Smriti Mandhana to become the leading run-scorer for India in women’s T20 cricket. Harmanpreet Kaur (Pic Source X) Harmanpreet Kaur has surpassed Smriti Mandhana to become India’s leading run-scorer in women’s T20 cricket. She achieved this feat during India’s Women’s Asia Cup T20 match against UAE in Dambulla on Sunday, 21 July. Harmanpreet Kaur broke Smriti Mandhana’s record UAE won the toss and decided to bowl first and Smriti Mandhana was the first batsman to depart, getting out for 13 runs. Shafali Verma scored 37 runs in 18 balls before getting out. Harmanpreet came to the crease next, needing just 30 runs to surpass Smriti’s tally of 3,378 runs. The Indian captain played some brilliant strokes and smashed 66 runs off 47 balls with the help of seven fours and a six to break that record comfortably. Harmanpreet took her tally to 3,415 in T20Is from 171 matches at an average of 28.22 and a strike rate of 107.35. She currently leads her vice-captain Smriti Mandhana by 37 runs. India gave a target of 200+ Under the leadership of Harmanpreet Kaur, Richa Ghosh, India scored 200+ for the first time in women’s T20. Apart from Shafali Verma and Harmanpreet, Richa entertained the Indian fans by displaying brilliant batting. The wicketkeeper-batsman scored 64 runs in just 29 balls with the help of 12 fours and a six. She remained not out and on the basis of this, Team India scored a challenging score of 201/5 in 20 overs. This is the first time India have scored over 200 in Women’s T20Is. Their previous highest team score in the shortest format of the game was 198/4 against England at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Interestingly, the target of 199 runs was chased down by England. India beat UAE Chasing a target of 202 was a tough task for the inexperienced UAE batting lineup. The UAE were bowled out for 123 for 7 in 20 overs and India won their second match of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 by 78 runs.

Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma made a brilliant start in the only Test against South Africa, both the openers scored centuries

For the Indian women’s team against South Africa, both openers Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma batted brilliantly and scored important centuries. Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma (Pic Source-X) Currently, the Indian women’s team is playing a one-off Test match against South Africa at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In this match, the Indian women’s team won the toss and decided to bat first. Against South Africa, both the openers Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma batted brilliantly and scored important centuries. Both these batsmen did not spare any bowler of South Africa and continuously attacked everyone. Let us tell you, before this only Test, a three-match ODI series was played between the Indian women’s team and South Africa, which the hosts won 3-0. Smriti Mandhana batted very well in the ODI series, scoring 343 runs in three innings at an average of 114.33, including two centuries. Smriti Mandhana continued her form in the only Test against South Africa and scored another century for India. Apart from Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma has also batted very well and scored a brilliant century for her team. Due to the centuries of these two, India has taken the lead in the first day of play itself. The Indian women’s team would definitely like to win this one-off Test as well So far in this tour, South African bowlers have bowled very poorly and the Indian batsmen have constantly put pressure on them. Currently, the Indian team is ahead in the only Test as well and if South Africa has to make a comeback in it, then they will have to take wickets of the Indian team at regular intervals from here. However, it will not be so easy for the South African women’s team. Talking about Smriti Mandhana, she played a brilliant innings of 149 runs in 161 balls with the help of 27 fours and a six against South Africa in the first innings of this only Test. Not only this, the experienced batsman also made a brilliant partnership of 292 runs for the first wicket with Shefali Verma. After this one-off Test, a three-match T20 series is also to be played between these two teams, which is starting from July 5. All these three T20 matches will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024

Smriti Mandhana’s bowling action is quite similar to Virat Kohli, took her first ODI wicket, watch video

Batting first against South Africa in the second ODI, the Indian women’s team scored 325 runs for the loss of three wickets in 50 overs. Smriti Mandhana (Pic Source-X) Currently, the Indian women’s team is playing the second ODI against South Africa at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In this match, the experienced Indian team opener Smriti Mandhana batted very well and scored an important century for her team. Let us tell you, Smriti Mandhana scored back to back centuries in two ODIs against South Africa. She played an important innings for her team in the first ODI as well. Not only this, Smriti Mandhana also took her first ODI wicket during the second match. She took the wicket of Sune Luus at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. As soon as Smriti took this wicket, she was seen being very happy. Smriti Mandhana came to bowl the 15th over of South Africa’s innings. Her bowling action was quite similar to that of Virat Kohli. On the second ball of this over, Sune Luus was trying to play a big shot but the ball hit her bat and went to wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh who completed the catch quite well. Here is the video: Amen to your health! A breakthrough that will be memorable for both @mandhana_smriti and the Bengaluru crowd 😃 WATCH 🎥🔽 #TeamIndia , #INDvSA , @IDFCFIRSTBank — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) June 19, 2024 Batting first against South Africa in the second ODI, the Indian women’s team scored 3 wickets in 50 oversScored 325 runs. Smriti Mandhana batted brilliantly for India and played an aggressive innings of 136 runs in 120 balls with the help of 18 fours and 2 sixes. She did not spare any bowler of South Africa and hit hard against everyone. Apart from Smriti Mandhana, captain Harmanpreet Kaur also batted very well and played an explosive innings of 103* runs with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes in 88 balls. Richa Ghosh contributed 25* runs while Shefali Verma scored 20 runs. South Africa women’s team, which came out to chase the target, is in a very good position at the moment. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024

Smriti Mandhana’s bat once again spoke loudly in Bengaluru, the experienced batsman scored back to back centuries against South Africa

In the second ODI, Smriti Mandhana played an aggressive innings of 136 runs in 120 balls with the help of 18 fours and two sixes. Smriti Mandhana (Pic Source-x) Currently, the Indian women’s team is playing the second ODI against South Africa at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In this match, the South African team won the toss and decided to bowl first. However, their decision has been quite disappointing so far. Experienced opener Smriti Mandhana batted brilliantly for the Indian team and scored back to back centuries. Let us tell you, Smriti Mandhana had batted very well in the first ODI played in Bengaluru and played a match winning innings of 117 runs in 127 balls with the help of 12 fours and 1 six for her team. In the first ODI too, Smriti Mandhana had given a tough lesson to the South African bowlers and now the same was seen in the second ODI as well. In the second ODI, the experienced opener completed her century in 102 balls. The most special thing about her century was that once she was set, Smriti Mandhana continuously played aggressive shots and did not let the South Africa women’s team bowlers dominate her. Let us tell you, in the second ODI, Smriti Mandhana played an aggressive innings of 136 runs in 120 balls with the help of 18 fours and two sixes and put her team in a strong position. The Indian team is moving towards a big score against South Africa in the second ODI. Smriti Mandhana again played an aggressive innings The Indian team lost its first wicket at 38 runs in the second ODI. Shefali Verma scored only 20 runs in the second ODI while Dayalan Hemalatha contributed 24 runs. India suffered the second blow at 100 runs after which there was an important partnership of 171 runs for the third wicket between Smriti Mandhana and captain Harmanpreet Kaur. Because of this partnership, India has put pressure on South Africa. Now if South Africa women’s team wants to win this match, then they will have to chase a big score against India. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024