India pacer Arundhati Reddy performed a sensational delivery with the ball in the ongoing second ODI game against South Africa Women. The match between the two teams will begin at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday (June 19).
After India put up a magnificent effort with the bat, posting 325 runs on the board, pacer Arundhati Reddy made sure to get her team off to a dream start, removing Tazmin Brits with a peach and the batsman had no idea the delivery of the bat. pacemaker.
On the first ball of the fourth over, Arundhati Reddy bowled a sensational sharp shot of good length, Tazmin Brits got caught in her crease and looked to force it through the offside. The ball came in and snuck through the gap between bat and pad to uproot the middle stump and send the batsman packing.
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Tazmin Brits could not set the stage on fire with the bat as he managed only 5 runs off 11 balls. Taking the wicket of him, Arundhati Reddy picked her first wicket in the ODIs and ensured that India took the first wicket in the powerplay at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
After drawing first blood for her team, Deepti Sharma contributed and removed Anneke Bosch for 18 runs. Before Smriti Mandhana also stepped in and removed Sune Luus for 12 runs to leave South Africa Women falling to 67/3 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Earlier with the bat, India Women had a sensational outing with the bat. Opening the innings, Smriti Mandhana played another magnificent innings for her team with the bat. He scored the second consecutive ton of the series and led his team to a huge total.
The first batsman hit 136 runs off 120 balls. He batted with a strike rate of over 113 and also hit 18 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. In the end, captain Harmanpreet Kaur also scored a magnificent ton.
He finished with a total of 103 unbeaten runs off 88 balls. Based on the vital effort with the bat by the senior batsmen, the Indian women posted a mammoth total of 325 runs on the board.
We have players with good pace: Smriti Mandhana hopeful of India defending the target
Smriti Mandhana, who scored a brave ton with the bat, spoke about the conditions and said there was a lot of movement in the seams. She believes her pacer will take advantage of the conditions and need to bowl in the right areas. She explained:
“You always start from 0. The first 15 overs, there was a lot of seam movement. Later, the wicket went slack. Maybe it starts working a little bit under the lights. We have good pace bowlers. There is a lot of cracks in the wicket, I am sure even the spinners will get a lot of benefit. We just have to go out there, bowl in the right areas and let them make mistakes,” she concluded.
