The Indian women’s team, which had registered an easy win in the first match due to the brilliant performance of the young players, will aim to continue its good performance and take an unassailable lead in the series against Ireland in the second Women’s One Day International cricket match to be held here on Sunday. Despite fielding a relatively inexperienced team, India won the first ODI by six wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Captain Smriti Mandhana continued her brilliant form and gave India a solid start by scoring 41 runs, while Pratika Rawal and Tejal Hassabnis made a century partnership to take the team to the target easily. This win is important for India as regular captain Harmanpreet Kaur and fast bowling leader Renuka Singh have been rested and are not playing in this series.
Titas Sadhu performed well in the absence of Renuka, who was the leading wicket-taker in the last series against West Indies, while Sayali Satghare and Saima Thakor also bowled impressively. In the spin department, Priya Mishra and vice captain Deepti Sharma played their roles well.
India’s fielding was not good. He gave life to Leah Paul twice as Ireland recovered from 56 for four to score more than 200 runs.
Captain Gabby Lewis played a brilliant inning of 92 runs for Ireland, but he did not get support from the middle order. Paul also took advantage of his life and scored a half-century. If Ireland has to present a tough challenge to India, then its other batsmen will also have to perform well.
The biggest disappointment for Ireland was its bowling attack. Barring Amy Maguire, who took three wickets, the rest of her bowlers failed to make an impact as India achieved the target with 15 overs remaining.
The teams are as follows:
India: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Deepti Sharma (vice-captain), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Uma Chhetri (wk), Richa Ghosh (wk), Tejal Hassabnis, Raghvi Bist, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Tanuja Kanwar. , Titas Sadhu, Saima Thakor, Sayali Satghare.
Ireland: Gabby Lewis (captain), Ava Canning, Christina Coulter Reilly, Alana Dalzell, Laura Delaney, Georgina Dempsey, Sarah Forbes, Arlene Kelly, Joanna Loughran, Amy Maguire, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Una Raymond-Hoey, Freya Sergeant, Rebecca Stokell.
The match will start at 11 am.
