Smriti Mandhana has set a new record after scoring 39 runs against Pakistan in the fourth match of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup. With these runs, Mandhana has become the fourth Indian batsman to score 2500 runs in ODI cricket. Before Mandhana, Raj, Chopra, and Kaur had crossed the 2500 runs mark.
Highest run-scorer in women’s ODI cricket for India
Mithali Raj – 7623
Anjum Chopra – 2856
Harmanpreet Kaur – 2664
Smriti Mandhana – 2505*
Mandhana has scored this run in 65 ODIs played so far, averaging over 41. During this, he has also scored 21 half-centuries and four centuries.
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Mithali Raj won the toss and decided to bat first in India vs Pakistan match. Bharti had a disappointing start, with Shefali Verma getting the first blow in the form of an out. Team India got the first blow in the form of Shefali Verma. She returned to the pavilion without opening an account. After this, Mandhana was also struggling to score runs, but Deepti Sharma, who came to bat at number three, scored runs from the other end, reducing the pressure from Mandhana. She returned to the pavilion on a personal score of 40.
Mandhana completed her fifty off 71 balls.
India Women (Playing XI): Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Mithali Raj (c), Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gaikwad
Pakistan Women (Playing XI): Javeria Khan, Sidra Amin, Bismah Maroof (c), Omaima Sohail, Nida Dar, Alia Riaz, Fatima Sana, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu, Anam Amin
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