New Delhi. The key players of the Indian women’s cricket team are currently part of the ongoing Women’s Big Bash League in Australia. On Wednesday, two of India’s legendary women players went head-to-head when Sydney Sixers took on Melbourne Renegades. Harmanpreet Kaur first showed her flair with the bat and then when Smriti Mandhana did the trick on her 81-run knock, she performed well with the bowling and snatched the victory from Mandhana’s team.
Actually, the 48th match of the Women’s Big Bash League was played between Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Sixers. Batting first in this match, Melbourne team scored 175 runs in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of 4 wickets, which included an innings of 81 runs from 55 balls by Harmanpreet Kaur. Evelyn Jones scored 42 runs for Melbourne, while Jess Duffin scored 33 runs. Samantha Bates got two wickets from the side of Sydney Sixers Women’s team.
At the same time, when the Sydney team came out to chase the target of 176 runs, the team got off to a good start, but Smriti Mandhana played a wonderful innings. She completed her century in 57 balls and she managed to score 114 runs in 64 balls with the help of 14 fours and 3 sixes. However, his team could not get victory, as the team could only score 171 runs in 20 overs and the team lost the match by 4 runs.
last over was interesting
To defend 13 runs, Melbourne’s team bowled the last over to Harmanpreet Kaur, she conceded three runs in the first three balls and Smriti Mandhana scored 2-2 runs on the fourth and fifth balls. In this way, Sydney needed 6 runs to win on the last ball and Mandhana, playing with a century, was on the crease, but Harmanpreet Kaur bowled such a ball, on which a run was scored and the team lost the match by 4 runs.
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