Again dwelling in acquainted situations after the ODI collection drubbing in Australia, Jemimah Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana powered India’s comfy win in opposition to West Indies in Navi Mumbai within the first T20I of the three-match collection in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.
There have been loads of questions going through Harmanpreet Kaur within the pre-match media interplay, concerning picks and up to date performances, and the India captain’s frustrations had been evident. She deflected questions on participant omissions, conceded that mindset was a problem in not successful huge matches, and bemoaned the current scheduling of matches.
The DY Patil stadium, nonetheless, is a venue the place lots of the Indian gamers are comfy. And it was evident from the beginning. Uma Chetry impressed in a quick cameo as an opener, after which Mandhana and Rodrigues placed on a present with a 44-ball 81 partnership for the second wicket. A goal of 196 proved 49 runs too far for West Indies, who had been taking part in for the primary time since their semifinal look at this yr’s T20 World Cup.
The end result additionally marked the primary time {that a} staff batting first gained a match outright at DY Patil Stadium in what was the twelfth girls’s T20I on the venue. Chasing has been conventionally simpler right here on batting wicket, with dew setting and India’s bowlers – led by a 3-wicket haul from Titas Sadhu – largely executed their plans properly, regardless of ‘World Boss’ Deandra Dottin threatening to chase the goal down in the direction of the top.
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Requested to bat first, India bought off to begin throughout the powerplay due to a flurry of boundaries for Mandhana and Chetry. The latter finally slowed down and perished trying to up the ante. Rodrigues, nonetheless, was on the cash from the phrase go, utilising her sweeps and inside-out drives to nice impact to register her quickest T20I fifty. India’s 195/4 was their third-highest complete in T20Is.
With Harmanpreet not on the sector for the second half, Mandhana marshalled her bowlers properly sufficient, choosing wickets in common intervals. The fielding effort was as soon as once more a blended bag for India, as a few very good catches had been interspersed with some sitters being put down too. The spin duo of Deepti Sharma and Radha Yadav had been spectacular, holding issues tight for essentially the most half and choosing up two wickets every. Dottin’s late fireworks, helped by a few reprieves, gave West Indies a glimmer however the goal all the time appeared out of their attain.
The second ODI can be performed on Tuesday on the similar venue.
Transient scores: India 195/4 (Rodrigues 73, Mandhana 54; Ramharack 2/18) beat West Indies 146/7 (Dottin 52, Joseph 49, Sadhu 3/37) by 49 runs
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