When the entire cricket world was experiencing the thrills of the T20 World Cup, the Indian Women’s team was busy to script history. They faced the South Africa Women’s team in a three-match ODI series in Bengaluru. The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium witnessed three brilliant games of this series where India whitewashed South Africa. The girls showcased their excellence and dominated the opponent throughout the series. After that exceptional performance by the Indian Women’s team, Twitter has gone crazy.
Team India’s Amazing Series Win:
After a break from international cricket, the Indian Women’s team faced the South Africa Women’s team in a three-match ODI series. Since the beginning of the tournament, they have showcased their excellence. All the Indian players performed exceptionally well in the whole series. But Smriti Mandhana shined the brightest. She scored two consecutive centuries and scored 90 runs in the third match.
In the third match, South African women won the toss and opted to bat first. They started well as their opening partnership lasted for 102 runs. Skipper Laura Wolvaardt scored 61 runs in 57 balls. Taznim Brits scored 38 runs. Nadine de Klerk scored 26 runs in 46 balls. Indian bowlers performed well. Arundhati Reddy and Deepti Sharma secured two wickets each. Shreyabka Patil and Pooja Vastrakar took 1 wicket each.
Team India needed 216 runs to win the match. While opening the innings, Smriti Mandhana showcased her excellence again. She played a knock of 90 runs in 83 balls. She missed her well-deserved century by fate. Shafali Verma and Priya Punia scored 25 and 28 runs. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur added 42 runs. They reached the target only in the 41st over. With that six-wicket win, they white-washed the South African Women’s team by a margin of 3-0.
Crazy Twitter Reactions:
After the series win, Twitter went crazy. Applauds and praises came all the way. The netizens showered love on the player. Here is some twitter reactions that is winning hearts. A handle called Lavesh Jain wrote, “Only 2 Indians scored 3 consecutive ODI Centuries- Kohli and Rohit. Smriti Mandhana missed this record by just 10 runs. Still well played our queen.”
Another handle called Cric_Lover wrote, “Congratulations to Women’s #teamindia winning comprehensively 3rd ODI in 41 overs and series with unbeaten 3-0.”
Shankar Singh RWT said, “Smriti Mandhana becomes the highest run-getter ever in a 3-match Women’s ODI series.”
Another user named Vidhi wrote, “South Africa’s batting lineup is all about Laura Wolvardt. If you take her wicket…it’s the end for them…”
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