IND W vs ENG W: Smriti Mandhana breaks big record with her explosive half-century

Cricket | Thursday | 15th July, 2021

England women's team won by 8 wickets in the last and deciding T20 match played against India. With this win, England also won the three-match T20I series by 2-1.

Smriti Mandhana batted brilliantly for the Indian team and played a blistering inning of 70 runs. Mandhana may have failed to get Team India to win, but her strong inning has won the hearts of the fans.

India scored 153 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs batting first, In response, the England team achieved the target by losing just 2 wickets with 8 balls remaining.

Smriti Mandhana made a big record with her explosive fifty. She becomes the batsman to score the most number of 7 half-centuries in T20 International cricket abroad for the Indian women's team.

Smriti Mandhana, the vice-captain of the Indian women's T20 team, completed her 13th half-century of her T20 International career in 42 balls before being dismissed. She managed to score 70 runs in 51 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes.

Mandhana was seen in tremendous rhythm and was hitting shots all around the field. Fans on social media praised her innings.

Before Smriti Mandhana, this record was in the name of former captain Mithali Raj, who scored 6 half-centuries for the country in T20 International cricket.