India Women's Made Their Highest Total in ODI cricket: The Ireland team is currently on a tour of India. A three-match ODI series is being organized between the two teams. The third match of this series is being played in Rajkot. In the match, the Indian team batted first and the batsmen gave a tremendous performance. Team India scored 435 runs for the loss of 5 wickets after playing the full overs with the help of big centuries from Pratika Rawal (154) and captain Smriti Mandhana (135). This is the first time that Team India has crossed the 400-run mark in the ODI format.
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It is worth mentioning that the Indian team played its first ODI match on 1 January 1978 against England and after a long wait of 47 years, finally the Indian team has succeeded in scoring more than 400 runs in this format. Earlier, the Indian team had made its highest total in the ODI format in the last match against Ireland. In the second match of the series, the Indian team scored 370 runs after losing 5 wickets. In this way, the Indian team has broken its own record.
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At the beginning of the match, Smriti Mandhana won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be absolutely right for the team. Playing first, Mandhana and Pratika Rawal gave the team a great start. Together, they added 233 runs for the first wicket. Rawal was dismissed after scoring 154 runs off 129 balls, which included 20 fours and a six. At the same time, Mandhana batted in a different style and scored 135 runs in 80 balls with the help of 12 fours and 7 sixes.
Apart from these, Richa Ghosh also played an important innings of 58 runs off 42 balls. During this, 10 fours and 1 six came off her bat. With the help of these innings, the Indian team scored 435 runs for the loss of 5 wickets after playing the full overs. Orla Prendergrast (2) took the most wickets for Ireland.
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