Indian girls’s cricket group registered a six-wicket win within the first ODI recreation in opposition to Eire in Rajkot on Friday, January 10. Younger opener Pratika Rawal and rising batter Tejal Hasnbis scored sensible fifties every to assist India chase down a 239-run goal with 6 wickets and 93 balls remaining at Saurashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium.
After a powerful ODI collection win in opposition to West Indies. the Girls in Blue returned to the motion with out rested captain Harmanpreet Kaur and the senior bowler Renkua Singh. The younger batting all-rounder Sayali Satghare acquired her maiden ODI cap for India however uncapped Raghvi Bist was left on the bench.
After being compelled to bowl first, the Indian bowlers had been off to an excellent begin with Titas Sadhu eradicating Sarah Forbed early within the fifth over. Spinner Priya Mishra then picked two wickets within the thirteenth over to push again the visiting facet to 56 for 4.
However Eire staged a surprising comeback with captain Gaby Lewis and all-rounder Leah Paul including 117 runs for the fifth wicket. Lewis top-scored with 92 runs and Paul scored her seventh ODI fifty as Eire managed to publish a preventing complete of 238 for 7. Mishra emerged as the perfect bowler for India as she picked 2 wickets for 56 however the tempo trio of Titas Sadhu, Staghare and Saima Thakor struggled to make an impression.
Chasing a tricky complete, in-form Mandhana and Rawal gave the hosts a quickfire begin by including 70 runs for the primary wicket in simply 10 overs. Mandhan fell after scoring 41 runs and reaching her 4000 ODI runs, however Rawal went on to play a match-winning innings.
Rawal and Hasbanis pulled off 116 runs for the fourth wicket with the previous top-scoring with 89 runs off 96 balls. Hasanbis added an unbeaten 53 off simply 46 balls as India chased down the goal in simply 34.3 overs and took a 1-0 lead within the three-match ODI collection.
India vs Ireland 1st ODI Scorecard
India Girls Taking part in XI: Smriti Mandhana (c), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Tejal Hasabnis, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Sayali Satghare, Saima Thakor, Priya Mishra, Titas Sadhu.
Eire Girls Taking part in XI: Sarah Forbes, Gaby Lewis (c), Una Raymond-Hoey, Orla Prendergast, Laura Delany, Leah Paul, Coulter Reilly (wk), Arlene Kelly, Georgina Dempsey, Freya Sargent, Aimee Maguire.