The first ODI match was played between the Indian women’s team and Ireland in Rajkot. In which India won by defeating Ireland by 6 wickets. Batting first, Ireland scored 238 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. In response to which the Indian team easily achieved the target. During this time, Smriti Mandhana, who was leading Team India, created history.
Team India made a good start in this match and Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal added 70 runs as openers. Smriti Mandhana was out after scoring 41 runs on 29 balls. Besides, Mandhana also crossed the figure of 4 thousand runs in her ODI career. After this, BCCI also shared a post for Smriti Mandhana from its official social media account.
In this post, Mandhana was congratulated on completing 4000 runs. In the first ODI against Ireland, Mandhana played a brilliant inning of 41 runs in 29 balls. He hit 6 fours and 1 six in his innings. Also completed his 4 thousand runs in ODI format.
Talking about the first ODI, Ireland, after winning the toss and opting to bat, scored 238 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. For Ireland, opener and captain Gabby Lewis scored the highest score of 92 runs in 129 balls. He hit 15 fours in his innings. Apart from this, Leah Paul made an important contribution of 59 runs on 73 balls.
𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 🔓
4⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ ODI runs and going strong! 👍 👍
Congratulations, Smriti Mandhana 👏 👏
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— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) January 10, 2025