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Richa Ghosh became the Indian player to score fifty on the fewest balls in T-20.
India Women defeated West Indies by 60 runs in the third T20. Batting first, India scored 217 runs in Navi Mumbai on Thursday. Richa Ghosh made the record of scoring the fastest fifty. In reply, West Indies team could score only 157 runs.
With the victory in the third T20, India also won the 3-match series 2-1. India won the first and West Indies won the second T20. Smriti Mandhana scored fifties in all three T20s of the series. The ODI series will start from December 22.
Uma Chhetri could not even open an account West Indies won the toss and chose bowling on Thursday at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. India lost the wicket of Uma Chhetri in the very first over. She couldn’t even open an account. Here Mandhana took the innings with Jemimah Rodriguez. There was a partnership of 98 runs between the two.
Jemimah Rodriguez and Smriti Mandhana made a partnership of 98 runs.
Mandhana’s third consecutive fifty Jemima was out after scoring 39 runs. After him Raghavi Bisht made a partnership of 44 runs with Mandhana. Mandhana was out after scoring 77 runs on 47 balls. He hit 13 fours and 1 six. This was his third consecutive fifty in the series, he had also scored fifty in the first and second T20.
Mandhana lost her wicket in the 15th over itself, if she had lasted till the 20th over, she would have completed her century. He was caught by Dottin at mid-off by Shinnelle Henry.
Smriti Mandhana played an inning of 77 runs, she scored a fifty in the third consecutive T-20.
Richa scored the fastest fifty After Mandhana, wicketkeeper batsman Richa Ghosh came out to bat. He scored an inning of 54 runs in just 21 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 3 fours. Richa scored fifty on 18 balls, which is the record of fifty on fewest balls in T-20 history.
Before Richa, New Zealand’s Sophie Devine and Australia’s Phoebe Litchfield have also scored half-centuries on 18 balls each. Effie Fletcher, Aliyah Alleyne, Deandra Dottin and Shinelle Henry took 1 wicket each from West Indies.
Richa Ghosh scored fifty in just 18 balls.
India made its highest score Raghavi Bisht remained not out after scoring 31 runs. In front of him, Sajeevan Sajna hit a four on the last ball and took India’s score to 217 runs. This is the team’s biggest score in T-20, before this the team had scored 201 runs for 5 wickets against UAE in the Asia Cup this year.
India had scored 195 runs against West Indies in the first match of the series, which is the fourth highest score of the team. Argentina holds the record for the highest score in Women’s T-20, the team had scored 427 runs against Chile in 2023. Among the top-8 teams, England Women’s team has made a record of 250 runs against South Africa in 2018.
Good start for West Indies While chasing the target of 218 runs, the Caribbean team started cautiously. Kiana Joseph was out after scoring 11 runs. Then Hailey Mathews scored 22 runs and Deandra Dottin scored 25 runs. Shamine Campbell could score only 17 runs.
India did not allow 6 players of West Indies Women to score more than 10 runs.
Shinelle Henry played an inning of 43 runs, she remained at one end, but she did not get any support at the other end. Nerissa Crafton 9, Aliyah Allin 6, Shabika Ghazanbi 3, Jayda James 7, Effie Fletcher 5 and Karishma Ramhark were out after scoring 3 runs. The team could score only 157 runs after losing 9 wickets.
4 wickets for Radha Radha Yadav took 4 wickets for India. Renuka Singh Thakur, Sajeevan Sajna, Titas Sadhu and Deepti Sharma took 1 wicket each. Saima Thakor could not take any wicket.
Radha Yadav took 4 wickets for 29 runs.
ODI series from 22 December India Women won the first and third T20 and won the series 2-1. West Indies won the second match by 9 wickets. The 3 ODI series between the two will start from December 22. All three matches will be held in Vadodara. The remaining matches will be played on 24 and 27 December.