Pratika Rawal showcased maturity past her expertise, whereas Tejal Hasabnis capped a memorable comeback, posting a fifty every, as India outplayed an inexperienced Eire by six wickets to take a 1-0 lead within the three-match girls’s ODI sequence in Rajkot on Friday. Rawal anchored the modest run chase of 239 after stand-in skipper Smriti Mandhana’s brisk 41, smashing 10 fours and one six for a career-best 89 (96 balls). Hasabnis, who final performed an ODI in opposition to New Zealand in October 2024, struck her first fifty after her comeback, remaining unbeaten on 53 off 46 balls with the assistance of 9 boundaries.
Rawal and Hasabnis put collectively a match-winning 116-run partnership from 84 balls with India profitable the match with 93 balls to spare.
Carrying ahead her dominant type from the West Indies sequence, Mandhana gave the crew a incredible begin with a blistering 29-ball 41, studded with six fours and a six. Within the course of, she grew to become the second Indian and fifteenth general to surpass 4,000 ODI runs.
Mandhana unsettled the Irish bowlers together with her attacking strokeplay on each side of the wicket. Her aggression was notably evident in opposition to seamer Dempsey within the eighth over, when she stepped out to hammer a boundary, adopted by a six and one other 4.
Her rookie opening associate Rawal, who debuted within the previous West Indies sequence, offered wonderful assist.
The duo shared their third fifty-plus opening stand in 4 matches, protecting the scoreboard ticking with ease.
Nevertheless, Eire managed a breakthrough proper on the finish of powerplay when Mandhana mistimed a slog sweep to mid-on, falling 9 runs in need of her fifty.
Harleen Deol (20) and Jemimah Rodrigues (9) appeared in good contact initially, however intelligent bowling by left-arm spinner Aimee Maguire (3/57 from 8 overs) stalled India’s momentum briefly.
The 18-year-old Maguire lured Jemimah into stepping out too far, leading to a stumping when the batter was at the very least a foot outdoors her crease.
This part noticed India lose three wickets for 46 runs, however Mandhana’s explosive begin ensured the crew stayed properly on par.
The inexperience of Eire got here to fore as they didn’t seize the momentum, leaking 21 runs in extras.
Laura Delany was the weakest hyperlink of their bowling unit and she or he bowled successive no balls with two waist-high full tosses within the twenty fourth over when Hasabnis cashed in on the chance to hit back-to-back fours from the 2 freebies.
Earlier, butter-fingered India let Eire off the hook with their pathetic fielding as visiting skipper Gaby Lewis carved out an aesthetic 92 to raise her crew to a good 238 for 7.
Opting to bat, Eire have been in serious trouble at 56 for 4 within the 14th over, however Lewis and Leah Paul (59 off 73 balls) added 117 runs for the fifth wicket to steer their crew to security.
Lewis scored her runs in 129 balls, lacing the knock with 15 boundaries.
Aided by at the very least three clear dropped catches and some misfields, the duo of Lewis and Paul went about their job in a calculated method and introduced a semblance of stability to the Eire innings whereas placing collectively the crew’s first-ever century partnership in opposition to India.
Medium pacer Titas Sadhu effected the primary breakthrough for India when she induced an outdoor edge from Sarah Forbes (9) after the batter tried to play away from her physique, and Deepti Sharma did the remainder within the slip cordon.
Making their first go to to the nation, Eire have been decreased to 34 for 2 because of a horrible mix-up that led to the run out of Una Raymond-Hoey (5), who tried an inexplicable single regardless of hitting the ball straight to Jemimah Rodrigues at cowl.
Orla Prendergast (9) was subsequent to go as she was stumped by Ghosh off the bowling of leg-spinner Priya Mishra (2/56), leaving the guests in a spot of hassle at 56 for 3 within the 14th over.
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