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In the 10th match of the ongoing ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 between West Indies and India, the Mithali Raj-led side thrashed Windies by 155 runs on Saturday♏. With t🅺he scintillating victory, India also managed to climb the top spot in the points table.
Batting first, India posted 317/8 on the board in their allotted 50 overs, thanks to magnificent centuries by Smriti Manhana and Harmanpreet Kaur. After losing three wickets for 78, the pair of Smꦗriti and Harmanpreet joined🎉 hands to take the team out of trouble.
The duo lit up the Seddon Park in Hamilton with explosive batting and ended up forming a dominating partnership of 184 runs for the fourth wicket – India’s best in World Cups. Mandhana smashed 123 off 119 balls with the help of 15 boundaries, including two sixes. Similarly, Harmanpreet scored 109 from 107 deliveries, including 10 fours and a couple of sixes.
For the Windies, Anisa Mohammed was their pick of the bowler. The experienced campaigner bagged two wickets wh🍷ile conceding 59 runs in nine overs.
In reply, West Indies started brilliantly with Deandra Dottin and Hayley Matthews, adding 100 runs for the opening wicket. Dotting scored a brilliant 62 off 46 balls before Sneh Rana dismissed her to break the partner⛄ship. The dismissal of Dottin opened the floodgates as West Indies witnessed a sudden collapse.
From 100/1 at one stage, the Stafanie Taylor-led side got bundled out for just 162 in 40.3 overs, losing the contest by a massive margin of 155 ruꦉns. Rana demolished the Windies batting unit, picking up a three-wicket haul for 22 in 9.3 overs, including a maiden.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jhulan Goswami, Sneh Raha, Meghana Singh…it’s all come together wonderfully today fo🍸r the Women in Blue! Cheering for you 💙🇮🇳
— Sanjana Ganesan (@SanjanaGanesan)
Wow, jersey no 1🦂8 and 7 in men’s cricket ne bahut paseene chudaaye thhey bowlers ke , aur aaj and ne kammaal kar diya. Brilliant win
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Smriti Mandhana & Harmanpreet Kaur 👏🏽👏🏽🤪�💝�🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Clinical from India!!
Womens IPL???
— Alexandra Hartley (@AlexHartley93)
Huge win. Much needed after the game against New Zealand.🍷 And the margin will come in very handy in case teams are level on points.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
A thumping 155-run win for India v a team that beat the hosts NZ & the defending champions. This is quite an open touꦺrnament. Fantastic innings from Yastika at th🌞e top. Hundreds from Smriti & Harmanpreet took the game away from WI. Fantastic effort
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
A clinincal performance fr✅om the to register their second win of the tournament! 😍
🇮🇳 317/8
🌴 162 all out
IND-W won by 155 runs.Our 🔝 performers:
Smriti Mandhana – 123 (119)
Harmanpreet Kaur – 109 (107)
Sneh Rana – 3/22— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
Harmanpreet Kaur becomes the first Indian to hit 20 sixes in the Women's World Cup. Second highest is Smriti Mandhana with 7 sixes.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Smriti Mandhana sh꧂aring her Player of the Match award with 🌞Harmanpreet Kaur is all kinds of 💙 💙
— Zenia D'cunha (@ZENIADCUNHA)
Highest partnerships for 4th wicket in Women's World Cup :
184 – Smriti Mandhana & Harmanpreet Kaur 🇮🇳 v WI at Hamilton, today
170 – Tammy Beaumont & Nat Sciver 🏴 v NZ at Derby, 2017
155 – Carol-Ann James & Rita Scott 🏝️ v DEN at Delhi, 1997— Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay (@_rhitankar_)
Smriti & Harmanpreet we’re fantastic tod🌄ay 🙌🏽 A thumping win for against a strong side! Other sides will 🌠be taking note…
— Nikesh Rughani (@NikeshRughani)
Nice gesture from Smriti Mandhana, she got the player of the award but she called Harmanpreet Kaur as well to share the award – one of the beautiful moment in
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
