Commonwealth Games 2022 (Commonwealth Games 2022) The picture of the first final of women’s cricket being played for the first time has become clear. Indian women’s cricket team (Indian Women’s Cricket Team) Made history by making it to the finals of the Games. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian team defeated hosts England by a close margin of 4 runs in the first semi-final to book their place in the final and also secure their first medal in cricket at the Commonwealth Games. amnesia (Smriti Mandhana) After a scintillating half-century from , India won this victory on the strength of Sneh Rana and Deepti Sharma’s tight bowling.
With this win, India has also equalized the old account with England. In the final of the 2017 ODI World Cup, England prevented India from achieving the target in the last over and won the match by just 9 runs to clinch the title. That defeat was in the hearts of the Indian team and Indian cricket fans for five years, which is now largely over. Who will face Team India in the final will be decided by the result of the second semi-final between Australia and New Zealand on Saturday night.
FINALS, here we come #TeamIndia #GoForGlory pic.twitter.com/wSYHmlv3rb
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) August 6, 2022
Great innings from Smriti and Jemima
Batting first, India scored 164 runs for 5 wickets. From India, star opener Smriti Mandhana (61 runs, 32 balls, 8 fours, 3 sixes) played a brilliant innings and scored 62 runs. Apart from Smriti, Jemima Rodriguez from Team India batted strongly in the last over and took the team to this score. Apart from him, no batsman could make a big contribution.
Smriti, who batted with a bang against Australia and Pakistan, made a record by completing a half-century in just 23 balls. She became the fastest batsman to score half-centuries for India in women’s T20 cricket and at the Commonwealth Games. With the help of Smriti’s innings, India scored 73 runs in 7 overs, in which Shefali’s contribution was only 15 runs. However, both the batsmen were dismissed alternately in the 8th and 9th overs, giving India momentum.
Captain Harmanpreet hit some big shots, but could not build momentum. Then, like the first match against Australia, this time also the pair of Deepti Sharma and Jemima Rodriguez took the lead. The duo put on a 53-run partnership in 38 balls, which took India to 164. Jemima returned unbeaten with 44 runs (7 fours) off 31 balls.
Brilliant bowling by Sneha and Dipti
England got off to a fast start in reply. The opening pair of Sophia Dunkley and Danny Wyatt put on 28 runs in 3 overs, but it was here that Deepti Sharma gave India their first major breakthrough, LBWing out the aggressive batting Dunkley. Even after this, the partnership between Ellis Capsey and Danny Wyatt was on the rise, but India outplayed England in the fielding throughout the match and it started from there. India breathed a sigh of relief as Capsy was run out on Tania Bhatia’s quick throw.
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