Smriti’s ton goes in vain as Australian women seal ODI series
Smriti Mandhana struck her maiden century during game two of the women's one-day-international series between Australia and India at Blundstone Arena in Hobart, Australia on Friday.
PTI, Hobart :
Smriti Mandhana’s ton went in vain as Australia rode on half-centuries by Nicole Bolton (77) and skipper Meg Lanning (61) to register a comfortable six-wicket win over India in the second ODI and seal the three-match series 2-0 in Hobart on Friday.
Australia put behind the disappointment of their T20 series loss against India and bounced back strongly to post back-to-back victories in the first two One-day Internationals to take an unassailable lead.
After restricting India to 252 for eight in their allotted 50 overs on Friday, Australia reached the target with 20 balls to spare, losing just four wickets in the process.
Opting to bat, India lost opener Thirush Kamini for a duck on the very first ball of the match, but Mandhana and one-down batswoman in skipper Mithali Raj joined hands to bail out the team, putting on an important 150-run stand for the second wicket, batting for 31 overs together.
While Mandhana scored 102 in just 109 deliveries that included 11 hits to the fence, Mithali played a patient 58-run knock off 98 balls with the help of five boundaries.
Shikha Pandey also contributed with an unbeaten 33 but others unfortunately failed to come good with the bat. In fact, a flurry of wickets towards the end halted India’s march.
Smriti Mandhana’s ton went in vain as Australia rode on half-centuries by Nicole Bolton (77) and skipper Meg Lanning (61) to register a comfortable six-wicket win over India in the second ODI and seal the three-match series 2-0 in Hobart on Friday.
Australia put behind the disappointment of their T20 series loss against India and bounced back strongly to post back-to-back victories in the first two One-day Internationals to take an unassailable lead.
After restricting India to 252 for eight in their allotted 50 overs on Friday, Australia reached the target with 20 balls to spare, losing just four wickets in the process.
Opting to bat, India lost opener Thirush Kamini for a duck on the very first ball of the match, but Mandhana and one-down batswoman in skipper Mithali Raj joined hands to bail out the team, putting on an important 150-run stand for the second wicket, batting for 31 overs together.
While Mandhana scored 102 in just 109 deliveries that included 11 hits to the fence, Mithali played a patient 58-run knock off 98 balls with the help of five boundaries.
Shikha Pandey also contributed with an unbeaten 33 but others unfortunately failed to come good with the bat. In fact, a flurry of wickets towards the end halted India’s march.
