Smriti Mandhana: India has secured a clean sweep in the three-match T20 series against Zimbabwe. Under Smriti Mandhana’s captaincy, Team India won all three matches held in Raipur. In the final match played on Tuesday, India handed Zimbabwe a crushing 92-run defeat. India won the first match by 4 wickets, while in the second, they defeated the visitors by 9 wickets.
In the final match on Tuesday, October 20, Indian captain Smriti Mandhana won the toss and elected to bat first. India got off to a strong start, with the batters scoring runs impressively. Powered by Harmanpreet Kaur’s 91 and Shafali Verma’s 69, India set a massive target of 217 runs for Zimbabwe. In response, the Zimbabwean side could only manage 124 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in their allotted 20 overs.
Smriti Mandhana did not come out to bat today
India lost their first wicket in the form of Anushka Sharma, who scored 28 runs off 20 balls. Smriti Mandhana did not come out to bat today. Following Anushka, Nikki Prasad was dismissed after scoring 9 runs off 12 balls. Shafali Verma brought up her half-century in 27 balls and eventually returned to the pavilion after scoring 69 runs off 37 balls.
Former captain Harmanpreet Kaur played a blistering innings of 91 runs off 41 balls, hitting 10 fours and five sixes. For Zimbabwe, batter Sharne Mayers scored a half-century. She scored 60 runs off 49 balls, while Beloved Biza played an innings of 44 runs off 50 balls.
India Women (Playing XI): Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana (Captain), Anushka Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Nikki Prasad, Richa Ghosh (Wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Nandani Sharma, Kranti Gaur, Prema Rawat.
This was the first T20 series for the Indian team under the full-time captaincy of Smriti Mandhana, which Team India won spectacularly. By winning this match, India completed a clean sweep against Zimbabwe, a promising start to Smriti Mandhana’s captaincy career. In the first match, Zimbabwe’s bowlers and batters performed well. However, in the second match, Team India established complete dominance. Team India maintained that dominance in the third match as well.
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