New Delhi. The Indian women’s cricket team defeated hosts Sri Lanka (India women vs Sri Lanka women) by 5 wickets in the second T20 match of the 3-match series played in Dambulla. With this win, Team India is ahead 2-0 in the series. Opener after excellent performance by bowlers reminiscence Due to the excellent batting of (Smriti Mandhana) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur, India won this match with 5 balls to spare. A Jabra fan of Smriti Mandhana was seen in the stadium. This fan was carrying a yellow poster in his hand, on which something was written for Mandhana. This poster is viral on social media.
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In fact, when the Sri Lankan team was batting first, in the 14th over, the cameraman caught sight of this fan. This Jabra fan was smiling with a poster in his hand. It was written on this yellow colored poster, ‘There is no petrol, but still I have come to see Smriti Mandhana.’ It is clear from this that the fan following of Indian women cricketers is not only in India but also abroad in large numbers.
Mandhana scored 39 runs in 34 balls
Talking about the match, with the help of experienced vice-captain Smriti Mandhana (39 runs in 34 balls), Shefali Verma (17 runs in 10 balls) and Sabhinani Meghna (17 runs in 10 balls), India set a target of 126 runs in 19.1 overs. gotta get. The target was not even that big but the Indian team stumbled while chasing this easy target, after which Harmanpreet scored 31 not out in 32 balls to win the team.
Smriti Mandhana achieved a big achievement
Sri Lanka started well but could manage only 125 runs for seven wickets. The third and final T20 match will be played on Monday. Mandhana became the second fastest Indian woman cricketer to reach 2,000 runs in T20Is, making the day a memorable one. Mandhana achieved this feat in her 84th innings, becoming the third Indian woman cricketer to achieve the feat after legendary cricketer Mithali Raj (70 innings) and current captain Harmanpreet Kaur (88 innings).
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June 25, 2022, 19:29 IST