Smriti Mandhana
Smriti Mandhana Record: The three-match ODI series between India and Ireland has started. Smriti Mandhana did wonders in the very first match of the series. His innings was short, but like every time, it was impactful. While new opening batsman Pratika Rawal was batting slowly, Smriti Mandhana played a brisk innings and gave a fast start to her team. During this time, she has also touched a new milestone in ODI, which till now only two women batsmen have been able to do for India.
Smriti Mandhana completed four thousand runs in ODI
Smriti Mandhana has now become the batsman to score more than four thousand runs for India in ODIs. Only Mithali Raj is ahead of her, who has managed to score more than seven thousand runs. Mithali Raj has played 232 ODI matches and scored 7805 runs. Smriti Mandhana has so far scored 4001 runs by playing 95 ODI matches. Even Harmanpreet Kaur, who made her ODI debut before her, is far behind Smriti Mandhana.
Smriti is way ahead of Harmanpreet Kaur
If we talk about Harmanpreet Kaur, she has scored only 3803 runs in 141 ODI matches. That means Smriti Mandhana is far ahead of him. An argument can be made that Smriti Mandhana comes as an opener, while Harmanpreet Kaur comes to bat lower down the order. So just look at the average of both. Smriti Mandhana’s average in ODI is 44.95 and Harmanpreet Kaur’s average is 37.28. That means here also Harmanpreet Kaur is behind Smriti Mandhana.
Pratika Rawal also played a explosive innings
Talking about this match, Smriti Mandhana played a quick inning of 41 runs on 29 balls. During this, he hit 6 fours and one six. On the other hand, Pratika Rawal started slowly, but after that she also started scoring runs rapidly. Pratika scored 89 runs on 96 balls during her innings. Although she missed her century.
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