That inning of 83 runs, which pushed England on the back foot, but snatched away Smriti Mandhana’s century.

New Delhi. Smriti Mandhana once again showed her class in the ongoing only test match between India and England women’s teams. However, she was extremely unfortunate and missed scoring the third century of her Test career by just 13 runs. Mandhana, who was batting brilliantly, was caught by the wicketkeeper by England’s fast bowler Issy Wong on her personal score of 83 runs. Even though she could not complete her century, her innings took the Indian team towards a very strong score.

Smriti Mandhana batted bravely against the English bowlers before getting out. He played excellent shots all around the field. Mandhana faced 108 balls during her sensible innings of 83 runs, in which she also hit 11 brilliant fours and 1 skyscraper six. This inning of his worked to strengthen the hold of the Indian team on the match.

Team managed by captaincy partnership

In this match, Mandhana played an important role in recovering the Indian team from the initial setbacks. He made two important partnerships to take the team’s score forward. Mandhana first made an important partnership of 64 runs for the third wicket with Jemimah Rodrigues, which provided stability to the innings. After this he took charge with captain Harmanpreet Kaur. Both the senior players did not give any chance to the English bowlers to dominate and by making an excellent partnership of 89 runs for the fourth wicket, they put the team on the path to a big score.

Mandhana becomes the youngest female cricketer in the world to play 300 international matches
Earlier, as soon as she landed on the ground, Indian women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana set a new record at the historic ground of Lord’s. She became the youngest female cricketer in the world to play 300 international matches during the first historic women’s Test match being played against England. Overall, Mandhana is the 12th female player in the world to achieve this feat.

Shri Charani made his test debut for India
This historic match started with England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt winning the toss and deciding to bowl first. In this match, Shri Charani made his Test debut for the Indian team, while Yastika Bhatia returned to the playing eleven. On the other hand, the England team also gave a chance to Alice Capsey and Mady Villiers for their Test debut.

Smriti Mandhana became emotional
Expressing pride in her incredible achievement, 29-year-old Mandhana said that she came to know about this milestone (300th match) only on the eve of the match. Mandhana became emotional while remembering her journey. She remembered the Women’s ODI World Cup final played at the same Lord’s ground in 2017. Mandhana told that after that difficult tournament, she was very uncertain and confused about her future. However, times changed and today she is creating history on the same field.

According to Mandhana, ‘Playing the 300th international match at Lord’s is like a dream. Coming out of that phase in 2017 and reaching this point today is a matter of great pride for me. This journey of Mandhana is an inspiration for young women cricketers around the world, which shows that every difficult phase can be overcome with hard work and determination.