She is not any stranger to taking blinders, and India captain Harmanpreet Kaur added another to her assortment of particular catches within the first ODI towards West Indies in Vadodara on Sunday.
Already tottering at 26/4 whereas chasing 315, the West Indies had been in want of some huge photographs to ease the strain. Within the eleventh over, Aaliyah Alleyne determined to tackle Renuka Singh Thakur down the bottom, and will need to have thought she had managed to get herself a boundary.
However standing at mid-on, Harmanpreet had different concepts. She timed her soar to perfection to pluck the ball along with her proper hand. A surprising catch by the Indian captain, and it was adopted by equally surprised reactions throughout – the batter couldn’t consider it, neither might Renuka, and even gamers within the Windies dugout had been left with arms on their arms.
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Harmanpreet Kaur – Take A Bow 🙌 🙌
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Earlier within the day, Smriti Mandhana prolonged her purple patch with an aesthetic 91 off 102 balls, propelling India to 314/9. Mandhana has now recorded a 50-plus rating for the fifth straight innings for India (a century in Australia, three T20I fifties towards WI and now this). The launch pad was offered by Mandhana, alongside debutant Pratika Rawal who rode her luck early to attain a good 40. Then middle-order confirmed good intent put up the 30 overs mark.
Harmanpreet (34 off 23), Harleen Deol (44 off 50), Richa Ghosh (26 off 12), and Jemimah Rodrigues (31 off 19) all performed with good intent within the again finish.
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